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man thats sad. no way id pay anywhere near retail for those!
Nike Air Raid Retro?!?! please
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this colorways has been released 4 times previously right?
and this is the first time the black leather piece appears. like come on nike quit ****ing around.
that **** really alters the smoothness of the shoe
and this is the first time the black leather piece appears. like come on nike quit ****ing around.
that **** really alters the smoothness of the shoe
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they have done some weird **** like this before remember they made the heel leather on the white black with blue straps pair? 
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You KNOW Nike always jacks things up.
Changes the shoe. No damn good.
I'll keep an eye out and MAYBE buy a pair if they stick around for deep disco.
I think I'm at a point, finally, where I should just wear and enjoy the **** I have. If they aren't going to give us good materials, that's bad enough. But this constant changing of little yet big stuff on niche retros like this, for no reason, is infuriating. EFFING infuriating.
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I’ll take a pair
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they really mailed this one in
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I got mine, y’all can roast em all u want
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I was super close to getting a pair at my local Jimmy Jazz here in PG county. I called and asked if they have a size 11 and they said yes. As I got there, all sizes were sold out..smh. Guy getting the last pair was ringing up his pair was the last one...smh. I just ended up getting a pair off the GOAT app.
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I do need a pair but definitely not at retail
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Waiting for them to hit NDC with the description "an exact re issue of the original, stitch for stitch" so at least I can walk away with a good laugh from this release.
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Hey, at least they give these the same square toe, too, that they give to most Jordan retros.
I'm not letting Nike off the hook here, but I am starting to wonder if the old sloped, rounded toes were as much a product of the manufacturing capabilities/practices of the day as much as they were actually intended design cues. It would be fascinating to hear from someone like Tinker as to whether or not he intentionally intended geometries like that in his designs, or if they just came out of the factories like that. If he'd give an honest answer, that is.
That said, I'm out on these and not because of that; I just can't get down with that black toe piece the more I think about it and look at the pics. The gray is what always appealed to me as much as anything about the OG Raids. The top-down view is a lot different now. Are those FoG Raids still releasing in this colorway? Rather have those now.
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Nike has em on their page
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I really don’t understand why Nike can’t get that toebox right on their retros anymore. What happened?? Look at the great slant and overall shape of the OG. Then the banana retro!?!?
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Air raids on the SNKRS app not a GR what is the world coming too
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That’s hilarious. I’m 100 percent out, thanks to that stupid and ugly black toe piece. Just can’t do it.Air raids on the SNKRS app not a GR what is the world coming too
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I was off on the FOG Raids when I heard about these...that changed back after seeing these pics.
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Got my air raids for $98 
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This is EXACTLY how I feel about the the Fire Red 4's. It's NO ****ing reason why they should still be low tops.
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its ****ing weird. like people dont buy mid tops? makes no ****ing sense
This is EXACTLY how I feel about the the Fire Red 4's. It's NO ****ing reason why they should still be low tops.
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30 percent off huh? how you swing that?Got my air raids for $98
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The cynic in me has always thought, let's see, reduce the size of the shoe, reduce the amount of material required to produce each pair. Multiply that small savings by a few hundred-thousand pairs, and you increase your profit margin. Or they're just total ****bags LOL
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The top one is actually Air Raid 2.I really don’t understand why Nike can’t get that toebox right on their retros anymore. What happened?? Look at the great slant and overall shape of the OG. Then the banana retro!?!?
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