hype is a funny thing.. IMO, for all the wrong reasons right about now.. Mediocre quality on just about everything. but at this point the well is so dry, itsacceptable. 2004 zoom trainers with some of the best quality get left for the scrapers to pick up multiples for cheap and for nike to consider their firstrebirth shoe as never even EXISTING.. thats pretty bad.. A shoe that should be acclaimed for generations; no hype. but a shoe hyped by nike with lies is aseemingly success, with half the integrity and quality of the 04 zt1.
It's really at a cross roads.. You don't buy up the new beet sc highs, "raiders", or team orange auburns because of the soon to be knowncrappy quality materials and nike will take that as the c/ws not being popular and move onto other colors like they have for the past 10 years. They may neverget the hint that its all about quality and combined c/ws going for the total package. That's very much apparent in El Bro's great comparison. Richsuede you can brush. Soft leathers that age very well. Then theres the 2008s which are just there. A shell of its former self.. Btw, the legacy pack trainersare mirror 99.99% duplicates based off the 2008 and 2002 mold. Nike has now limited released this c/w and model three times. It's not that the molds arelost after 2002. they reappeared two more times. They are playing with us.
What are your thoughts bknowbles? I feel I have to buy to show that I want these great colorways but at the same time, the quality is unacceptable. Its almostto a point where I want to escape and just live with what I have and stop supporting NIKE in any fashion.
before I do that, some new pickups:
'97 trainer sc high retros
I honestly can't look at the new 09 trainers with the same eye sparkling ahh that others are giving them. I won't live with that.
some comparison photos I did when I owned the legacy pack.
-nice lack of detail with the colors here. some can live with it. to me its unacceptable.. limited LEGACY pack- IT IS NOT!
-Flex points in and around the swoosh is very strange with this shiny leather upper. it pops and crinks and wrinkles. I don't like it one bit.
2009 air trainer 1 retro
-more color issues. it just looks tacky. for this alltime great pack to show this lack of quality is appaling to me. $400 dollars for this pack??? WHY
2002 vs 2009- essentially identical except for the tongue tag. color balance goes to 2002.
2000 vs 2009.. Shape is identical here.. Nike hasn't changed much over the years. just quality materials
Battle of the legacy packs:
In the first corner, you're highly hyped athlete driven shoe pack.. Purely all hype. Michael Olowakandi status...
-Weighing 14.25 ounces, the new trainer is one of the lightest shoes out there, even among running shoes.. No air in the forefoot and flimsy syn. upper canattribute to that.
-2009 AT1 retro weighs 16 oz.
In your other corner, the little engine that could.
A fantasy pack ofsorts. it features the best of both worlds..
-Weighing 16oz, your 2004 ORIGINAL rebirth zoom trainer 1. Even nikes brochure that came with the shoes called it such.
-Nike claimed the synthetic materials on the new shoes were used to provide a lighter weight. But the 2000 air trainer 1 weighs the same as the 09 fakematerial uppered shoe.. whos deceiving who here?
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