- Apr 25, 2005
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NOTHING will top these. I been waiting since 1988 for a respectable retro of these baby
Nike Air Jordan Retro 3 OG “Fire Red” 2022
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- Apr 15, 2015
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I love my fire red retros. Don’t actually know when they came out but I know I’ve worn them a lot.
No chips. Don’t know what these other people are doing
Definitely the 2013 pair
- Jul 18, 2012
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My 2013's will be beaters after I get these in September.
- Mar 17, 2013
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6s bled pretty badly, had horrible leather and yellowed super fast, couldn’t clean them well due to bleeding.
7s bad shape, caught heel drag fast and materials were trash
12s were cool but creased badly and paint chipped after 3 wears, it would rub right off.
13s were good but had bad drag quickly.
16s yellowed super fast and had paper thin patent leather.
Everything else named didn’t rate due to them being ehh colorways.
- Sep 20, 2007
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Where’d the 6’s bleed
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The suede, when I did restorations they were notorious
- Sep 20, 2007
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Imma pull mine out and see if they bled any. Yellowing is bad but they were clear soles not icy blue so I expected that.. and tbh yellow soles never bothered me much on OG colorways
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I still wear my CDP 21s
- Dec 18, 2012
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I enjoyed all of the shoes I named. I had none of those issues you claimed. The Carmine 6 from the pack are much better than any that released after it. Same with the 7. **** the newer 7s shape are garbage.
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Caught heel drag? You can learn to walk correctly.
I can’t take y’all seriously.
I can’t take y’all seriously.
- Aug 26, 2012
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CDP were a notable drop in quality at the time at the compared to earlier stuff, but of course subsequent retros years later would continue to degrade in quality… so CDP stuff seems great in hindsight lol
- Jul 1, 2008
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I don't want to hear anything about "good quality" when talking about retros from like 06-14ish 
Probably the worst period in JB history
Probably the worst period in JB history
- Sep 22, 2014
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Don’t people rave about the quality of 2009 Shadows and 2011 Banned 1s? I swear people put those releases on such a pedestal (although obviously nowhere near as much as SBBs lol)I don't want to hear anything about "good quality" when talking about retros from like 06-14ish
Probably the worst period in JB history
- May 9, 2013
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Sounds about right. I still have photos of those and other retros from 1/17 sitting when I went to Mississippi for family.
- Mar 17, 2013
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I’m from NY guess things move a little different, dudes are reselling for bodega sandwiches on this side lol
Sounds about right. I still have photos of those and other retros from 1/17 sitting when I went to Mississippi for family.
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That’s 2 out of a 8 year stretch. Even Nike had to drop those banneds at outlets because they messed up dates lol. Not to mention 1s didn’t have the craziest pull back then. It was all about Lebrons and foams around then. Those 2009 shadows caught hate due to being mids and having a suede toe box over a leather 1.
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- Mar 17, 2013
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To be honest 2014 carmines rated better than cdp’s to me, even 2014 infrareds rated higher than the 2009-10 infrareds/varsity reds in terms of shape, reflective materials and nubuck.
- Dec 7, 2018
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Most of the cdp shoes were pretty bad. The only ones that were decent were the 6, 7, 12, and 13. I still have cdp Taxi’s, but I’ve no doubt the next release will be much better.
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The shadows weren't mids
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To be honest that’s my mistake but they were still trash at the time. I was more focused on 01-03 jordan 1 retros
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Lol and timbs! This was from a different time though lol this was January of 2017. Stuff was sitting then
- Sep 22, 2014
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I wonder why stuff sat this badly back then. The discounts back then were insane lol
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Yeezy jumped over the Jumpman at this point so hypebeasts and kids with their mom's credit card weren't into elderly Jordans. This time was amazing if you were in it and sticking with the classics. Most of the releases were so attainable and resell wasn't too outlandish either. Also there was no StockX & GOAT giving you market data where people were dictating the price by ways of recent sales and then buying up sneakers en masse. Sneakers weren't quite mainstream yet, just on the cusp. I miss it lol
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Yeezys were insanely difficult to attain at that point though so I seriously doubt that’s the reason.
You’re right about StockX though but I also think Nike/JB produced retros in higher qualities per release.
