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The tongue is super stiff.Tongues ruined them unfortunately IMO. Shame coz I really wanted the black metallic's, too.
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The tongue is super stiff.Tongues ruined them unfortunately IMO. Shame coz I really wanted the black metallic's, too.
If you passed on the BM’s just because of the tongue then you missed out IMOTongues ruined them unfortunately IMO. Shame coz I really wanted the black metallic's, too.
Yeah to me the 2016 was the first real retro of it in ages. I’d much rather have Nike Air and the wrong tongue than what they were releasing before with the giant tacky jumpman.If you passed on the BM’s just because of the tongue then you missed out IMO
If you passed on the BM’s just because of the tongue then you missed out IMO
Yeah my 99 and 2000 retros midsole crumbled in year 7 and 8 and earlier which included my bc4. Fire red 5. And infrared 6. My heart crumbled too. I kept them DS for too long and then ****** around with sea glow when it was discovered to unyellow. Hard lessons. I wear all my **** now.my 99 Retro 4s crumbled in year 8. Wish i knew about sole swapping back then
I got my hopes up for my first love the black tongue fire reds since the tongue is black!! Surely they can’t mess that tongue up. Right?.....
The tongue on the 2015 pair is def oversized and rather stiff, but the 2020s tongue is about perfect IMO, it’s noticeably smaller and softer..The tongue is super stiff.
All the molds are still bunz.I know this isn't the fire reds but damn I hope this isn't what they look like shape is ugly af!
I know this isn't the fire reds but damn I hope this isn't what they look like shape is ugly af!
All the molds are still bunz.
But I agree, the mold on the PSGs look like a regression from the Black Cats, Neons, and Metallics.
JB is all over the place with the molds. They make slight improvements and make it seem they are heading in the right direction, then they take a step back.
Yeah that shape there is a little janky
but that colorway is fire lol
This years OG 5s were such an excellent retro, I feel the need to give them a somewhat in-depth review on here sometime cuz I don’t think they get enough love.. After putting a couple months of pretty solid wear on them, I am extremely impressed with them. THEY ARE BEST RETRO 5s EVER!!! CANT WAIT FOR THE REST OF THE COLORWAYS!!
They’re a lot better than I expected and they get better the more I wear them. They are in no way better than the 2000 pair though.
I hope one day we can have a similar debate about 4s
If you passed on the BM’s just because of the tongue then you missed out IMO
Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come with the OG 5s. I desperately want my first Jordan ever the 1990 black tongue fire red 5s to be done justice. I couldn’t bring myself to cop the retro of it. It was so far off from what I remember.I know we should be talking about this in the dedicated thread, but the more I look at these FR Vs, the more I love them. In the context of JB retros, they did a good job on these, and ... proving how easy it is for these idiots at Nike to make us reasonably happy, to me most of it starts with the toe box.
I hate this stupid (and relatively new, which makes it more irritating) tongue eff up, but I'll trade the toe-box fix for the tongue all day, even though we shouldn't have to.
I too skipped the 2016 black/metallics because the combination of the tongue and the janky toe threw it all off enough to me that they just didn't work. I know it was pedantic, and the OGs are one of my favorite Js of all time. Had 'em back then and loved 'em. The 2016 retros were around on shelves for a good week or so, and I picked them up three times in stores to look at ... and I just couldn't do it, even though I wanted to. And this was at a time when I was buying stuff left and right. But because I remember the way they should be, they just seemed off enough to not give me the feeling I wanted, so I don't think I missed out on anything, honestly. These new fire reds, though, are excellent in relative terms.
I’m 100% with you on the shapes being bad and such but imo the Toe at least on the Oregon 5s/black metallics and fresh prince no lace pair all had a very similar slant as the 99/2000 pairs did.
A little janky???
Man, I think you need to look again fam. This is basically what we're getting bruh.
***** were absolute trash. And to think, if these had the OG height & shape, they would've been an almost perfect retro. Swing and a MF'N miss.
Well we took 2 big steps in the right direction this year with the toe on the fire reds and the og style 23 on the top 3 and bel airs. I’d be perfectly happy to get the silver tongue mold and og 23 with the black tongues. Fingers crossed.Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come with the OG 5s. I desperately want my first Jordan ever the 1990 black tongue fire red 5s to be done justice. I couldn’t bring myself to cop the retro of it. It was so far off from what I remember.
This was me in 2016, I realized last year I was being foolish and ended up copping a pair.If you passed on the BM’s just because of the tongue then you missed out IMO
Everyone is a leather expert these days though which is super unfortunate. Imagine the uproar among these idiot shoetubers if they released these with the correct durabuck. “THIS LEATHER IS GARBAGE!!” I don’t know if we’re gonna get that durabuck on white based Js anymore, unfortunately.I dont care who you are or where you are from the 2000 retro 5's are as close to og as we will ever get. especially because of the actual Durabuck used.
That is the exact shape that all these new 4s are looking like, I hate the 2016 shape cement was almost perfect. I never got into went and got a 99 instead just to semi be happy. I really want to see in hand pics of the fire reds I'm super on the fence, but I feel like I trust your word more then most at this point.
A little janky???
Man, I think you need to look again fam. This is basically what we're getting bruh.
***** were absolute trash. And to think, if these had the OG height & shape, they would've been an almost perfect retro. Swing and a MF'N miss.
Have you seen the 99 white cement 4s or 2000 fire red 5s in hand? Those were durabuck. The whole upper yellowed out a bit but it's super soft and playable. The black durabuck is more like a really short nubuck mixed with leather. I love the matieral on OG shoes about a little more then the actual shoe.Yeah, I'd love to see this white durabuck all the OGs rave about.