Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread
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frag quality is really good, i dont have banneds though
I dunno not sure if I would go this far. As far as leather quality, I still think Banneds are > anything else. Closest thing to Banneds are maybe 2009 Shadows.
I'd say Vegas 1's > any of the 2013 OG releases. 2015 remastered 1's have got to be better than Vegas 1. I've struck out on Frags/Chicagos so I can't compare.
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Someone posted in the Chiraq thread that the Chis are just as good quality wise with the leather, its just not pebbled like the Banneds
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^Chicagos have a little bit of a tumbled look on the leather, especially the top straps with the wings logo.
The quality debate is an endless one and will always vary from pair to pair, color to color and year to year and should always be taken with a grain of salt.
The quality debate is an endless one and will always vary from pair to pair, color to color and year to year and should always be taken with a grain of salt.
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Ohhhh man those LA are clean. Really wish they'd mandate nylon tongues only. Leather is just a little off.
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Those LA 1s are gonna turn into NYC 1s after a couple wears lol
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nothing special about those LAs IMO. not even considering copping those.
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Wow this LA's look great in that pic. 
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Those 23LA are really clean
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interesting. Reason I ask is we're kind of debating about authenticity in the Chicago thread and how the tip of the thread that goes through the swoosh and how it touches the swoosh. Supposedly the tip is not suppose to touch, but I've seen some retailer pairs do.
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Those LA are clean! too bad I'll have no chance at buying them without jumping thru a million hoops lol.
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This... I wish I could though.
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Clean imo.... would copp if it was that simple lol...
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ds highlight reels just arrived, which i bought (for the low) for the sole purpose (no pun) of doing the black toe tongue swap. after trying them on, i think they're actually pretty dope on foot so now i'm contemplating just keeping them for beaters and copping a pair of used reels for the swap.
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Why, what happens to the NYC 1's after a couple of wears...?
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It was a joke that the all white shoes would turn black after a couple wears :/
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The quality on the DC's is INCREDIBLE... Sad that these pretty much sat because they werent given the NA treatment (I ironically live in DC and these went on discount everywhere).
Here is an on feet pic of my pair:
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I'm thinking of buying a pair of Highlight reels to turn them into an OLNL custom. Thoughts?
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Heskicks had banneds and 2015 Chicago and he said the Chis are just short of the banneds
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they're decent
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Yup I've had both and banneds easily win
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I thought about this but to be honest, it would look doper if you did it on a pair of Laney 1s even though it might be more work since you'd have to do a tongue swap and paint the toebox/toe areaI'm thinking of buying a pair of Highlight reels to turn them into an OLNL custom. Thoughts?
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