THE OFFICIAL AIR MAX 1 THREAD

[tonytobacco]

Need Some Help Fella’s!


Still For Whatever Reason Have This Empty Feeling About Not Having These Damn Neckbeards, Call It FOMO Or Whatever You Will Pairs Are Drying Up Quickly Locally And I’m Hoping To Go Ahead And Shell Out The Cash Now Before Things Get Any Uglier On The Resell Market. Problem Being Is I Can Only Find Options In My True Size 10, Or A Full Size Down In A Size 9. Both Sellers Are Bent On $550, Which I’d Like To Get Down To $500 If Possible, And Am On The Fence As To Which Pair To Persue.

As Mentioned Before, Lately I’ve Been Sizing Down To A 9.5 In The AM1 Line (Classic Reds/Royals, Atmos Animal Pack Etc) This Has Me Leaning Towards The Size 9 But Would Much Rather Have My TTS 10 Than A Pair That Ends Up Being Too Small.

Any And All Help Would Truly Be Appreciated

nevermind i misread

 

[So Much Sole 23]

**** It, Cuz That’s Why!

Ended Up Going With The Size 9 Since The Guy Was Willing To Budge To $500 And Also Had The Toddler Size To Go With For $150. All In All Couldn’t Be Happier With These In Hand I’m In Shock That This Dude Went 2/2 On These Via SNKRS App! I Told Him To Take My Money Straight To The Casinos

Will Buy Up Every Remaining Pair I Can At That Same Price Point Here Locally

 

[rwfanatic]

I've been feeling like forgetting all about these shoes since the resell price is so high. But that pic is pulling me back in.

 

[skylondiggs]

Still want to see a version of the SW w/ black instead of the green

 

[downyboy]

150 for TDs, need to track them down at that price. Great pickups.

 

[tonytobacco]

**** It, Cuz That’s Why!

Ended Up Going With The Size 9 Since The Guy Was Willing To Budge To $500 And Also Had The Toddler Size To Go With For $150. All In All Couldn’t Be Happier With These In Hand I’m In Shock That This Dude Went 2/2 On These Via SNKRS App! I Told Him To Take My Money Straight To The Casinos

Will Buy Up Every Remaining Pair I Can At That Same Price Point Here Locally

See what I mean about holding them in hand? These things are works of art. 160 as retail is kind of unbelievable.

 

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Lol, I didn't wear Air Max Classic BWs for a long time because they were associated with drug addicts and rave guys in Europe. That's actually pretty stupid too now that I think about it in hindsight.
But if something is less special to you because there are more products of that variety it wasn't special to you in the first place.

"I didn't wear Air Max Classic BWs for a long time because they were associated with drug addicts and rave guys in Europe."

 

[Noto]

I was mostly referring to the Gabber guys from the Netherlands, I'm from Germany, so we associated it more with them. Although in hindsight they don't look much worse than the average teenager today, lol.

 

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Haha - In uk so Happy Mondays Hacienda sprang to mind... BW Persian was one of the first AMs I remember wanting bad! Dude on the right looks like an advert for Gosha Rubchinskiy.

 

[Noto]

I just recently got it with the last retro. But when I was younger they were the "gabber-sneaker" and I was more impressionable back then and hated the music and the people. They were especially sketchy over here because a lot of white supremacists knicked their style. Fortunately they didn't wear the Classics, that would've probably ruined them completely here.

 

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Interesting the different connotations a sneaker can have just a few hundred miles away..

 

[frankwh1te]

BW’s have always been my favorite air max model.

If only the recent retros had tongues like the 05’ version

at least the paint doesn’t chip on the newer joints

 

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Got this from wiki..

"In the mid-1990s the line, especially the Air Max 95 model, experienced such a surge of popularity in Japan that it led to a phenomenon known as "Air Max hunting". The extremely inflated prices of the shoes led to a rash of muggings in the normally-peaceful country wherein Air Max wearers were attacked and their shoes were stolen. Even used shoes were in demand, and fakes also became a serious problem."

Old skool hype!! I remember reading somewhere else the Japanese in early 90s ditched their DMs etc for Air Classics so they could dance at raves all night. 90s rave culture is inseparable from the history of air in Europe / Asia...

 

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BW’s have always been my favorite air max model.

If only the recent retros had tongues like the 05’ version

at least the paint doesn’t chip on the newer joints

The OG Persian tongue looked so good you could take a bite!! Sounds weird but true

 

[AIRMAXDISCIPLE]

BWs was the AM king back in the 90s, that shoe made the air max line to what it now is

 

[AirLoMax614]

BWs was the AM king back in the 90s, that shoe made the air max line to what it now is

That's a little exaggerated wouldn't you say?

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

Lol, I didn't wear Air Max Classic BWs for a long time because they were associated with drug addicts and rave guys in Europe. That's actually pretty stupid too now that I think about it in hindsight.
But if something is less special to you because there are more products of that variety it wasn't special to you in the first place.

"I didn't wear Air Max Classic BWs for a long time because they were associated with drug addicts and rave guys in Europe."

Hey, at least they aren’t North American gangstas.

That’s the defintition of “dope”. Because they wear AMBW and deal with drugs, that’s dope.

 

[JPS]

Please dont start on your views on NA "gangsters"

 

[Joveezus]

Anyone know where I can find the wmns obsidian in a 11.5?

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

Got this from wiki..

"In the mid-1990s the line, especially the Air Max 95 model, experienced such a surge of popularity in Japan that it led to a phenomenon known as "Air Max hunting". The extremely inflated prices of the shoes led to a rash of muggings in the normally-peaceful country wherein Air Max wearers were attacked and their shoes were stolen. Even used shoes were in demand, and fakes also became a serious problem."

Old skool hype!! I remember reading somewhere else the Japanese in early 90s ditched their DMs etc for Air Classics so they could dance at raves all night. 90s rave culture is inseparable from the history of air in Europe / Asia...

Well I’d like to know which model in Japan was madly sought after

I do recall a comic called GTO, the badass protagonist wear AM95.


90s Japanese freeway racers didn’t catch the trend ... they wear adidas superstars more. Please do correct me if I’m wrong.

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

Please dont start on your views on NA "gangsters"

Yeah they shoot other people on sneaker releases

 

[JPS]

Yeah they shoot other people on sneaker releases

ur gonna shoot yourself in the foot. i remember when you didn't understand "thug". Stop while youre ahead. I know I troll you alot but im looking out for you. you're gonna wind up coming off real bigoted.

 

[nerdymcflyguy]

^^^ lol I remember when thug was said and misinterpreted in the Yeezy 2017 thread lol. It was bad lol. Im black but it was funny.

 

[Im speeding call the cops]

ur gonna shoot yourself in the foot. i remember when you didn't understand "thug". Stop while youre ahead. I know I troll you alot but im looking out for you. you're gonna wind up coming off real bigoted.

I think you are wasting your time looking out for me.

Words like “stop while you’re ahead” should not come out of your finger, you’re not a moderator, nor a cop.

And I am much disgusted by you “looking out for me” trolls.

 

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http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19961117&slug=2360191

This article from 96 proves the hype game is old... Check out the resale even back then. AMD - the "yellow Air Max" is the OG neon 95 right?

Im speeding call the cops
You're right it's the 95.. The BW classic and other runners became popular there in 91/92 when they realised how long you could dance in runners at parties / raves compared to other footware.