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Originally Posted by terx
Debating if I should trade a pair of Zens plus +200 for a pair of Solars
Deal or no deal ?
That's silly man...Solars are nice but dropping another 2 bills for em...Not a good look.
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Originally Posted by terx
Debating if I should trade a pair of Zens plus +200 for a pair of Solars
Deal or no deal ?
Originally Posted by Used2playKobeNowiPlayLebron
only rich clowns pay $2000 for nikes----
Originally Posted by sickickz23
Originally Posted by Used2playKobeNowiPlayLebron
only rich clowns pay $2000 for nikes----
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Does he have 5 felonies or how many?Originally Posted by rayray3thousand
me and my dog "Bill Bellamy"
Originally Posted by Pdigiti
For those of you who have AND ACTUALLY ARE WEARING THEM, how do they compare in fit to the 1's?
Sz 12 in the 1's fit me perfectly but I also know they run pretty big since I typically wear 12.5 or 13 depending.
Any/all insights are greatly appreciated and congrats again to those who have AND PLAN TO KEEP!
peace
^^Originally Posted by Cement Greyman
Originally Posted by Pdigiti
For those of you who have AND ACTUALLY ARE WEARING THEM, how do they compare in fit to the 1's?
Sz 12 in the 1's fit me perfectly but I also know they run pretty big since I typically wear 12.5 or 13 depending.
Any/all insights are greatly appreciated and congrats again to those who have AND PLAN TO KEEP!
peace
The Y2 is a more true to size shoe. My Y1s are my true to size 9 yet I would have been better off going at least a 1/2 size down. I went a 1/2 size down on the Y2 and they are slightly snug....I could have gotten my true size and been fine. I suggest getting these in your true size.
^^Originally Posted by DJ Proto J
are PM's down for anyone else?
i can't send a PM...
I will try my best to help... I am a natural 12Originally Posted by Pdigiti
For those of you who have AND ACTUALLY ARE WEARING THEM, how do they compare in fit to the 1's?
Sz 12 in the 1's fit me perfectly but I also know they run pretty big since I typically wear 12.5 or 13 depending.
Any/all insights are greatly appreciated and congrats again to those who have AND PLAN TO KEEP!
peace
Originally Posted by Pdigiti
^^Originally Posted by Cement Greyman
Originally Posted by Pdigiti
For those of you who have AND ACTUALLY ARE WEARING THEM, how do they compare in fit to the 1's?
Sz 12 in the 1's fit me perfectly but I also know they run pretty big since I typically wear 12.5 or 13 depending.
Any/all insights are greatly appreciated and congrats again to those who have AND PLAN TO KEEP!
peace
The Y2 is a more true to size shoe. My Y1s are my true to size 9 yet I would have been better off going at least a 1/2 size down. I went a 1/2 size down on the Y2 and they are slightly snug....I could have gotten my true size and been fine. I suggest getting these in your true size.
Thanks Cement GMan!
Lately a lot of Nike drops have ran a little on the longer side and since they didn't make a 12.5 in these I was on the fence. Man I'm thinking 13 may be a touch too big but who knows. I'll just have to bite the bullet once the hype dies down a little.
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highly doubt it dude.Originally Posted by dubizzle
looks like prices are starting to soften a bit, as expected. Any one have a guess whether these will actually settle under $1K?
These were your strongest points. Most folks I've talked to have all said the same thing, Nike took a huge negative rep with this one. That is in addition to the fact that most of the shoes people want, they make enough shoes to satisfy an audience no bigger than a movie theater. The server issues, ugliness of their handily available shoes, and awful satisfaction rate have really damaged their brand. Some here will deny that and call people salty, but the people who have been here the whole time, the folks who know how things used to be, know what the deal is. Nike has become a garbage brand imo.Originally Posted by thatguy
Now that the dust has (mostly) settled, a few thoughts. Take them for what you want...
1. To the general public with little interest in shoes - This release was primarily used by Nike in order to gain publicity from the mainstream media. While they may have gotten a little, just like with the Galaxy release, I think the bad they got in the public's eyes severely outweighed the good. IMO, the perception Nike is getting amongst the average shopper who pays attention to the media may be more negative than positive. I feel as though the average shopper may at this point be asking, "Why isn't Nike making more of these products?"
