I mean, I would hope they could make a better shoe after 20 years while still accurately representing the original shoe. But I swear some people are so quick to Jump to JB's defense. If the heel strap was prone to tearing on the OG's and this year people were complaining about the heel strap tearing I'm sure we would still have people in here saying "the og had that issue".
This was my point. I want the shoe as close to the original version as possible. Perhaps the toe box issue is more of a design flaw based on the materials and the manufacturing process
How sure are you that it's not? NT is a pretty small sample size compared to all the pairs produced. I'm just saying what I seemed to notice. Also a lot of you guys act like the toe bump or not perfectly rounded toe affects the actual quality or longevity of the shoe on which it has no effect. It's not like a perfectly rounded toe lasts months longer than one that's not perfect.
never had toe bumps on any of my 7s. leather, nubuck, or durabuck. ive never seen that bump on any pair but these 2015 7s.
like i said in my earlier post. my issue is with the shoe as a whole. colors dont mean much to me if the shoe as a whole isnt better than the previous release.
watch the video i posted. it essentially explains how i feel in a nut shell. to me these felt cheaper than any of the all nubuck/durabuck upper 7s that have released in the past 10 years.
Have you ever owned or handled the 2002 raptors? or the citrus 7s or chambray 7s? or any other similar 7? if you have ever gotten to see any of those in person youll get what i mean by better. thin materials, glue everywhere. theyre just not a better shoe. JB wasn't trying to please us with this release. no one here is looking for perfection. I just know JB can do better and has done better with similar shoes.
Glad you're satisfied with these after the Hare fiasco.
No I don't have experience with those models. I do with the 2012 raptors, 2012 olympic, 2015 French Blues, 2015 Hares and Bordeaux and the crappiest vii of them all the orions lmao. I get what you're saying but I think the hares were much better quality than the other vii's i've had and I think the bordeaux were pretty good as well. TBH there was a guy in the thread literally saying he expected perfection tho I know that's not everyone's MO.
Glad you're satisfied with these after the Hare fiasco.
I laugh whenever the majority says the Orion's suck. Other than being bad material it's a good shoe I love the color. Too bad they didn't learn cuz these recent Bordeaux suck everything about them is flimsy. I like the heavy feeling on the js but that's not the case with these I should've just liked some money and got some 2011s
