Air Jordan 11 Retro "Concord" - December 8, 2018 release - $220 #45

[619destroyer858]

my plan is to sell my 2011 Concord,well,i guess NOT ima save it and cop double this year

 

[rainking]

Because its supposed to look like a barcode. The change diminishes the design. They only changed it to 45 because jordan changed to 45. Its supposed to have a 23 because thats what tinker designed it with. 45 was cool for a niche thing on one release but to do it again is getting tacky. We've been waiting for the concords to be done right for 18 years. The right move wouldve been to play it safe and release this shoe how it was, period. No one would complain about 23. Why pull some needless bs when no one is asking for it and could potentially turn people off?

Oh that's right, so we have a reason to 'buy them again when they make them a step closer to OG'

(even though its totally unnecessary and we'll buy them again in 5 years regardless) (so stupid/)

That's always my thing: people need to stop theorizing that Jordan makes these changes because it needs to in order to entice people to buy the shoes again when they rerelease. Of course, I wouldn't put it past the geniuses at Jordan to employ that theory, but it's beyond idiotic. If they dropped the same shoes over and over again every year, then I might be able to see the logic. But with five or more (in this case, seven) years between retro releases of the same shoe, it's a waste of time and being WAYYYYYY overthought by some marketing people trying to justify their existence.

 

[619destroyer858]

ya ,,but the screenprint will come off after few years

 

[rainking]

They put a red bottom on it to switch it up from the normal gray blue bottom from the year before for one last squeeze of milk out of the model.

I cant speak for everyone else at the time but I remember being disappointed the ones from the Magic series evidently werent happening.

Ahahaha, I felt the same way. Went to Footlocker early on release day, spring '96, for the black XIs. I had been waiting since the previous summer for them and assumed they would be what we now call Space Jams. When I got to Footlocker, there was a poster or sign up for them with a picture of the black/red XI. I just stood there for a hard second thinking, wait, WTF is this shoe? Red soles? I bought them anyway, but I was so disappointed. I remember getting home and just staring at those things and thinking, "what just happened?" for the rest of the day LOL.

One thing I will note just for the record, Nike didn't JUST slap red soles and a red jumpman on the same black uppers it used the previous year for MJ's '95 playoff pairs. The OG black/red uppers actually have a red tint to the black cordura. It's still there today on that very pair I bought that day and which I still have. But I would've much preferred they didn't make any changes to the OG "Space Jams" and just released those, no one cared that it was almost a year later.

 

[Aquamanjay_]

I just want to know how parents are gonna respond when they’re asked to be the same exact shoe this year .




P.s. We know that these and the Win Like 82 are different, but someone out there won’t.

 

[untouchable jc]

#45 on the back... I blame Gentry. F*** him.

 

[KanyIZZY]

That stitched 23 looks dope af. I hope its stitched if it stays 45 but if its not stitched ... screen print it like the OGs... I hate that hard plastic crap they use. And IDK why people try to convince others to cop lol. Let them "pass" which is nonsense... aint no one passing on these. This shoe is the master of the turn..

Official pics release; Was out before but Im in now!

After consideration, we may never get em like this so Im copping.

Ill try and if I dont like them Ill send them back; *Gets shoe* Man theyre fire, keeping.

Copped for my boy... has no actual boys.

Saw them in person and had to cop..

 

[lamekilla]

I get what you're saying, but these are basically a PE as well.

GR Concords > PE Concords

 

[g-time]

lol

 

[Aquamanjay_]

That stitched 23 looks dope af. I hope its stitched if it stays 45 but if its not stitched ... screen print it like the OGs... I hate that hard plastic crap they use. And IDK why people try to convince others to cop lol. Let them "pass" which is nonsense... aint no one passing on these. This shoe is the master of the turn..

Official pics release; Was out before but Im in now!

After consideration, we may never get em like this so Im copping.

Ill try and if I dont like them Ill send them back; *Gets shoe* Man theyre fire, keeping.

Copped for my boy... has no actual boys.

Saw them in person and had to cop..

 

[salacious crumb]

I just hope the number on the back doesn’t fade away after one wear, just like those damn cdp black/red jordan 11’s.

 

[Aquamanjay_]

My 2009 Space jam lettering stretched over a couple years, but fade away? How tf does that happen in one wear?

I thought the 2009 jams were the worst quality 11s

 

[DEV.Woulf]

I just want to know how parents are gonna respond when they’re asked to be the same exact shoe this year .

P.s. We know that these and the Win Like 82 are different, but someone out there won’t.

Parents? I'm convincing myself they're completely different shoes in order to justify a color and number change. They're the same shoe! But different... but the same... but different. I've got the '82, but I must own both!

 

[blastercombo]

My 2009 Space jam lettering stretched over a couple years, but fade away? How tf does that happen in one wear?

I thought the 2009 jams were the worst quality 11s

CDP 11’s by FAR were the worst

 

[Aquamanjay_]

Parents? I'm convincing myself they're completely different shoes in order to justify a color and number change. They're the same shoe! But different... but the same... but different. I've got the '82, but I must own both!

It’s like a double up.. but not really... but kinda

 

[Aquamanjay_]

 

[kdslittlebro]

I thought the Emerald Lows were Concords with different colored 23 and insole til like a day before RD so it could happen

 

[jordans01]

#45 on the back... I blame Gentry. F*** him.

I blame him to

 

[shawndavinci]

In the old days 45 on the back was extremely desired.

Reading these replies I can only think of how much times have changed.

 

[squatchnt]

I've had several versions of the 23, I'm down for 45

 

[tonytobacco]

That's always my thing: people need to stop theorizing that Jordan makes these changes because it needs to in order to entice people to buy the shoes again when they rerelease. Of course, I wouldn't put it past the geniuses at Jordan to employ that theory, but it's beyond idiotic. If they dropped the same shoes over and over again every year, then I might be able to see the logic. But with five or more (in this case, seven) years between retro releases of the same shoe, it's a waste of time and being WAYYYYYY overthought by some marketing people trying to justify their existence.

word
A couple of dudes in the wrong place keep getting that paycheck at the cost of a lot of people's happiness

 

[tonytobacco]

Ahahaha, I felt the same way. Went to Footlocker early on release day, spring '96, for the black XIs. I had been waiting since the previous summer for them and assumed they would be what we now call Space Jams. When I got to Footlocker, there was a poster or sign up for them with a picture of the black/red XI. I just stood there for a hard second thinking, wait, WTF is this shoe? Red soles? I bought them anyway, but I was so disappointed. I remember getting home and just staring at those things and thinking, "what just happened?" for the rest of the day LOL.

One thing I will note just for the record, Nike didn't JUST slap red soles and a red jumpman on the same black uppers it used the previous year for MJ's '95 playoff pairs. The OG black/red uppers actually have a red tint to the black cordura. It's still there today on that very pair I bought that day and which I still have. But I would've much preferred they didn't make any changes to the OG "Space Jams" and just released those, no one cared that it was almost a year later.

lol

 

[tonytobacco]

Never noticed the black red cordura

Thats wild

Ill be getting a 3rd pair of 11s if they release like this

 

[mastralf]

45, 23, or 12....I'm all in

 

[Aquamanjay_]

Never noticed the black red cordura

Thats wild

Ill be getting a 3rd pair of 11s if they release like this

I noticed a while ago.

I also noticed that the laces and tongue on the 2007 playoff 8s had a colored tint too.