What signs are those? Or does enough wishful thinking eventually make something become a reality?
Nike's Logic Principle: Nike > logic
Or any pair for that matter at this point. NA on anything is going to cause unnecessary pandemonium. I like the Jedi mind trick tho. Sell a product, change it to something slightly different (while slowly increasing the price), create hysterical demand for something originally sold (while still driving up the price). Why couldn't we just get what we originally had and call it a day? Guess it just shuoldn't be that logical and easy huh? It's like a variation of how they did snapback hats
Or any pair for that matter at this point. NA on anything is going to cause unnecessary pandemonium. I like the Jedi mind trick tho. Sell a product, change it to something slightly different (while slowly increasing the price), create hysterical demand for something originally sold (while still driving up the price). Why couldn't we just get what we originally had and call it a day? Guess it just shuoldn't be that logical and easy huh? It's like a variation of how they did snapback hats
But cats like you are the ones that help fuel the "pandamonium". These really weren't that tough to get online (and I'm not talking about the backdoor FNL purchases). If they released these in stores you may have even seen stock locates coming up with pairs across the country two weeks after. These sat in stores in parts of the country for a good month in 2011. If anything, I think the online only release was meant to preserve the false idea that an NA branded pair is exclusive and hard to get, in such higher demand. The reality is - and we saw it in this thread - the NA isn't a huge deal for a lot of people, especially those that have multiple pairs of the shoes and bought just 2 years ago.
Release the floodgates on NA and you'll probably see that while in demand, they really aren't much tougher than a regular GR of the non-NA version of the shoe. That's why I think we'll see 1 or 2 more NA pairs this year and probably with a controlled release like this, followed up by 2 or 3 next year. Keep it irregular enough that you can create a false sense of hype.
An online only release is always tough to get but factor in the circumstances of Wednesday and 4:51 pm EST it made the release not only tough but also unusual. I got my pair thanks to the FNL backdoor link. It felt like they made most people jump through hoops to get a pair of these. The hype did seem artificial though probably because it is the same pair that was release 2 years ago minus the NA branding. I think in the future they will do in store releases for retros with the NA but it probably won't be shoes that retro'd only 2 years ago.
. That says a lot about your typical shoe consumer now. I see what you are saying about seeing GS sizes but everyone is running to everything now. My cousin texted me last week telling me, "dudes buy eeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvverrrrrrrrythiiiiiiin" (his words exactly) and he's not even on NT, so what is that telling you. We are our own "community" then on top of that, you got what I call the average joe sneaker consumer who isn't in the know and doesn't come here for info. This poses an all around problem in the grand scheme of getting what you want. You have pockets of those who cop easy, then you have those who strike out. I was in taht boat in '09 with the SJ release. I literally rolled over in bed and copped. I had no intention to, but changed my mind at the last minute. No problem, no issues. I went into the SJ thread not 5 minutes later, dudes were mad because the site crashed-and that was in '09. Much worse now. It's a crap shoot with online releases now and moreso with this whole bot situation.
Excellent point.
i wouldn't as the the price of the Royal 1s are pretty inflated. Just depends on what you like and what you want to wear.
