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Pale horse vs Ghost of Christmas past

  • Pale Horse

    Votes: 19 86.4%

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Mastralf said:
 
Instead of a FTB pack they should have just let Kobe pick his favorite pair of each line and release those. PE or not.
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That's too Easy.

They prefer to Out-Think themselves while trying to be Extra Deep with everything they do.
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Foamposite XI said:
Flyknit on older models makes no sense. Every model is unique in their own way. The 6 is unique cuz of the material that resembles a snake and the 5 is unique cuz of the shiny leather. Taking that away and replacing it with Flyknit makes them look..... Weird.
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the new era boys dunno n only worship the fk n uggz high tops
 
CannaButter said:
Bear with me fams, I'm probably reachin but I'm too high to not share this. I think I know what 4KB stands for. It stands for the four different Kobe Bryants we've seen throughout his recent career. I believe it's a play off of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which are conquest, war, famine, and death, in respective order. These are supposedly the signs when the end is near, and for Kobe's career the end is almost here.

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The first horseman is the "White Horse", which is the title of his newest shoe that people thought was called the "4KB", "Apocalypse", or the "Easter". The White Horse stands for conquest and is usually seen associated with victory, and is also seen as a hero/victor with bows, crowns, yeah all that good ****. This relates to Kobe's career because he was conquering the league with a 2-peat, accolades, scoring titles, playing amazingly despite father-time, etc.

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This is fitting with the design of the shoe. Which shows a very white shoe that is blended with an elegant pretty multicolor flyknit. The rear of the shoe displays gold with a bunch of emblems/insignias, ones that a hero would wear and be proud of. And the insole of the shoe contains the arrows that the horseman of the White Horse carries.

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The second horseman is the Red Horse, which associates with War. The horse is a red/brown color and the horsemen is usually in armor with a sword prepared for  battle in war. When Dwight Howard's soft ***** *** came to play in Los Angeles with him, that year was a war for him (physically and mentally having to deal with critics and Dwight's ***** ***). Every game was a battlefield as he fought tooth and nail to make the playoffs. He pulled every weapon out of his arsenal, passing, scoring, defense, trash talking, and he was playing nearly full minutes every game while putting up numbers as if he was in his prime. He battled through injuries and fatigue to defeat the odds and survive for the playoff race. 


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This is fitting for the next Kobe XI colorway, which we all thought was the Easter. I believe it is actually the "Red Horse" colorway. We're all confused about the skull on the back? Well now it makes sense why they would do that, it could be seen as a helmet or armor for a warrior going into the battlefield. We all also thought the color scheme was very odd, but now it makes sense. The orange/bright red color is representative of war, blood, and battle, or it's also similar to a horse's fur. While the metallic black is the same color as metal armor. 

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The next horseman is the Black Horse, which represents famine. We haven't seen this colorway yet, nor the next one, however there is the FTB pack coming out. Anyways, this follows along with Kobe's career because of his injury. After his Conquering and all the battles he's fought, he finally succumbed to his injuries and fatigue. The last 2-3 seasons have been plagued by his season ending injuries. Shoulder, knee, and his Achilles. This is his famine. Shortage of games he can play, shortage of time he last left to play in the league, he's starved of doing what he loves to do. He is a shell of himself and he hungers to get back on the court.

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Finally, the last horse is the Pale Horse. This represents death. Kobe's gone through his famine and his injuries, father time has finally claimed him. The end is near for him and his career is finally winding down. While death is seen as weak, Kobe is going out guns blazing. 26 shots a game. Just playing. But he's accepted his fate and now this is his finale, his death. And I believe this will be the last colorway of the 4KB pack. The colors associated with the Pale Horse is a light green, light yellow, white. 

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I have too much time on my hands. Post was lengthy,but yall get the idea. I'm probably wrong. They probably just called it "White Horse" to signify this is the beginning of the end for him. But at least we got to see some dope *** pictures. 
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Best post I've read on NikeTalk

Side note - how dope would it be if these were sold as a pack and called the 4 horsemen hahaha [emoji]129304[/emoji][emoji]127995[/emoji]
 
UrN0tLike said:
100% agree. Ill just be a fake fan with my og V's.
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Yup you can start with some of first of the V's released , the Lakers away cw and go down the list and all are better than this ftb pair. The Bruce Lee's, Dark Knight, Chaos, and Big Stages. Your better off waiting for them to retro some of these back on ID if you are settling for the pairs in the released pick. Original colorways will always be better especially when you factor in that he played with a lot of the V's that were released.
 
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KB24strikesagain said:
Yup you can start with some of first of the V's released , the Lakers away cw and go down the list and all are better than this ftb pair. The Bruce Lee's, Dark Knight, Chaos, and Big Stages. Your better off waiting for them to retro some of these back on ID if you are settling for the pairs in the released pick. Original colorways will always be better especially when you factor in that he played with a lot of the V's that were released.
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Exactly. Even though I don't think they should be charging $200 for a shoe that was $135, Id pay it if It was for an id with options they had for the og or any of those colors you listed. Wouldn't pay $200 for those crap blackouts. They aren't even as good as the og blackouts.
 
doublemesh96 said:
Foamposite XI said:
Flyknit on older models makes no sense. Every model is unique in their own way. The 6 is unique cuz of the material that resembles a snake and the 5 is unique cuz of the shiny leather. Taking that away and replacing it with Flyknit makes them look..... Weird.
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A flyknit 5 would work. And you would buy it.
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Anything flyknit sells and it's proof in the Kobe threads since the 9, especially if it has bunch of rainbow colours mixed in.

Look at the Bruce lee 9, they got NO love whatsoever because they were EM. If these 11's were the base model, they wouldn't have as much attention as they do.

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I remember them getting a lot of love tbh. There were just better CWs of the 9 that overshadowed them. Weren't they the first pair of 9s to release? 
 
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The 9 bruce lees are fire. I wish i doubled on them. I was hoping for those to hit the outlet but they never did. Sadly the 9 EM's get dirty real easy. 
 
lol no way transformer bumble be 9 associated as blees. no way. no ig filter in the world will save
 
9s were good but BL 11s are great imo...BL 5s are just next level legendary...BL are a worthy successor to the 5s, 9s were straight tho...just think the color placement could've been better and it didnt have the scars...i was too young to get 5s, but i had them 9s til sumbody stole them 
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so....gotta know im bout to cop these 11s with the quickness lol
 
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