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Since I see we got DMV people in here, who is getting these?? I only remember one kid at my school having 17s and he had the white/blue mids. ****head brought the suitcase to school too.
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My big bro had them, had no idea they were limited. I do remember my mom calling and ordering them from somewhere, but I thought that was because he was a size 16 so he had to get em special made lol. His pair was the only time I've ever seen these in person though.
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Yep. Definitely not glamorous at all. LOL. It was just a convenient area mall lol
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I am. I ordered mines off eBay. I know I won’t find these anywhere in the area. Maybe DC, but I don’t want to go through the hassle
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On the Detroit News
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Not much proofreading or factchecking put into that segment.
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I’m assuming you from Detroit too lol. How early you think the line gon start
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Im from kzoo but two hours away from the D but about 6am maybe earlier
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AIR JORDAN 17 RETRO LOW "LIGHTNING"
Low top sneakers. Leather toe box. Leather perforated side panels. Nubuck eyelet panels. Front lacing. Woven textile collar. Composite foam midsole. Synthetic TPU casing around the heel counter with a metallic accent insert on the heel. Rubber outsole. Leather upper
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AIR JORDAN 17 RETRO LOW "LIGHTNING"
Low top sneakers. Leather toe box. Leather perforated side panels. Nubuck eyelet panels. Front lacing. Woven textile collar. Composite foam midsole. Synthetic TPU casing around the heel counter with a metallic accent insert on the heel. Rubber outsole. Leather upper
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Where can we read about why he said production costs got more expensive? Interested to know why.
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Because the way the 17 is constructed is a lot different from modern shoes, uses a variety of premium/expensive materials, and has 6 upper panels compared to 1-3 on most shoes today. The outsole is decoupled, not one piece, there's the spring plate, the eyelets, an inner neoprene boot with extra stitching to make it fold down, zoom units in the fore foot, an air sole PU-encapsulated visible in the heel, a different foam used in the midsole. It takes more labor to produce it, there's more room for human error, and almost no modern shoe has this many upper panels, let alone various mid and outsole materials that have to be fused together.
tl;dr: there's many layers to the production process on the 17 and some of the other later models.
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Looking back in the early days of this thread, boy were we wrong. Went from no hype- will cop on discount, to one of the most limited releases of the year & making the news.
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Soon as word got out these will be limited now nobody has a problem paying the “outrageous” price tag. Says more about the consumer.Looking back in the early days of this thread, boy were we wrong. Went from no hype- will cop on discount, to one of the most limited releases of the year & making the news.
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From what I just read, if you can secure your pair now for a price you’re happy with, probably a good idea to jump on it. I’m out, unless I can hit one of these online raffles.
Good luck fellas. I hope some in here are able to secure pairs.
Good luck fellas. I hope some in here are able to secure pairs.
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Retail is the only price I’m willing to pay… if I miss out, oh well
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Same here, and the 17s are one of my favorite models. Would’ve probably paid retail, but now not stressing it if I don’t hit any raffles.
I’m hoping that at least one of the og colors isn’t such a hassle. If every og 17 release is like this then maybe I’ll pay the tax for a pair or two.
I’m hoping that at least one of the og colors isn’t such a hassle. If every og 17 release is like this then maybe I’ll pay the tax for a pair or two.
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OG White/Red’s are the only ones I’d consider paying resale for…
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I wouldn't mind a pair of low bred's.
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This is the only model that I think lows>>>highs. Love both but the lows are just 
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Any places in Texas getting these?
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I might know a couple depending on what size you are.
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man I really hope they don’t do gingers and cherrywood’s this way when they decide to re-release them. Hoping we get to see family sizes as well. Would love to cop for my son.
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Gingers and cherrywoods bout to come in a suitcase too.
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I ordered a pair off stock x on the 17 but the seller ain’t ship yet. When do u think I should hit up customer service because I feel like they’re gonna skip this sale and try to resell it at a higher price. I believe that happened to me b4 on a pair of 1s
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So basically, another smokescreen for a price increase. As we have seen with Jordan Retro's, starting with something like the air bag for instance, the zoom units in the forefoot are going to be regular air bags. Just like several other Jordan Retro's that had zoom or like the 15's that had nothing in the forefoot. But the description claimed they did. Be interested to see if they have the spring plate or just a plastic piece in place, and what kind of foam is in the midsole. Jordan Brand really needs to stop the nonsense.
