Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread

[truenike81]

I can't believe I hit on sns 1st raffle win ever from them I'm surprised

 

[truenike81]

Two 10min waitLists
Feeling better now about my sns W.

Same here I'm surprised I hit on sns

 

[thegatorviking]

Holy s**t the Henny is flowin' tonight lmao

 

[dvlsfan30]

yo you got my favorite shoe as your avy, respect, I just came up on a pair not too long ago. that recent semi-retro was crap tho.

I still have a pair on ice.
My beat pair will last a bit longer since I grabbed the “retro”. Agreed on the quality. Original takashi has always been one of my top SB’s

 

[WASHED KING]

Hit on FTL for the Spiderman's, got promoted off the WL on Champs HOWEVER I was sleep when they did it so I missed the chance to reserve smh. Would've rather copped from Champs so I could earn my VIP for future releases. Still going to try my luck on SNKRS.

 

[jshortt]

What the hell? Just got a SNS PayPal charge. Guess it's a delayed W for me. Anybody else come up?

 

[Magic33]

Yep unions is gabbage, typical recent nike collaboration hype, and this coming from a fan of union clothing and the shop even prior to the collaboration. Resellers eating off a lot of these HB starter pack suckers...

Fasho at least 50% of yall aint even know union existed before this collab...
Another 25% of yall still don't know and thats fine.
the other 25% is NT OG that prolly flipping them to many that struck out but wanna wear what everyone else got.

the only praise I can give to the union 1 is that the materials are quality in comparison to most of the recently released 1's but thats to be expected bcuz they limited, it's an ok shoe overall but the colorway is wack.

but at the same time I think what the dunks are garbage and anything else with a similar concept, but to most HB's those are "heat". Mismatched/frankenstein colorways/materials on shoes are unappealing to most fashionable people but to each his own.
To be honest I wouldn't even buy these for the collections sake.

Nike has become od reliant on collabs to stay relevant, cuz they in house "creative" team is filled with a buncha chumps that been pumping out unappealing colorways and gimmicky shoes with weird/absurdly cheap materials for years now... But now they figured out you can slap NA on any old thing or put it on a rappers foot and now they hot resale instantly $500+ for some shoes that are basically worthless due to their uglyness or lack of comfort.

Colorway and material wise 1's are some of the worst retro's, even though everyone thinks theyre so great all the sudden, when nobody wanted them before they brought back NA w/ the 2013's, for me it's og cw or nothing, and even so these remastered "og's" just aren't worth the hassle most of the times, especially since the retail price hikes and then the resale price gouging gets out of control after 2 or 3 months.

Nike air or not retro+ 1's are hella lame. I haven't seen a single retro+ aj1 that I would pay retail for excluding 1 or 2. and the resale on the og cw's is honestly laughable given how poor quality they are, now disco thats another story.

Remember when nike GR's had the potential to be comfortable and have decent consistency in terms of QC and on top of that they were somewhat affordable.

Now every shoe they release is over saturated, overpriced and poorly QC'd or ridiculously limited, plus the colors they're using on their remastered retro attempts are way off, varsity red on EVERYTHING, and of course the overuse of tumbled leather. Nike getting way too lazy. And they catering to HB's to remain relevant.

Now days people will wear an overpriced AJ1 regardless of the CW just for the approval of other HB's, it's baffling.

If it weren't for celebs influencing teeny boppers and HB's interest by way of IG, brand loyalist that buy nike exclusively, resellers wouldnt be profiting and JB would be doing poorly at least in comparison to now to the point that they would have to resort to price slashing, at least if they kept on schedule with this current monthly over saturation of retro releases, but instead nike gets away with half assin it cuz the HB's will buy anything nike pump out if they favorite rapper got em on then they getting em too.

Nike's thirst to stay in the lime light has become so obvious that it's kinda sad, seeing as in the past nike was so elite they didn't have to resort to collaborating with everybody and they mama cuz they had jordan repping they kicks on court and tinker on payroll lol.

Now who we got repping JB? A buncha clowns, too many to list by name unfortunately, but hey it's working for them so I can't even knock nike on that, they know how to market their shoes, without investing any time or money.

Nike always been about the profits but it's so blatantly obvious now, that it's gotten out of hand with the way that they give desirable OG colorways of shoes GR treatment but then cut corners on the detailing of an OG retro, then they oversaturate the market with ugly GR/QS retro+ and more limited retro + releases with a label of "premium" materials but ugly/boring colorways no one wants for the HB's that are so worried about being the special snowflake.

