AIR J XIII
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"Nike air Flight Huarache" Still hoping, praying, and waiting for these to return. This year or n
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That banana toe box shape is terrible
superblytrife
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These get worse and worse the more pics I see. 
Gonna have to see these in the flesh to make a final decision.
Gonna have to see these in the flesh to make a final decision.
rainking
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Still better than that last garbage retro. Still off, though.These get worse and worse the more pics I see.
Gonna have to see these in the flesh to make a final decision.
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Why can’t they just make shoes slope downward at the front ??? Why does that seem so incredibly difficult for them ? Lol
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Them taking the purple from the original ads is almost as bad as Jordan Brand making the elephant print darker on the first few Fire Red 3 retros because they based it off that blurry catalog photo. Lol
I’m out on these, but will help my brother-in-law and his bro out on this release because these are their favorite Nike B-ball shoes of all time. They just want to hoop in em.
I’m out on these, but will help my brother-in-law and his bro out on this release because these are their favorite Nike B-ball shoes of all time. They just want to hoop in em.
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Side by side they aren’t close at all 
. Now the self praising looks even worse.
. Now the self praising looks even worse.
dhtowng
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Still copping a couple pairs though. If I was able to deal with the last retro then I’ll most definitely be buying these. Can’t be any worse than those.
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I hate the toe box. Looks too narrow with an awkward V shape. What were they thinking.
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dhtowng
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I really want to know who the hell was in charge of “colors” on this shoe. 
rainking
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Side by side they aren’t close at all
It’s wild how they roll with this stuff.
The color throws me more than anything. The shape isn’t correct, but it’s definitely better by far than last time. The overall size of the shoe at least isn’t scaled down like the last one, either.
But the designer/developer/whatever jerking himself over these is hysterical. Related to that, what really gets me is: If you’re going to go through the work of changing these from the last time, then you may as well make them close to right. Imagine this is actually your job for months and months. I don’t know a damn thing about what goes into a project like this and what roadblocks/limitations you encounter within the realities of the company and budgets and factory tooling etc etc. I do know I’d be bent if I put in a bunch of effort and the result was still not great. At a minimum, there’s zero excuse for the colors being so off.
Like I said: wild
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This pic…
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Damn
edit but I think having the purple AIR stitching is a huge plus that I haven't seen given enough credit
edit but I think having the purple AIR stitching is a huge plus that I haven't seen given enough credit
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Chris just dropped his review and the color is better in hand. Said the purple was "desaturated" online and in person they do look much better. Yeah, I never wavered in buying a pair and still won't. These look great.
Oh, and his pair has a great shape.
SOLD!! Can't wait!!
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I be thinking Chris/nightwing is rich with all the shoes he be gety
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After that recent discussion about shoetubers, Nightwings name will forever be NightDuck to me now lol
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edit wrong thread
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The purple is still way off from ogs its just the promo was even worse than what actually is releasing. I’m 
in for a pair of the Kobe’s still.
in for a pair of the Kobe’s still.
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Color still looks completely off in the video . Can’t imagine it somehow being drastically different in person
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I really want to know who the hell was in charge of “colors” on this shoe.
Pretty sure dude listed it in that IG post where he was blowing himself over the great job they did. He @'ed the entire team and there was one listed as the color guy.
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Modern lasts are much lower in the forefoot. It actually makes shoes fit much better for performance. But I think Nike should create their own lasts for retro sneakers. But they haven’t and likely won’t.
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Yeah, I can’t believe the guy in charge of this actually called himself a designer. His job was just to copy and couldn’t even do that.
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Wouldn't that mean it's easier to slope the toe box?
