thank you for your input brother, you have some valid points, but tbh I'm still not convinced , I have sold and dealt with a good bit of concords since the 2011 release, and have came in counter with many fakes as well as many retail authentic w misleading flaws,meaning I've bout seen them all, even the ones with yellowed traction rings , and tbh the actual box is usually what gives it away more so than the shoes with the grade a fakes, and after looking at the box, I still find nothing wrong with them,far as the shape goes, I'm not sure if you're referring to the toe box or not, but they have been stuffed with tissue paper to keep their structure considering the shoe trees are missing, now far as the soles go, they Have been slightly deoxioded to remove the top layer of dirt off them that the cleaner would not remove while keeping the yellow traction ring in mind, meaning I didn't over do it , because I know no one will buy a pair of icy concords with no yellowing, so maybe that's why the soles appear off to you, I'm not sure ...I'm going to take some more in depth pics and send to you if that's cool