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UpNYC was a **** show today
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Holiday weekend before the end of the month 
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The brand sucks for including a briefcase and manufacturing them in a lower quantity to drum up artificial hype for these 22 years later.
I doubt the interest or hype with this re-release would be that high if they were mass produced and available at the traditional retail outlets.
I doubt the interest or hype with this re-release would be that high if they were mass produced and available at the traditional retail outlets.
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Thats exactly what they did. Nike reps was at the UPNYC release witnessing all the bull**** that happened today. Filming and taking pictures was all the store and Nike was concerned about.
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How many people would you say showed up? I was gonna go but I’ll wait till release day
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It was a smooth release up until the local resellers piled up at the pickup window and took all the big sizes
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Me and my homeboy went to two18 early release this morning, the rules was you not supposed to line up until 10am but nobody ever listens up there so I up at about 6:15-6:20 to get a good parking spot cause parking is horrible…..it was a couple ppl had chairs there that was camping out overnight not to my surpise, so we get out stand in line at about 7:30 and more ppl got out they cars to claim the chairs. One guy has 5 ppl pull up get in front with you (reseller of course) I wasn’t tripping it’s pairs whatever. Then all the local resellers pull up like 30 minutes to a hour before 10am and just linger around the front of the line so I already knew what the deal was….when it was 10minutes to open they all just crowded the pickup window pushing the guys that camped out out the way and I was about to do the same but I wasn’t even in the mood for all the extras. Anyways they all secured their pairs and the “money sizes” and when it got to me the biggest size they had was a 9 they had to have at least 50-60 pairs maybe a little less. As one guy was buying his pair I over heard there was going to be a shock drop of extra pairs at Burn Rubber which is their other store. We jumped out of line rushed over there and pulled up 3minutes before the drop and was first in line. Ended up securing my pair my size and dipped. If I didn’t over hear that conversation I would’ve been heated from waiting all that time and coming out empty handed
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I wonder how collectors outside the US are feeling about this drop?
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Starting to think these aren’t going to happen for me. Shame they went this route with the release. Raffles and a SNKRS draw would have sucked but limited FCFS is far worse.
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I can’t see these getting much more expensive over time, especially if more colorways are coming. Hold the line.
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$600 for my 13…. That’s fine if they don’t get more expensive over time. They can keep em for that. I MIGHT be willing to pay $375 for a ds pair with suitcase…. I’d have to sleep on that.
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Any news on the Carolina pair release date?
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Remember when news of these first dropped, how many people said they’re trash? “Who asked for these”, etc…. Now look.
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it was a lot for sure. But most of them were resellers because they looked dirty and dusty.
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Damn, them videos don’t give me any type of confidence. Crazy that these stores haven’t figured out a way to properly execute fcfs limited releases.
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They do it on purpose for promotion
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If FCFS is like this and how it was reported in Detroit, they might as well just backdoor them. Same people getting them anyway.
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No one went to union LA?
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Once I heard suit case and limited.. I was out. NEVER that serious and especially for 17s. Brand is jokes, FCFS is trash, haven't done that in almost 10 years if that.
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I’ve always wanted ‘em, so I’m hoping they drop more or somethin 
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Appears they did:
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This was a set up by Nike to see the response.
