Air Foamposite One PRM Safari HO'13

[bigj505]

My manager told me that Nike is going to retire the foamposite for a bit after she got off a conference call. She said the reason they are is because they think the market is flooded with too many foamposite. I tried telling her that it wasn't because of too many foamposites but because they were releasing sub-par cw and nobody is trying to pay more for uglier shoes

they were supposed to retire the foamposite the year the zoom rookies dropped. I hope they really do it this time and stick to the basics.

 

[alp]

If they retire them for about a year or so and then come back with a hot unannounced qs CW that could rejuvinate the foamposite

 

[bigj505]

If they retire them for about a year or so and then come back with a hot unannounced qs CW that could rejuvinate the foamposite

they don't even need a Hot Unannounced colorway.

Da masses will return when some older colors come back including but not limited to:

Anthracites
Royals
09 Eggplants
Coppers
Dr Dooms
HoH Army
Metallic Reds
Sample Cactus Foams
Volts
02/OG Pearls
Red Pros
Carolina Pros
Silver Pros
Black/Gum Pros
Royal Pros

 

[alp]

Imo some of the CWs shouldnt be touched for at least 10 years(royals released three four times these past few years) and others should never retro(hoh army). Just my opinion of course

 

[bigj505]

Imo some of the CWs shouldnt be touched for at least 10 years(royals released three four times these past few years) and others should never retro(hoh army). Just my opinion of course

royals released 3 or 4 times?

we have
07 royals
08 hoh royals which were limited to hoh NY only and an extremely small amount
11s

I don't count the hoh royals because they were so rare which leaves us with just 07s and 11s. its 2013 so a 2015 release seems pretty reasonable to me. All opinion of course.
I have 07s still but wouldn't mind a refresher. I mean honestly, who's to say ill live long enough for another 10 year release? id rather get it while im alive.

 

[alp]

I can see how u don't want to count 08 but still three times is a lot. The game was different back then so I'm pretty sure they weren't that hard to get compared to now

 

[bigj505]

I can see how u don't want to count 08 but still three times is a lot. The game was different back then so I'm pretty sure they weren't that hard to get compared to now

Trust me. I was around back then and while the hype wasn't there, it just want many pairs to be had. This was when there was only 1 hoh and when actual special shoes used to drop.
If I remember correctly, there was only 75 pairs available. How can you call that a real release?

 

[alp]

Even with the low numbers if u were in nyc that release was a lot easier to obtain then some of the stuff coming out now. But disregarding that two releases is still too much for me in a short period of time and I dont even own royals

 

[bigj505]

guess its a matter of preference. 2 releases in 4 years didn't bother too many people. a lot of people were just happy royals dropped again. its the shoe that started this whole thing. having to wait another 10 years is crucial.

 

[mrmagic8ball]

I think there was 1 more release that's been forgotten. Either 2010 or 2011. Brown NSW box. I used to have a pair

 

[alp]

guess its a matter of preference. 2 releases in 4 years didn't bother too many people. a lot of people were just happy royals dropped again. its the shoe that started this whole thing. having to wait another 10 years is crucial.

bothered me cuz the 11 was significantly lower quality

 

[bigj505]

I think there was 1 more release that's been forgotten. Either 2010 or 2011. Brown NSW box. I used to have a pair

I mentioned that one. its the 2011 release.

guess its a matter of preference. 2 releases in 4 years didn't bother too many people. a lot of people were just happy royals dropped again. its the shoe that started this whole thing. having to wait another 10 years is crucial.

bothered me cuz the 11 was significantly lower quality

no it wasn't. I owned all 3 and was able to inspect the differences in each.

http://s298.photobucket.com/user/bigj505/media/bigj505_Collection/IMG_1563.jpg.html
http://s298.photobucket.com/user/bigj505/media/bigj505_Collection/IMG_1565.jpg.html
http://s298.photobucket.com/user/bigj505/media/bigj505_Collection/IMG_1564.jpg.html

 

[56250]

they don't even need a Hot Unannounced colorway.

