OFFICIAL NIKE KOBE 8 SYSTEM THREAD

[lostsole]

kobe cant play the basketball...

 

[xace1113x]

This looks more like an Adidas concept.  Is this something that was leaked or is this something that you came up with?

Kind of reminds me of the nike air zoom generations (the first lebrons)

 

[Fidel_Cashflow]

how so? the male sex, straight or homosexual, can't have an opinion on a tattoo design?

Sorry didn't know this was the "OFFICIAL NIKE KOBE 8 SYSTEM / TATTOO CRITICISM THREAD."

Didn't intend to come off as sexist, but his "opinion" is irrelevant with regards to the shoe.

 

[dark steel]

This looks more like an Adidas concept.  Is this something that was leaked or is this something that you came up with?

That pic came out a few months back I believe and was a fan's mockup of the upcoming Kobe 9.

 

[ddash]

Looks like they got their inspiration and design from piccolo shoes on dragonball z lol.

 

[41239]

No thats when YOU started paying attention to Kobes. The popularity really started with the Kobe IV and definitely with the Kobe V. Thats when we started to see the beginning of 1000 page Kobe threads on here. Thats also when I noticed some GR colorways would actually sell out in a couple months time.

Shoes are selling better than they ever have because Nike revamped their lineup and marketed in new way.Also Nike helped cultivate the market by making energy colorways and releasing them in House of Hoops. Basically it made it fun to collect shoes.

no, the VIs is when i started hooping in kobes, Vs hurt my feet when i tried them on, and earlier models werent any better than the basketball shoes i already used to hoop in so it was unnecessary to buy them, we started seeing 1000 page Kobe threads because there were more cws available to the public, lower merion 3s were ridiculously limited and expensive, but VIs were much more easily accessible and could be had at retail, and GR cws selling out in a couple months time??? you say that like its not a long time and then on top of that, thats not true at all, 4s and 5s sat for about a year and a half after release

again i have to disagree, shoes are selling better because the sneaker scene grew to what it was by itself, the whole sneaker thing was already growing fast, especially with the rise of hipster and indie styles, nike sb pretty much started the whole collecting craze, then people just started getting more into it, nike didnt do anything but create more shoes for people to buy, their marketing and whatnot didnt pull anyone into buying shoes that they didnt already want

 

[41239]

Way too much criticism on other folks in this thread lately.

"Yo man, your legs are too hairy"

"Dude those pants are ugly"

"Your lips dont contrast against the shozuko very well"

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x

i mean legs i understand, i actually dont want to see any mens legs in the first place on here, just shoes

but dont post pics if you cant take the heat about your pants, people are going to say stuff

and dont you want to accentuate your lips? i like it when girls stare at my lips while im talking to them and theyre like, "your lips look so soft teehee "

you dudes act like you dont be postin selfies on ig/twitter with the squintys tryin to be cute in your snapback

 

[7strings]

told you before man, sign up for a discover card that you ONLY use for sneaker purchases....10-20% cash back, and 20% bonus for gift cards

hey man would you mind shedding some more light on this? feel free to pm me but i'm genuinely interested

 

[7strings]

Came home to these today...Very nice and loud. Luv em.

nice to see somebody in some selvage denim 

 thumbs up

 

[unclerukus]

i mean legs i understand, i actually dont want to see any mens legs in the first place on here, just shoes

but dont post pics if you cant take the heat about your pants, people are going to say stuff

and dont you want to accentuate your lips? i like it when girls stare at my lips while im talking to them and theyre like, "your lips look so soft teehee

"

you dudes act like you dont be postin selfies on ig/twitter with the squintys tryin to be cute in your snapback

 

[CHAOSE57]

Got the purple fades on lock, just gotta pick em up tomorrow after work

 

[s dubl]

Sweet! I kinda get to sleep in tomorrow... My spot got the fades!

 

[Champagne_Taste]

Didn't know this was a tattoo thread though

 

[s dubl]

What kids sizes pairs come out tomorrow? Dude said a teal with lime green is dropping too.

 

[xace1113x]

We went from counting down the days to counting down the hours.

 

[dar228]

best GR kobe 8, if not one of the best colorway.

I agree.

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

My spot will have the fades, but they said the shipment was late, and they wont have them in till tuesday..

i figured all the kids will be in school, and the first shift people will be at work.. so it shouldn't be that hard of a pick up.. ill see what happens, but i think my brain is allready programmed to wake up on saturdays at around 6:00 so maybe ill just copp online

 

[mufcbmwbear]

House of hoops state street chicago said it was FCFS for fades. No ticket/raffle. Anyone else get told this?

 

[tank214]

We went from counting down the days to counting down the hours.

