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Never stop trying
The Adidas "Futurecraft"
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Never stop trying
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There’s a product page that you get redirected from... but nothing loads on it
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I didn't get it till I just went on the site and tried lol
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“COLLECTION AVAILABLE TODAY”
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These will never be GR quantities. It probably takes a few hours for each sole alone just to print
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****, lol sorry didn’t even notice that...
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The ironic thing is that the concept behind the Arsham Futurecraft project is time, and we’ve literally wasted all of our time today waiting for a release that never happened 
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It’s almost like trashy pomo art Arsham is a part of.
Wait, who said that?
Wait, who said that?
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What a fun hobby this is, am I right?
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I have a bad habit of leaning into the sunk cost fallacy.
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I spoke to someone in the priority chat who said it went live and sold out immediately... take it for what it’s worth...
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*Insert Jennifer Lawrence gif*
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I was being sarcastic about the Inikis being GR, BUT these midsoles print a lot faster than that. The method Carbon uses is much quicker than older 3D printing methods. There was a slightly sped up video of it floating around somewhere a while back but one midsole prints in a matter of minutes I believe. There's really no valid excuse adidas can make for these being so ridiculously limited except they're trying to build 4D hype for the long term.
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I didn’t mention Arshqm by name... just 4D runner...
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It might be quicker then older technologies but that's not saying much at all.
We have the exact same carbon printer at worker and it still takes hours for much smaller samples than the midsole on the 4d
Point being, 3d printing is meant for prototyping. That's it. The intent is never full scale production and it's naive to think adidas would be able to do so with this.
Each carbon printer costs about 150k. And the platform is tiny. Even if it really does take a few minutes to print, it's nowhere near fast or efficient enough to produce enough to satisfy the masses.
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Interesting, could have sworn the video I watched said it took around 15 minutes, I'll have to see if I can dig that up.
I did stumble upon this infuriating video though, especially the "mass manufacturing" bs at the end
Also I believe the whole light synthesis aspect of the "4D" material is supposed to speed up the process significantly.
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In all honesty, adidas probably cleverly designed the sole so it all took 15 minutes. In the end, it's a pretty porous design.
Mass manufacturing is BS. That's the same stuff they tried to sell us on. Traditional molding techniques will always be superior. We bought a carbon printer strictly because of their proprietary resins, not the printing technology itself.
They have "engineering grade" resins that can withstand high heat and humidity and are supposed to mimmick traditional PBTs and Nylons.
Rambling over. I still really want a pair if any 4D model as I think it's cool that we have the same printer that produces this midsole.
Mass manufacturing is BS. That's the same stuff they tried to sell us on. Traditional molding techniques will always be superior. We bought a carbon printer strictly because of their proprietary resins, not the printing technology itself.
They have "engineering grade" resins that can withstand high heat and humidity and are supposed to mimmick traditional PBTs and Nylons.
Rambling over. I still really want a pair if any 4D model as I think it's cool that we have the same printer that produces this midsole.
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If it truly does take so long to print them, adidas should have taken that into consideration before they promised to release 100k pairs this year.
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Yeah it's really cool tech, just super annoying adidas isn't making more of it.
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Yeah man and let's be honest, that midsole design is gorgeous. That hue of mint green is dope too. Saw you had a pair of the originals, super jealous. Hoping that can be me soon!
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Adidas knows they have limited amount of 4D soles, but they choose to use some of them on Inikis 
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This...Adidas knows they have limited amount of 4D soles, but they choose to use some of them on Inikis
Hey guys let’s put a $350 sole on a $15 upper... makes sense.
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You're not implying the knitted uppers are expensive are youThis...
Hey guys let’s put a $350 sole on a $15 upper... makes sense.
I think we're confusing retail price points with manufacturing costs.
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yeah, let's not pretend like any of the other uppers cost much more. the 4D soles probably dont cost that much either.
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Adidas is pathetic. Sad release. Leave people hanging around when you could have at least sent an email 5 mins before release time. Or at least an email to let you know they sold out. It clearly says sign up for updates through newsletter. Where's my f×*#@ update. * my bad it says find out first about future collaborations......