Da masses will return when some older colors come back including but not limited to:

Anthracites
Royals
09 Eggplants
Coppers
Dr Dooms
HoH Army
Metallic Reds
Sample Cactus Foams
Volts
02/OG Pearls
Red Pros
Carolina Pros
Silver Pros
Black/Gum Pros
Royal Pros

you forgot the

Knicks
Magic Star

versions!!!

 

[mrdozo]

they don't even need a Hot Unannounced colorway.

Da masses will return when some older colors come back including but not limited to:

Anthracites
Royals09 Eggplants
Coppers
Dr Dooms
HoH Army
Metallic Reds
Sample Cactus Foams
Volts
02/OG Pearls
Red Pros
Carolina Pros
Silver Pros
Black/Gum Pros
Royal Pros

All of these please.

I remember reading about those rumors of a supposed foam drought. Im glad that didnt occur tho. I love my fighter jets, army pros and safaris. The Phoenix foams are nice too but Im content with my eggplants, otherwise I wouldve copped those as well.

I wouldnt mind an intermission. I'd love for these to finally retro tho.

 

[bigj505]

^^^ naw I didn't... that's why i said "not limited to"

i mean, we all want the white PEs penny wore in 96.... white shoe, ice sole, black lace area/booty

 

[alp]

U still have all 3? Imo hoh 08 followed by 07 then 11. Correct me if I'm wrong

 

[bigj505]

U still have all 3? Imo hoh 08 followed by 07 then 11. Correct me if I'm wrong

just the 07s now. i sold off all of my foams except those. haven't been happy with nike and what they've done to them. i used to have doubles of many of them and at one point had every foam 1 that ever released.

the big difference between the 07 and the hoh was that that hoh had an insole with a penny imprinted on it. had a royal lining on the nike check on the lace area, black pattern on the sole, and had an icier sole than the 07s. the 11s were nice because they also had an icier sole but the blues were slightly different. as far as quality goes, the 11s came correct and this was when there was a lot of complains about the quality due to the releases before that (10 eggs, pearls, pewters) having suspect molds and stuff.

from left to right: 07, 11, hoh.


http://s298.photobucket.com/user/bigj505/media/bigj505_Collection/IMG_1297.jpg.html

 

[alp]

Cool I respect it. I thought the ridges on the 07s were weaker though. As far as selling the hoh I woulda never did that. The penny on the inside is sick and the blue on the swoosh ain't bad neither

 

[bigj505]

Cool I respect it. I thought the ridges on the 07s were weaker though. As far as selling the hoh I woulda never did that. The penny on the inside is sick and the blue on the swoosh ain't bad neither

yea but they sold for like $600 which was crazy money at the time. i just used the money to pay off a credit card and put towards a newer car i wanted. there was a time where i had every shoe i wanted and got bored. i started over with a new perspective. trust me, i used to be one of the biggest foam heads out there.

ps- i added a pic of the hoh w/insole

 

[mrmagic8ball]

@bigj505 Sorry about that. My reading comp skills suck at the moment. This baby girl ain't letting me get any sleep. FML

 

[alp]

Yea I see it. If I had a pair u would have to five me a few thousand to even consider letting it go

 

[bigj505]

@bigj505 Sorry about that. My reading comp skills suck at the moment. This baby girl ain't letting me get any sleep. FML

I know the feeling. Congrats on the baby

Yea I see it. If I had a pair u would have to five me a few thousand to even consider letting it go

Yea man, times have changed dramatically in the last couple years. $600 was top dollar for foams back then

 

[rfloyd]

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[160jordansdeep]

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for me to cop these foams it has to be $160.00 or less and that has to be $160.00 plus no tax

i low balled a guy on craigslist who had a full size run of these for $215.00

i asked for $180.00 and told him if the coloway was better i would offer you more

i'm sure hes going to be stuck with them for quite a while since stores are sitting on these at retail

i cant remember nike making such a mistake with a marquee sole before

 

[blastercombo]

If these came out about 6 years ago these would be selling at 450 easy.