Honestly only AJ XI fans get love from nike and thats only been as of late. And while I like XI's I like the other models too and I wish they would get the same treatment when they release.

People that buy unions/OW at resale are the type to buy shoes for hypes sake, not their unique qualities, and are usually thirsty for attention/approval but thats just my opinion. Or maybe they're just really enthusiastic about ugly shoes. Not saying they're not worth resale if you like em, but there are usually better shoes out there for sale that arent as hyped or overpriced, stop buying into the resell hype and buy what you like, grown men out here falling victim to peer pressure like 14 year olds lmao.

JB abandoned the crowd that just wants OG colorways to get retro treatment with premium materials, jordans are basically reserved for teeny boppers, HB's and people that can't dress themselves now. I aint been worried about a jordan release in years... GR or otherwise. Which sucks because I still like jordans for what they were I'm just not interested in their lackluster products and the direction nike is taking the brand in. They need to stop focusing on exclusivity so much and refocus on quality and consistency. An exclusive is cool here and there but not every 2-3 months...

End rant...

Nobody is reading all that

 

[5 god]

SNS came through for the not for resales

 

[vzy085]

Haha I know I care too much about shoes :/
If you dont mind me asking whats your favorite jordan 1 from the past 5 yrs?

No worries professor lol jk, gotta say 2017 royals

 

[turbospartan]

Phone died snowboarding yesterday and when I checked my apps at like 730pm I didn't hit on any of the apps for either the Spidermans or Yeezys... which seems odd since I've been hitting lately.

Did I possibly win but since I didn't confirm, they went to others?

 

[Guccishades]

Phone died snowboarding yesterday and when I checked my apps at like 730pm I didn't hit on any of the apps for either the Spidermans or Yeezys... which seems odd since I've been hitting lately.

Did I possibly win but since I didn't confirm, they went to others?

Nah it was L city for em

 

[kilroythedon]

Hope I can get the Spiderman joints.. first pair of 1s since the sorry meant nigels.

 

[cruzberg]

anyone with footapp reservations? how long do they give you to pick up?

 

[L7oser]

DNR

 

[Kim Fatty the Third]

anyone with footapp reservations? how long do they give you to pick up?

6:00pm

 

[turbospartan]

Nah it was L city for em

I figured that for the Spidermans, but since I also took like 6 L's for these McYeezys I thought maybe since I never checked the app in time?

 

[tortuga]

Spidey 1's for pine greens . Even trade?

 

[Guccishades]

I figured that for the Spidermans, but since I also took like 6 L's for these McYeezys I thought maybe since I never checked the app in time?

I didn’t win many yeezys and only a size 13 on the Spider-Man’s

 

[WWWWeheh]

Nobody is reading all that

I mean ya don't have to, if you even skimmed over it youre more thoughtful than me or anyone i've ever met haha.

also harvey is mad sus this guy always crying. I could never bring myself to use that fool in a gif.

Not a good look for the AJ thread, i'll go back to lurking and laughing at peoples fits^^ on this site if you promise to delete this post or at least make the gif a spoiler, and never post a harvey gif in an AJ thread again. I would vanish just like that

 

[nickname.esco]

Unions fye.
Ain’t no way around it.

 

[WWWWeheh]

No worries professor lol jk, gotta say 2017 royals

I like the metallics all colors really but I wish they would release actually shiny metallics, had the navy that released but they was lacking so I sold em..
I would pay anything for a proper full set metallic retro, seriously.

 

[WWWWeheh]

Unions fye.
Ain’t no way around it.

Lemme just ask you this would you rather have a regular full leather black toe of that quality or the unions?

To each his own but to me unions look like the beat jays someone tossed and then eventually you would see a fiend running around the hood in breaking necks, since they look yellowed with the trim/outsole, slightly aged look and deconstructed tongue lol.

I mean I see what people like about it but imo it's gimmicky and loud, but they got away with it by making it limited now if they were a GR and common place theyd qualify for beaters but thats it. Last time i'll say anything negative about that shoe in this thread before I get booted out though hahaha.

I want non aged non vintage properly made shoes, is that too much to ask for?

 

[jumpmanpro97]

pending...sold out in 9.5, trying for 10 now...sold out in 10 now trying 10.5...sold out

 

[wyoung38]

L on NDC for Jordan 1’s

 

[salacious crumb]

Well, this is a first.