rainking
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Take out the laces and restuff the paper in the toes to try and help eliminate some of that bend. Just let them sit like that for a couple days, might help.
Nike Air Flight Lite II retro looks to be coming
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are these really comfortable? thats what i been seeing in youtube videos but its hard to believe when the leather quality is bad.
nothing more uncomfortable than plastic leather that dont bend right
well except for them jordan 1 retros from early 2000's
nothing more uncomfortable than plastic leather that dont bend right
well except for them jordan 1 retros from early 2000's
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Despite the leather, these really are comfortable
rainking
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Yeah, the cushioning is remarkably soft and comfortable. Right out of the box.
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I had a similar bend on my white/black pair. A re-lace and some wear cleared it right up.
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Yeah, they actually are man. At least the white/black pair was. Haven't worn my others yet.
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Almost every pair I've seen has it. I'm always in the sneaker shops so i've looked at countless pairs. The bend is ok, I can work that back into shape. I'm not ok with half the shoe being crushed as some are lol. My white/blk pair was mangled from front to back on both shoes so I returned them.
Overall they are as good a pair as i've really seen so I'm happy. It's just a release they didn't really care about. We already knew this and it shows in the final product. At the end of the day we just gotta wear them or move along lol. For me, there's certain CWs of these that I just have to have.
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Oh I'm the same way with these. When my Black/Neo Teals get here, I'll share my story with those.
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already knows. 
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****, I'm impatently waiting on these to appear on Nike.com, to see if they'll have any 12.5's. The F'N wait is KILLING ME!!! I already grabbed the Pippen's in a 12.5, and I'm glad I did! They went SUPER fast!!! Does anyone even know If they'll drop on Nike.com?
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I would assume they will...honestly there's no telling when that will be though.
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where are the damn black ones already. 
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where are the damn black ones already.
These?
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I would assume he's after the Blk/Wht pair
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where are the damn black ones already.
If you're talking about the Pippen Playoffs and not the Neo Teals, they won't be out before summer as far as I know.
rainking
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Goddamit I forgot those were even coming. Now I’m gonna have to buy that pair, too.
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And how do you know?
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yea the black white are classics
not wasting my time on olympics.
how you gonna leave that silver panel off? nike some ******* clowns
thats like leaving the silver panels off the olympic 7
not wasting my time on olympics.
how you gonna leave that silver panel off? nike some ******* clowns
thats like leaving the silver panels off the olympic 7
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If I had to guess? Whoever did these went by random pics on the internet where you can't see the silver all that well instead of consulting anyone who knew lol. Super lazy, but a lot of the current pics I've seen of OG pairs, the silver either flaked off, or just isn't visible in the pics. They've already tweaked them once, so I guess it's not totally out of the question that it still might show up on the retail pairs.
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Not to speak forjshortt but he’s been in this for 30 years, has connections, and his buddy owns a store. His info is rock solid
How long did you have the info these were retroing before the news actually broke?
Also, just throwing this out there, I haven't seen pics of the Playoffs yet, so I can't say with 100% certainty they're coming. Just what I was told.
rainking
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Yeah I had to keep stopping myself from starting a thread about it. Figured it was your info to share when the time was right
How long did you have the info these were retroing before the news actually broke?
Also, just throwing this out there, I haven't seen pics of the Playoffs yet, so I can't say with 100% certainty they're coming. Just what I was told.
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Aaaaye..... just saw the red and white Pippens at JD Sports..... I'm good, the ankle collar killed it, and the red on the shoe is just a couple shades off.... I'm good. I hope other colorways happen differently.
rainking
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What about the ankle collar?
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I just scopped red/whites off Hibbett for under retail. I got plans for these down the road...
