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How short is everyone's memory? The CDP XVIIs were worse than fakes and they had a 'Peel Off' sticker on the plastic trim that wasn't even 'Chrome' like the OGs.
OP's information is totally false, everything from his pictures to info is wrong.
From a manufacturing perspective, XVI, XVII, etc... were quite expensive as they were (to some extent) overengineered. These shoes had shrouds, magnets, 'chrome' plastic that scuffed like no-ones business, carbon fibre, double stacked zoom but importantly - genuine leather.
They bundled XVI onwards with other shoes in the CDP as the lower manufacturing costs of older shoes would offset the higher costs of the newer models. Even then the CDP reproductions were terrible.
Some of you guys who had these in Grade 7 - did your Moms really drop $200 for them or did she scoop them at an outlet for almost 60% of their MSRP? You can bet that Nike/JB won't want these hitting outlets - that's why everything from I-XIV is getting butchered as the costs of reproducing them are really low and the consumer appeal is high.
OP's information is totally false, everything from his pictures to info is wrong.
From a manufacturing perspective, XVI, XVII, etc... were quite expensive as they were (to some extent) overengineered. These shoes had shrouds, magnets, 'chrome' plastic that scuffed like no-ones business, carbon fibre, double stacked zoom but importantly - genuine leather.
They bundled XVI onwards with other shoes in the CDP as the lower manufacturing costs of older shoes would offset the higher costs of the newer models. Even then the CDP reproductions were terrible.
Some of you guys who had these in Grade 7 - did your Moms really drop $200 for them or did she scoop them at an outlet for almost 60% of their MSRP? You can bet that Nike/JB won't want these hitting outlets - that's why everything from I-XIV is getting butchered as the costs of reproducing them are really low and the consumer appeal is high.