When I put these on, I'm not gonna lie, I got a bit nostalgic. The comfort, the look, just the overall feel for them brought me back. They're on their death bed now but back in the day, none of my shoes compared to the comfort of my Black Cats. Used to hoop in them, wear them casually, all day...
Not amazing, but a hell of a lot better than the leather from previous retros. The crap quality that JB has been spewing over the past few years, that's all what these "collectors" nowadays know. So when they see something above subpar, it's like an anomaly to them.