It’s almost like Nike/JB is trying to recreate a generational cookie recipe that has been lost. They’ve all taken hacks at recreating it from scratch, but the cookies haven’t quite tasted the same and in some instances have been god awful. Then one day a relative walks in with the index card...
Look how the eyelette waffle is also not aligned. In the OG pic, the bottom of the waffle is almost aligned with the top of the mesh netting panel. On the re-imagined pair, the top of the waffle is almost aligned with the top of the netting.
Man I struck out on all 5 raffles and SNKRS. APB raffle hasn’t dropped yet but their site is suddenly “under maintenance” as of yesterday. Guess I’ll be waiting for the restocks. Bummed…thought I had a solid chance.
It baffles me how these teams “try” to get the shape right of an OG. I’m no shoe designer, but with the actual OG in-hand, WTF is so hard. I mean, stick some EA Sports 3D sensors to these boys, recreate it in some CAD program to get all of the dimensions right and release a few samples for...
I also ordered the wrong size. My eyes are used to the first number being Men’s and the second being Women’s. I get theses are unisex but it threw me off as well.
Maybe as far as what shoes we choose to buy. In the context of where the thread was going, it’s more about the input we have over what we want or would like to have. Silhouette looks good so far but the material is Nike’s right hand squeezing plums.
Nike has us all by the ballz. I hear the “we need to show Nike by not buying these” to push consumer satisfaction. But the freakin’ Red Cement atrocities sold out on SNKRS.
What I’d like to see is a pre-order for “re-imagined” or as close to Nike wants to get to an OG. Offer it up to Nike...
Bro I love these. Would you mind telling me what color you used for the mesh Toebox/Upper versus Mudguard? I’m trying to design these but mesh Smoke Grey isn’t an option, did you use Iron Ore?
For those that have returned NBY’s, do you go the Return or Exchange route? I ordered my size 11.5 in Women’s, the flip flop sizing they did threw me off. Also the Blue looks more purple on my pair.