Is it possible that the flywire is just hung up on that side and needs to be pulled out (gently)? My parkers have a slight bit of that, but instead of being horizontal it is more vertical, and I think just because the shoe goes from being incredibly thick to incredibly thin in a short span.
I think it's just a marketing ploy to try to get you to buy. They claimed the Kobe Mark Parkers would be "Hard to get". The only ones so far that might have been worth it was the $400 snakeskins.
Here is what I can tell judging your pictures from real/fakes I have seen in person:
The carbon fiber looks good. I've never seen a fake pair with correct carbon fiber (not to say they don't exist).
The shape of the shoe looks good.
The logo on the tongue looks good.
The silver lines on the...