For real.....
It was the "Barkley" AF2 "retro" (wasn't exactly the same as the OG. No color on the forefoot.) that kind of started my Retro craze.
I was always buying AF1's and Runners, be they Air Max or Huaraches, Humaras/Terra Humaras (we're talking late 90's/early 2K).
That AF2 retro sneaker introduced me to Ebay (where I had to cop them), which introduced me to SOOOO many other sneakers (I had to get my "Greek" pack and PR3's from there, and a gang of Dunks)....
And brought me to a place called Niketalk.
I personally didn't like Espos. I couldn't see myself wearing a clear sneaker. Just don't like the look of it. I was at the riot at Nort when those released (one of the last times I carried a blade), and once **** popped off, they limited everyone to just ONE sneaker from that pack.
I chose the NERD Dunk. Just a nicer, cleaner sneaker to me and I had a personal attachment to that group at the time (I worked In Search Of.... while at Virgin records but couldn't get hooked up).
I was beating a Yellow Pair of AF2's to death recently but I just took them to the Salvation Army a few weeks ago.