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Well from a visual standpoint, the shoes( KB8 II RETRO VS. OG ) are almost identical. I personally cant tell a difference. Maybe you can? However, from a technical/comfort standpoint if your talking about the Feet You Wear technology, than yes its not a one to one. FYW technology was not owned by Adidas. It was licensed by them. So because they don't own the rights, ANY retro shoe that had the FYW tech in them, will NEVER be a one to one.
To me, not making a one to one retro because of licensing is completely different than hyping a shoe up, only releasing it in one city, and then making it a raffle. Nike has done this over, and over, and over, etc.!!! Furthermore, when nike/jordan make their new retro shoes from pleather, when in fact they used high quality leather on originals and blatantly changing the shape of the whole entire shoe( III & IV ), how can you put Adidas in that argument? You obviously can, although I'm not sure to many educated people in the realm of footwear would listen.
Not the tech. The Key Trainers height and shape isn't the same. The Crazy 2 purple pair is leather now. The black pair is missing all the purple and silver accents on the tongue. Those changes are just off the top of my head. It's more than just the performance aspects. The look is totally off.
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