I had 2 OG pairs back in the day, UMs and later the orange ones. After those I never had a model that was so insanely damn good.
As someone stated, 180s were revolutionary when they came out. And I experienced them as such. And the fact that they were only around for appr 1-1.5 years made them even more iconic in hindsight.
When rumors on the 05 retros surfaced I was very happy because back then retros were still pretty decent (f.e. 93s until then still had big bubbles, AM90 retros were pretty good). Until the first leaks surfaced, and well I've told that story so many times. They were beyond HIDEOUS. Yes they were really really really bad. They just totally s********** them over. And they didn't improve a single millimeter with the later releases. With that Fonzy Bear cw as all time low. And so many clowns drooling over those
So when the 24s were announced, I was interested but again prepared for the worst as Nike had created a huge challenge for themselves.
So what annoys me the most on this release?
The whole midsole/bubble construction was basically THE MAIN feature of the original release. And after all those years (and the slick talk in the announcements) they still managed to f*********** that part up, ONCE AGAIN. What's the point of doing so....... It's like retroing Huaraches w/o the sockliner.
If they had done that part like 99.5% perfect, maybe I would have taken other flaws for granted. Maybe.
* grumpy old man signing out *