The thirst for these have been around since first seen on the court. Some have been counting down the months lol

 

[itzzzberny]

My spot will have the fades, but they said the shipment was late, and they wont have them in till tuesday..
i figured all the kids will be in school, and the first shift people will be at work.. so it shouldn't be that hard of a pick up.. ill see what happens, but i think my brain is allready programmed to wake up on saturdays at around 6:00 so maybe ill just copp online

I can already see grizz eating up the entire Wisconsin stock. lol

no, the VIs is when i started hooping in kobes, Vs hurt my feet when i tried them on, and earlier models werent any better than the basketball shoes i already used to hoop in so it was unnecessary to buy them, we started seeing 1000 page Kobe threads because there were more cws available to the public, lower merion 3s were ridiculously limited and expensive, but VIs were much more easily accessible and could be had at retail, and GR cws selling out in a couple months time??? you say that like its not a long time and then on top of that, thats not true at all, 4s and 5s sat for about a year and a half after release

The lVs was when the Kobe's really started to get traction. The biggest issue was the bottoming out of the lunar foam. I personally didn't like the V ( looks like a painted block of foam) as well but I know a lot of heads that feel the opposite. I liked the VI more than the IV and V ( primarily worn to play outdoor ball ) but to say it started with the VI is nonsense.

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

My spot will have the fades, but they said the shipment was late, and they wont have them in till tuesday..
i figured all the kids will be in school, and the first shift people will be at work.. so it shouldn't be that hard of a pick up.. ill see what happens, but i think my brain is allready programmed to wake up on saturdays at around 6:00 so maybe ill just copp online

I can already see grizz eating up the entire Wisconsin stock. lol

 nah.. maybe ill grab 2 tho.. let me know if u need help picking these up i doubt it tho

 

[s dubl]

House of hoops state street chicago said it was FCFS for fades. No ticket/raffle. Anyone else get told this?

They're GR, and they probably have PLENTY to go around.

This raffle bs on grs is only to build hype.

 

[scrub0bk]

Mambacurials look nice, as a soccer fan who doesn't really play anymore but loves the kicks i'd love to get a pair if they get released in the states, but i dont see it happening like the barcalonas

 

[rl_wayne]

No thats when YOU started paying attention to Kobes. The popularity really started with the Kobe IV and definitely with the Kobe V. Thats when we started to see the beginning of 1000 page Kobe threads on here. Thats also when I noticed some GR colorways would actually sell out in a couple months time.

Shoes are selling better than they ever have because Nike revamped their lineup and marketed in new way.Also Nike helped cultivate the market by making energy colorways and releasing them in House of Hoops. Basically it made it fun to collect shoes.

no, the VIs is when i started hooping in kobes, Vs hurt my feet when i tried them on, and earlier models werent any better than the basketball shoes i already used to hoop in so it was unnecessary to buy them, we started seeing 1000 page Kobe threads because there were more cws available to the public, lower merion 3s were ridiculously limited and expensive, but VIs were much more easily accessible and could be had at retail, and GR cws selling out in a couple months time??? you say that like its not a long time and then on top of that, thats not true at all, 4s and 5s sat for about a year and a half after release

again i have to disagree, shoes are selling better because the sneaker scene grew to what it was by itself, the whole sneaker thing was already growing fast, especially with the rise of hipster and indie styles, nike sb pretty much started the whole collecting craze, then people just started getting more into it, nike didnt do anything but create more shoes for people to buy, their marketing and whatnot didnt pull anyone into buying shoes that they didnt already want

What does when you started hooping in Kobes have anything to do with when the sig line actually started getting popular though? Doesn't matter what you personally thought of the Vs or the sigs before, the line still took off with the IVs, and every Kobe sig since has benefitted from the IV's success being the first successful low top in the line. For the Kobe line, Nike didn't really start pushing 20+ colorways per sig and making more QS colors to mark different occasions/themes (Xmas, MLK, Draft Days, Chaos, etc) until the IVs, and them going that route definitely contributed to the collectibility and increased popularity. Before that, you mainly still just had your 4-5 GRs per year with much fewer QS colors released to the public, and that's that. Sure, you get longer threads when there's more cws out there than before. But the KD Vs this year have probably just as many if not more cws than the Kobe 8s, and the Kobe thread is about triple the size. You can't explain that big of a difference in thread length just off of there being more cws alone.

I definitely agree with you though that Nike SB (and maybe also AF1s) was the one that started the collecting phase, and the sneaker culture's also just gotten bigger. But if Nike stuck to their old system of releasing 4-5 GRs per year like they did with Jordans, these Nike bball sig lines wouldn't be anywhere near what they are today. It's a twofold thing, Nike recognized there's a demand out there for collecting shoes, but they still gotten put the product out there and feed into what ppl want.

 

[Black Lotus]

Makes sense for the Kobe 9 to be a mid since the KD VI is a low. Glad the Purple fades aren't restricted to 1 pair on NDC

wtf how does that make sense?? what would KDs shoe height have anything to do with kobes or vice versa?