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seems to me by the shoes you mentioned and didn't mention, you like hyped shoes which is probably why you don't have an affinity to any brand. Folks like you just move onto to the next so it shouldn't be that 'unreal' to see resell value on boost going down.To be fair, I don't have brand affiliation either, but it's just kinda unreal to see. Most of my recent purchases are either yeezy 500/700 and Jordans. Adidas hasn't really put anything out that caught my attention. Even the Undefeated UB was kinda meh. I tried going for it, caught the white on Undefeated, but got cancelled. It's essentially just a plain white 4.0 with some branding. Just thinking about 2018, these are some of the things I can remember for Adidas off the top of my head: alphabounce 4d (meh), dame 4 x bape collab, pharrell hu holi pack, and yeezy 500/700. I'd really like to see a wider release of the 4d futurecraft doesn't matter about the cw, anything will be better than the alphabouce. Oh yea and just now remembered about the y3-4d, but that was stupid limited
hype actually picked up a lot during the 2.0s and a lot were playing catch up. I believe things started dying mid 3.0s when the quality of what they were giving us went down along with the dilution of UBs in the market.Alot of people saying adidas hasnt put anything out and jordan is killing it. But i think a lot of people were caught up in the hype storm. I came in here numerous times,months back, while people were yearning for ugly boost sneakers. Now all all of a sudden people claiming its “dead” and many people talking about being more selective since the curse was lifted lol. People were just buying up boosts and others were sitting back. Boost has gone down for me since the 1.0 based on the aesthetics alone. It was a beautiful shoe. I think the hype after the 1.0 was just the waves after the earthquake. Now i see folks disenchanted all of a sudden. Adidas knows it too. Boost is not dead for the true fans; once they give us what we want its game over. Thats why they had the undftd with the updated 1.0 pattern
I mean you're right about the hyped shoes part, but that says something about where Adidas is currently headed. I thought the consortium collab was a great way to get shops working together on a silhouette together. Of course, only the main models were hyped, but even stuff like the eqt adv were looking really good. Adidas should keep it going, but looks like that's not where they wanna headseems to me by the shoes you mentioned and didn't mention, you like hyped shoes which is probably why you don't have an affinity to any brand. Folks like you just move onto to the next so it shouldn't be that 'unreal' to see resell value on boost going down.
hype actually picked up a lot during the 2.0s and a lot were playing catch up. I believe things started dying mid 3.0s when the quality of what they were giving us went down along with the dilution of UBs in the market.
Boost is dying even for the true fans because they don't need 4 versions of core blacks or triple whites and 4-5 pairs of triple blacks.
EQT adv is not what the hype folks want. They want supreme / off white / bape collabs with Adidas.I mean you're right about the hyped shoes part, but that says something about where Adidas is currently headed. I thought the consortium collab was a great way to get shops working together on a silhouette together. Of course, only the main models were hyped, but even stuff like the eqt adv were looking really good. Adidas should keep it going, but looks like that's not where they wanna head
I think the some of the collabs are the ugliest ones. I hate the wood woods, latest sns, reigning champsAt this point, collabs are where it's at. But has to be the high profile. Bape Dame 4s flew off shelves and GR Dames are still heavily sitting (it's a great shoe to ball in).
AMM, Solebox and Capsule releases didn't generate much buzz and were one of the first to have gone to discount . that would've been unheard of a couple years back.
Plus with the 4D MSRP, I believe they'll fly for the first iteration then sit for sure on the next once folks find out it ain't as comfy as boost.
do you usually go up for 1.0 sizing over your 3.0?
At this point, collabs are where it's at. But has to be the high profile. Bape Dame 4s flew off shelves and GR Dames are still heavily sitting (it's a great shoe to ball in).
AMM, Solebox and Capsule releases didn't generate much buzz and were one of the first to have gone to discount . that would've been unheard of a couple years back.
Plus with the 4D MSRP, I believe they'll fly for the first iteration then sit for sure on the next once folks find out it ain't as comfy as boost.
This isn't because of the collaborators tho, it's because of the way adidas has handled the releases. Which is to say piss poorly.
First iteration of 4D already flew and people still want it even though they know it doesn't compete with boost comfort wise. Durability/longevity wise reports are that it's superior to boost and doesn't turf out as quickly. Regardless, they could have rolled it out so much better.
I just patently disagree with you about it being impossible for them to generate hype for anything that isn't a high profile collab. They just need better marketing & communication, and dope product. Hopefully they've been taking notes on what Nike is doing right now and in a few months we'll see some results.
At this point, collabs are where it's at. But has to be the high profile. Bape Dame 4s flew off shelves and GR Dames are still heavily sitting (it's a great shoe to ball in).
AMM, Solebox and Capsule releases didn't generate much buzz and were one of the first to have gone to discount . that would've been unheard of a couple years back.
Plus with the 4D MSRP, I believe they'll fly for the first iteration then sit for sure on the next once folks find out it ain't as comfy as boost.
What Adidas do REALLY poorly compared to Nike is telling the story behind some of their special releases. Nike always have a great marketing of their shoes and the idea behind a special release/collab. Adidas just slaps on the collab/special release with No story behind why the shoe was made/why it looks like it does. The Holi Pharrell HU’s is a great example. At least go deep and explain how he got the idea and don’t force people to use Google translate just to know what the writing on the shoe means. Adidas could really need some new people at their marketing team for sure. These background storys etc just make a shoe that much more interesting and it can automatically generate more hype. They don’t even care to explain the differences in new models like the UB 2/3-4.0, the newer NMDs etc. At least explain the changes and why you did them or people just won’t care.