yeah greenrhino, I'm pretty much done with wanting this to be like this crazy nice GR where I can tell the old folks at my gym to go to your local store and pick them up. I wants MINES right about now. I'm done appeasing the masses, so the speak. For years, I wanted others to feel and see what I felt (just out of a retro, which in reality doesn't come close to the 1987-1994 og quality. But that's neither here or there.)
Limit the hell out of it. I'll find a way to get at least one pair. Charge me $250, the going rate of a 2000 retro, and Nike can bank home all the profits. Just give me a wearable high top gym shoe that is comfortable.. (2002-2009 were bricks on your feet in large part because of the stiff upper).
Tr1ll, I missed your post from a few months back. You really have to appreciate those unique raw sneaker moments. It happens quite frequently for me... Ever since Nike started getting wacky with the colors and such, people are just drawn in to normal looking shoes. I'm stopped at the gym once in awhile when I have on my 2004 at1 lows (as pictured above). Just your everyday basic as hell colorway. I think nothing of them really. Kids are drawn into the crazy designs or colors more. But now there's a tide turning here. It may be small in numbers, but Nike is in prime position to take advantage. Let's see if they do it.
Here's a varsity red I salvaged off of ebay.. Water stained and damaged.. Still surprisingly wearable..
That's another OG on the radar not even talked about. I think I'll stick with one c/w for now.
I forgot the photo of my favorite ambassador of the OGs...
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The molds are there.. Just last year there were euro releases of these. And every year prior since 2000.. So that's not the problem
The materials are there. They are on the vtg blazers and other sbs you see retailing for less than $120. Give me something soft that comes close in color.
Instead it really, truly feels like they are sticking it to Tinker in some regard. The total lack of early cross trainer respect is almost off the radar in the negative direction.. And that's when they release them with crappy materials, and we thank them
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Here was one of my 1990 "retros" including the pamphlet and arch supports.. Nike has fallen on hard times.
I even sold them to a dude out in Oregon thinking they may be used in the reproduction/ retro of anything upcoming.. I guess that is remaining to be seen.