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All of this is just your opinion NOT fact. IMO OG's are and will always be better then any retro. Unless one day JB decides to make retros exactly the same as OG's, but I don't see them ever doing it.
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All of this is just your opinion NOT fact. IMO OG's are and will always be better then any retro. Unless one day JB decides to make retros exactly the same as OG's, but I don't see them ever doing it.
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Design changes in most retros were for a reason, especially the 3, no different from the changes that saved the 10. My view on the 5 can be a bit controversial, but the paper thin leather and slim toebox were rectified in the Retro, and that's a plus in my eyes. However, I do admit there are cases like the 2's where even the first retros fall flat on their face.
The issue pops up after 2003, with blatant shortcuts that took years to be adressed. As long as I don't pay an insane price, I'm ok with reduced quality, they were always just $20 shoes with a great designer.
I simply don't agree that the first set of retroes are somehow magically inferior to their originals.
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There isn't one OG out there that doesn't look better than the retro that came after it. That 80's toe box is part of the design. The lines don't flow as well when they alter it.
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airthompson
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Please don't use that word for describing paying a lot for sneakers.
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Look how smooth the lines play off of each other in the 1990 pair. It's sleekness plays into the fighter plane theme. Also, look at how much better the netting is. The transparency and the holes make the design so much better. They used to look like feathery wings and now it just looks like a side panel with holes cut out.
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I completely disagree. The patent leather cut was changed for the worse imo. The 2000 retro also lacked ankle padding.
In general I think the 94 and 99-00 retros were at least on par with the ogs. They tended to try to fix issues with the originals rather than change things to reduce the quality or make them cheaper to manufacture.
They nailed the 3s in 94, those were the best version overall. They also fixed the collar area on the 1s that always rots on the ogs.
They fixed the tongue on the 4s in 99 and also used the better durabuck on the 5/6 (although they took out the 3M on the 6 which always bothered me).
I can see the argument for keeping things super og and would prefer that to what we normally get these days. Regardless, I think whoever was in charge of the retro campaign back in those days had the absolute right idea.
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The issue I have with the OG, mind the superior netting is the toebox and old durabuck. It's looks awful in person, can't speak for back then. The 2000 Nikebuck has a certain hint of fuzz that helps it stay looking dry. I also prefer the 2000 because the angle on the toebox isn't so harsh, unlike the 2011 and 1990 which are exact opposites. The 2011 steel toed boots of course takes the cake with the small netting and velvety nubuck.
If they were WW2 era planes, I'd see the the 1990 as a P-63, the 2000 as a P-51D, and the 2011 as a P-47. It's all about the smooth angles to me.
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that's an opinion too lol
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If those are the real deal then thanks nike! Looks to be perfect execution.
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Nice job Nike, now start making the toebox more slanted. 2 pairs?
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Well there goes another $237...loool
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more like $480 hah
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Is it just me or do these not look quite as steel toe bootish as the other remastered 5s we've been getting? Maybe I just need more pics. But if these are it, well done!
The Fresh Prince
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Yes
The Fresh Prince
!!!!FLAWLESS VICTORY.
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Nah
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....More like $720...
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3 pair minimum!!
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They even made the air unit white like it supposed to be
They are not 100% perfect, but its not worth it to complain for 95%, I'm in.
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I need to see the 3m
