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Know a guy who owned one of those stores. Shoes were real. They had to pay a premium to their JB rep to get their allocations. The early prices were to help offset that premium.
AIR JORDAN 3 BLACK CEMENT - NOVEMBER 23, 2024
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Know a guy who owned one of those stores. Shoes were real. They had to pay a premium to their JB rep to get their allocations. The early prices were to help offset that premium.
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Fakes back then looked horrible so they were probably real.
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I remember them buying up all the inventory from foot action and footlocker on release day, and holding their stock for a week or two after release. Then they'd beat dudes over the head on price when everyone else sold out knowing they'd be desperate.
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Those were the days…it was a good 10-15 shops all down Fulton trying to find the best price
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Hoping these don’t have the same QC issues as the reimagines
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Worse = 2011
Best = 1994
Not mad at the 2024 and would definitely prefer them over the 2018
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We will never get that 88 shape and when we do most of us will be done
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I think things hit rock bottom in like 2009/2010 in terms of quality, materials and shape. And boy was those mid 2010’s BC 3 horrible…in every way and that goofy glossy paint job. Such as horrible rendition. Nike shoulda been fined for how bad that was smh
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Bruh the bred 13s toe lookin a lil excited
I remember taking mine back for a refund lol
Local resale shop got some bc3 in today....some pairs look straight af...guess we gotta dig through a few to get a winner...like the wc3. Let the Easter egg hunt begin lmao....need the shock drop to return. I'm feeling halloween weekend
Not trying to derail the thread so this is the last time I'll bring it up. I just wanna show y'all how HORRENDOUS the 2017 retro is...
The 1998's (OG's) ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
The 2004 retro.
The 2017 retro (Straight up atrocities...)
Not only was red shade off, thee shoe was lower cut, causing no room for the rest of it's design. In doing that, it caused 3M mesh towards toe box to be cut shorter and making the shoe look ugly overall with no choice but to make the toes long and curved up.
This is why I've literally past on EVERY pair of 13's in the last 7 to 8 years. I was forced to pass on the nice colorways because I refused to buy them looking this F'd up.
Also, before y'all praise to 2023 Playoff retros, most of the pair STILL have ALL of this same problem. It's just not as noticeable.
My pair of them...
As you can see, the right shoe leather panel towards the toe is almost spot on along with the nice slanted toe box. However the left shoe's panel is too short and has a bulbous *** toe box.
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The 2004 retro was REALLY good. If they could get that close again I’d be ecstatic.
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I cant wait to see these lists when I'm like 90 years old
And we'll still have toebox and shape issues. Or Jordans could fall into total irrelevance and obscurity
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AMM 3 for 330? What the hell this bozo smoking wtf
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Probably the same stuff you are Choppy.
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Something tells me that guy enjoys edibles more.
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Checks out. He’s named after a pair of eating utensils.
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My pair of 2004s are falling apart, but I couldn’t bring myself to buy the 2017s because of how bad the red looked.
Not trying to derail the thread so this is the last time I'll bring it up. I just wanna show y'all how HORRENDOUS the 2017 retro is...
The 1998's (OG's) ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
The 2004 retro.
The 2017 retro (Straight up atrocities...)
Not only was red shade off, thee shoe was lower cut, causing no room for the rest of it's design. In doing that, it caused 3M mesh towards toe box to be cut shorter and making the shoe look ugly overall with no choice but to make the toes long and curved up.
This is why I've literally past on EVERY pair of 13's in the last 7 to 8 years. I was forced to pass on the nice colorways because I refused to buy them looking this F'd up.
Also, before y'all praise to 2023 Playoff retros, most of the pair STILL have ALL of this same problem. It's just not as noticeable.
My pair of them...
As you can see, the right shoe leather panel towards the toe is almost spot on along with the nice slanted toe box. However the left shoe's panel is too short and has a bulbous *** toe box.
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My reaction from seeing this tweet
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He look like he was wearing air max LTDs in 2018
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23 people liked that dude’s tweet? Omg
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That comment was so egregious that I'm going to go find that guy on Twitter and let him know how dumb he is.
My reaction from seeing this tweet
dhtowng
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The world is screwed lol. People have lost their minds.
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Imagine the backlash on niketalk in 94 when folks were comparing that retro to the OGs.
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That is kind of the wild thing about this. Those shoes are only 6 years apart from the OGs, and they were already changing things. It took them 30 years!! 3-0, to fix the red behind the tongue.
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