2. To TRUE sneakerheads - This release was made to be perhaps the most hyped shoe of all-time. Almost everyone that truly knows about sneakers and has been in the game for more than a few years understood the significance of this shoe and knew just how special it was. There didn't need to be a special press release to tell PROTO or any of the other big timers here that this was going to be one that we needed to pick up. Unfortunately, as we all know, this release was not about getting the shoes to those who really wanted them (us), it was a publicity stunt. In my opinion, Nike could have made 5x as many of these and still gotten the sold out in minutes effect, almost never see them on a dude's feet, only sold in boutiques, and not made them almost literally a crapshoot to get.
Originally Posted by 4wrestling
Originally Posted by donkeykong23
it was like an "amazing race" type of hunt around philly. they gave us clues and we had to take pictures at certain loactions, obtain certain items around philly, recording yourself reciting kayne west lyrics lol. its was really clever how they set it up. majority of the clues had something to do with kanye west or ben franklin. first 17 to finish were guranteed a pair and the last pair was raffled off to the losers... DJ Clark Kent DJ'd at the lil event they had for us after the hunt.. it was a pretty coolOriginally Posted by GatorBeltsNPattieMelts
dig that .
Dang what did you have to do for the scavenger hunt?? if you don't mind going into details...
Good meeting you too. Were you in the Roshes?
Here's my recap of the scavenger hunt I posted in the regional forum....
SneakerVilla opened the online registration via EventBrite on Monday for the first 150 people. The scavenger hunt was on Thursday, starting at 4am on the Art Museum Steps. We got there, checked in, got Villa Yeezy 2 shirts, and they went over the rules. You were given 4-5 riddle clues at a time. You had to solve the riddle to get to a location in the city. Once you got to the spot, you had to take your picture in front of the landmark with your Villa sign to prove you were there. After you got your 4-5 pictures, you had to solve a riddle to get to the next checkpoint. There you checked in where they would check to make sure your pictures were correct and then they gave you the next set of clues. There were four checkpoints throughout the day.
There were 18 pairs of Yeezy's available (sold for retail). They initially said that the 17 people with the shortest overall scavenger hunt time for all of the checkpoints would win the shoes. However, this didn't work because there were always lines of people at each checkpoint, and it was impossible to know exactly when people got there (got really bad at the 2nd checkpoint). So it was changed to the first 17 people to arrive at the final checkpoint would win the shoes. The 18th pair would be raffled off to all of those who completed the scavenger hunt but didn't finish in the top 17.
The clues got harder as the day went on, specifically with the final checkpoint which had some really tough clues. At the final checkpoint, they had vans to take the winners to Villa on Broad. They had the store shutdown just for us. DJ Clark Kent performed and they had food and drinks for everyone. I think people would have been into it more if we weren't all exhausted from running around Philly for 16 straight hours, but it was still really cool. Everyone who didn't win was given a $50 Villa giftcard which I also thought was really cool of them. Then they called out the winners and we got to pick up our shoes.
Overall, I thought Villa did a great job with this. I'll never spend days camping out for shoes, so this was the ideal option for me. One day of work put in and I was lucky enough to win. I was worried a little about security before the hunt started, but Villa hired two armed guards to work the entire hunt, and had extra security at the store when we got our shoes. They really put a lot of their own money into this so I appreciate that.
I started the day working alone but met up with a dude halfway through (my man Octaveous on the bike) and we worked together from there on out to solve the clues and get to the locations. He finished 9th and I finished 10th. There were some out-of-towners in the hunt. I think living in Philly and knowing how to get around was a huge advantage.
Shoutouts to everyone else I met as well. All of the other winners, Wreckinkickz who started the original Yeezy 2 thread, a couple of other NT'ers I met, and everyone else. A lot of cool people.
The day started at 4am and didn't end until 10pm. It was exhausting but for a pair of shoes this exclusive, I would do it again.