Ghost greens arrived today and If I'm being honest, I'm a little disappointed. Looked a bit better in photos than in Person. Maybe its because I'm biased against white based colorways. I love the green fade but can't help looking at them thinking how much better they'd have been with a black base ie Hypers. I'm a sucker for green kicks and they'll see rotation come spring/summer, but I'm really glad I held off on doubling up.
In regards to why they were "recalled", my assumption is it's got to do with the gradient fade. It's not incredibly noticeable in photos, but in person there's a solid green line right down the center where the fade starts. It's like their textile supplier didn't blend the fade into the material properly. I took multiple pics to try to show what I'm talking about, but it's really difficult to capture on camera. No other gradient TNs I've owned have had this issue, so it's my best guess as to why they never got a proper wide spread retail release. I don't buy the narrative that Nike was testing the waters with colorways. They release **** heaps of absolutley awful TN colorways every year to no end. There's no reason they wouldn't have dropped these in a wide spread release unless they thought there was some level of a QC issue.