OFFICIAL NIKE KOBE 8 SYSTEM THREAD

[revan]

Aesthetically, these are god awful. Hopefully they are big time performers.

 

[volt19]

Not too excited about these since they all look the same. But I like the designs that we've seen thus far. I may cop a few colorways. It's got some potential.

 

[jordan23dotcom]

is the upper a solid rubber piece or is it a cloth material?

 

[dar228]

The VIII's are ok but for the price increase I expected more.

 

[melofan15]

They look really comfortable but yes that pattern needs to go. Too much going on for me.

 

[jst628]

is the upper a solid rubber piece or is it a cloth material?

engineered mesh.

 

[Bert.]

is the upper a solid rubber piece or is it a cloth material?

engineered mesh.

so what is the mesh made out of? rubber, cloth, poly, leather?

 

[haydenhouser]

Complaints that these are too similar to past models make some sense, but if Kobe and Nike are going for a low top, lightweight sneaker there isn't more they can do to change the shape of the sigs. ACGrizzy said it nicely.. "Sometimes less is more." I like the direction that Kobe and Nike have chosen to take this line. People say he needs to go back to mids or high tops.. There's always going to be difference of opinion when it comes to aesthetics, but agree that low tops are right, and the category that the Kobe line has made for itself speaks volumes to the approach they've taken for his shoes.

 

[Bert.]

theres nothing wrong with the shape of the shoes tho..

 

[beardedkevin]

I have a feeling the pattern is on one colorway, and the fake makers just ran with it

 

[pepman]

Still not bad. The price increase's SMH.

Still in doubt if I'd cop 'em, unless they come out with that Venice Beach colorway.

 

[dat dude chris]

These kobes suck smh...o well. I'm sure they'll come out with some crazy CW that'll make ppl like me change their minds lol

 

[Bert.]

Homie gotta go back to high's after this...not much you can do anymore...looking all generic and similar from the last

uh no, mids/highs are terrible IMO i cannot and wil not go back to them. absolutely no freedom when playing ball.

 

[kushcommander]

i like the del sol joints. probably gonna cop those and the christmas colors on release day. The EM looks comfy as hell.

 

[onlitwo]

those 8s are hideous

 

[kb24]

supurise still no pics from marqueesole

 

[calye2da]

supurise still no pics from marqueesole

i don't even think their pics can save these :x

 

[urn0tlike]

I hope he never goes back to highs, Kobes have me hating all high tops now.

 

[AIR J XIII]

In YOUR opinion.

In MY opinion, the VII are monsters on the court, they worked for me out of the box, no blisters, soreness, etc. The VII is challenging the V as the best performing ZK in MY opinion.

Just because the shoe didn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work. I'm just saying tho.

Seems like my opinion was a very common one. Where as yours wasn't. Now i'm not saying you can't have your opinion, but the law of averages implies that one of our opinions is more correct than the other...

Fair point.

I just hate when a shoe that worked very well for me is bashed as if it universally sucked.

 

[Bert.]

most people said the VII sucked on the court tho

 

[kb24]

i don't even think their pics can save these

lol, maybe, but we still don't know is that pics are the real VIII or not.

 

[richmond14]

Those pics are fakes. But they'll be the shoe

 

[coreyjay23]

Waiting for the finished product, Lebron's shoes look the best this year.

 

[kstrick12]

Waiting for the finished product, Lebron's shoes look the best this year.

Dont buy LeBrons any more but its not even close how much Nicer the X's are to Kobe's VIII...imo

 

[richmond14]

Dont buy LeBrons any more but its not even close how much Nicer the X's are to Kobe's VIII...imo

YOU HAVE SEEN ONE COLORWAY OF THE SHOE IN AN AVERAGE QUALITY PICTURE. GET A GRIP!!!!