They absolutely were defective. I was at the first release at citadel outlets in Southern California. There were tons of mess ups and irregularities. Stamped or otherwise. The dye on a lot of them were messed up. Bad swooshes with really frayed edges. As soon as I got them I didn't want them...
There are only two shoes that have the correct Nike tag for og ajkos. Dunks and Cortez. You just have to find the right color. I did mine using tags from some Forrest Gump Cortez.
I really tried to get these. Struck out on all fronts. I'm hoping that there is a restock soon, and that I'm home at my computer when it happens. It seems that when Nike/JB do a decent job at retroing a shoe they do a horrible job at releasing it. The banneds were a walk in the park compared to...
I have the 2001s and was thinking about getting these if it wasn't too hard. But it's definitely not looking good. I don't feel like camping at the laptop all day.
The quality on these is surprisingly good. Every shade of blue is a little lighter but overall a great retro. Even the leather is decent! I can give the ogs a rest.
I can't believe Montalban did this!!!!! Hours wasted!! Furious, doesn't even come close to describing how I feel right now. Absolutely no consideration of the fans of their products.
Best part of the craigslist post.
"they are 100% real they are dead stock never hit hit the out side ground never worn but to be tryed on"
I "tryed" reading that like 3 times.