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OGs had a duller looking red while you guys steadily complaining over the 2017s
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Nike Air Jordan 1 Retro "Metallic Red" - The Aftermath - NO BUYING/SELLING/TRADING
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I got a invoice from city blue yesterday but couldnt pull the trigger at 128
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Good find. Now, considering the AJ1 wasn't a day 1 sellout do you still feel the manufacturer should have slowed down production. 3-4 million units, lets say 1/2 on sale (my first pair of AJ1s given to me cost 35 bux on layawayI read the whole article, which was a nice trip down memory lane, but nowhere in the article did it state 3 or 4 million AJ1s were produced
Whoops meant to list 2 articles:
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...78_1_basketball-shoes-nike-shoes-and-clothing
) vs. 200k sold out one day no restocks?
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So mids cost "like $2 to make" but metallic 1s are exspensive to produce?
Cannot take you serious
Do you have trouble with reading comprehension? Not trying to be rude but where did I say Metallics were expensive to produce? I said they might be MORE expensive to produce than other OG 1s because of the metallic material.
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Good find. Now, considering the AJ1 wasn't a day 1 sellout do you still feel the manufacturer should have slowed down production. 3-4 million units, lets say 1/2 on sale (my first pair of AJ1s given to me cost 35 bux on layaway
Context is key-back then Nike was trying to get into the performance basketball market that Adidas and Converse dominated. Signing MJ was arguably the best decision the company has made in it's history as it brought them to the forefront of the performance basketball market because they signed the best basketball player to ever walk the earth. Also, keep in mind, there were delays in producing the AJ 2 (along with MJ being injured his 2nd season) which created a longer timeframe for them to push the AJ 1 and, because of the large number of AJ 1 sales, they upsold the AJ 2 as an aspirational product and even shifted production to Italy for the release. Essentially, Nike saw that "Jordan" as a brand (which obviously later turned into JB) was highly marketable, after they were able to push out many more pairs of the AJ 1 than they initially projected.
If you think about it, this exact formula happens with any performance basketball shoes nowadays. Pretty much every model of performance basketball shoe (in some cw) ends up with outlets after demand has tapered off. Shoes that are released as collectors items (retros) rather than for performance uses are a different story altogether.
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Those might be the cleanest pair of OGs I have ever seen.
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Mines come in today. I cant wait to see them. Then I can look at them for a few hours and move my mind onto the Foams/playoff 13s these next couple months. These just remind me of those good 80-90s shows. Some kid always had these or similar beat to hell with some basic light blue jeans and a random shirt on.
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Pretty much my entire fit with all my pairs of 1s.
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I keep telling myself, "Must resist buying.... wait for a lower price....."
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145 shipped or 125 in store in NJ at
https://lmtdsupply.com/products/air-jordan-1-retro-high-og-metallic-red?variant=43495871055
https://lmtdsupply.com/products/air-jordan-1-retro-high-og-metallic-red?variant=43495871055
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lol...dark denim and a plain or graphic black tee is pretty much the uniform
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how many metalic colorways are there for nike to retro?
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since my daughter now works at ftl (her 1st job), i'll def. be using that 30. was gonna grab these yesterday via her, but i feel like they'll def. see discounts so i decided to wait and cop bred trunners instead.
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Metallic black, orange, purple, green, maroon, and a gold pair if you wanna count those.
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damn
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if these get sold at sheikhs best believe they gonna sit and drop to 99 quick and hopefully another 20 off like i got my navys
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Can't wait for metallic purple 
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hopefully the orange is similar to that of the citrus 11 low, that would be a must cop
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really hoping these aren't slept on like the navy's 
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Dude u said more exspensive to produce than a $2 mid. My point is do you really think they aren't profiting off the shoe? Do you really think the brand should stop making a shoe because it is selling below retail? That's just ridiculous
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Just got mine in. I don't care if they are sitting or not. Let dudes sleep on these so we can all double up later. These are skraight up flamessssssss. So fresh.
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Who do you not want to sleep on these?really hoping these aren't slept on like the navy's
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got mine yesterday and the leather is really nice!
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really hoping these aren't slept on like the navy's
I hope all upcoming metallic releases and neutral grays are slept on.
