Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread

[toneagain]

zzzz....the upper from the react 87 has been used well before the react 87, I understand he posted that in the picture, but it's not the originator of that type of upper. It just looks like one of their ACG shoes, gaiter and komyuter come to mind.

I love the komyuters

are they pronounced commuters?

 

[0takusamsay]

are they pronounced commuters?

Yeah lol Nike named them funny I guess to give it a weird techwear like name.

 

[toneagain]

Yeah lol Nike named them funny I guess to give it a weird techwear adult swim show like name.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Via Frank cooker. So they took flyknit 1s and threw the epic react 87 outer shell on them and took away the swoosh. It's not too bad of a look but what are y'all thoughts?

“Not too bad of look”? These look like something a blind person designed (not trying to offend blind people by comparing them to JB’s designers). I REALLY want to know what they’re smoking over there in Beverton, this is honestly pathetic and a disgrace to the historic AJ 1 line. I’m honestly upset at MJ for not putting his foot down and pulling the plug on this mess (my guess this was Gentry’s idea).

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Just when you thought JB couldn’t possibly put any worse designs than the trash they already put out, they surprise all of us with these atrocities. It’s honestly impressive.

 

[vinnuendo]

“Not too bad of look”? These look like something a blind person designed (not trying to offend blind people by comparing them to JB’s designers). I REALLY want to know what they’re smoking over there in Beverton, this is honestly pathetic and a disgrace to the historic AJ 1 line. I’m honestly upset at MJ for not putting his foot down and pulling the plug on this mess (my guess this was Gentry’s idea).

That's not a Jordan 1, mate. Inspired by, pieces from, maybe. But it's quite obvious that it's a completely different shoe - different sole, different upper, different silhouette, different panels. If you want to talk about disgrace to the historic AJ1 line, refer back to patents from 2003, and the majority of 2007-2013 including polka dot mids and phat lows.

 

[headdetective]

I’m officially a NTer.

Those Nigel 1’s look dope to me now and I want em

 

[staffsgtdignam]

If you want to talk about disgrace to the historic AJ1 line, refer back to patents from 2003, and the majority of 2007-2013 including polka dot mids and phat lows.

WHY YOU GOTTA TRIGGER ME LIKE THIS

In all seriousness, I actually agree that these have far less in common with AJ 1s but what irks me is that they are selling these as AJ 1 Reacts... They are tying the AJ 1 name to these to wh-re out this trash since they know people will buy anything AJ 1.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

I’m officially a NTer.

Those Nigel 1’s look dope to me now and I want em

If you cop are you going to keep the poopie stains or try to remove them?

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

I’m officially a NTer.

Those Nigel 1’s look dope to me now and I want em

 

[headdetective]

If you cop are you going to keep the poopie stains or try to remove them?

*WHEN I cop, imma keep the sht stains

 

[staffsgtdignam]

*WHEN I cop, imma keep the sht stains

All JB needed was some corn attached to the shoe and they could’ve been Chipotle 1s.

 

[blastercombo]

Jordan isn’t good at making original designs. Has been that way for almost 10 years now. What they do even worse is “updates” and hybrids.

 

[appleheaddmv]

All JB needed was some corn attached to the shoe and they could’ve been Chipotle 1s.

Lmao...

 

[downyboy]

just throw some lunar insoles like they did with the chuck Taylors and call it a day.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Jordan isn’t good at making original designs. Has been that way for almost 10 years now. What they do even worse is “updates” and hybrids.

Yeah, I think when the brand was younger and much smaller, Tinker was way more passionate about designing and, since MJ was still playing, the designs were inherently more iconic as well. Nowadays, it’s all about meeting Nike’s huge sales projections by putting out quantity over quality and a lot of the stuff they are putting out (especially new models, many retro+ cws, and even some poor quality OG cws) seems to suffer from this.

 

[blastercombo]

Yeah, I think when the brand was younger and much smaller, Tinker was way more passionate about designing and, since MJ was still playing, the designs were inherently more iconic as well. Nowadays, it’s all about meeting Nike’s huge sales projections by putting out quantity over quality and a lot of the stuff they are putting out (especially new models, many retro+ cws, and even some poor quality OG cws) seems to suffer from this.

Matter of opinion of course but I think Nike basketball as a whole has sucked for years (talking about looks). Maybe my style has changed or I’m not hip to what’s cool but the stuff now is just awful. For the record they’re a lot of OG Jordan’s I also don’t like

 

[kobeoverbron]

I think Nike basketball has actually gotten a lot stronger now compared to 5 years or 10 years ago. Value for money, design and tech these days are on point.

Also, aren't the new Jordans actually are made well? Performance and quality wise. It's been good since the XX8.

 

[jordanhead718212]

Stronger in terms of what exactly? 5 years ago, LeBrons and KDs were selling out and had crazy resale value.
Now, you can't give them away.

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

i've seen a lot of good reviews too about the newer stuff

these dudes are actually using them to play in tho

 

[blastercombo]

I’m not talking about performance. I’m talking about looks and design. Performance being better should be a given

 

[marylandallamerican]

What's the lowest you've seen the Hyper Royals go for? I'm kind of feeling them. I think I saw $115 on stock x. Anybody seen lower?

 

[kobeoverbron]

Stronger in terms of what exactly? 5 years ago, LeBrons and KDs were selling out and had crazy resale value.
Now, you can't give them away.

I'm talking about the sneakers.
Selling out has nothing to do with the quality and performance of the line.
Are we not supposed to base it on those exact things when it comes to basketball shoes?

Even the designs are better honestly, people just shifted their eyes on the "hyped" things.
That's how you know people buying KD4s back then weren't even hooping (I know because those are duds on court).

 

[dvlsfan30]

What's the lowest you've seen the Hyper Royals go for? I'm kind of feeling them. I think I saw $115 on stock x. Anybody seen lower?

I saw 105 plus shipping a couple days ago

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Matter of opinion of course but I think Nike basketball as a whole has sucked for years (talking about looks). Maybe my style has changed or I’m not hip to what’s cool but the stuff now is just awful. For the record they’re a lot of OG Jordan’s I also don’t like

Agreed completely on Nike Basketball. I honestly think they have had a few good releases here and there (I.e. some of the LeBron and Kobe models) but, honestly some might disagree with me here, Nike Basketball hasn’t released a model as good as the Foamposite One and that dropped 21 years ago now.