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

[9th Wonder]

You a size 8 or 8.5. That price is crazy.

9.5 and the price is even higher now. Didn’t have a good time but it is what it is smh

 

[downyboy]

Yes. Pines were at FNL, FTA, FTL, and Champs.

Purps were at FTA only, out of the big 4.

it was all about distribution. its just perception that they were more limited.

 

[promac]

there are 10 pages more in the purple thread than pine thread, and each page equals to $10 more in resale. So $100 extra for purps compared to pines. Reselling explained.

not srs

Had me looking like

Until I seen the not srs

 

[turbospartan]

it was all about distribution. its just perception that they were more limited.

More stores and more sales on StockX makes me think there were more Pines.

In Denver-area alone, there were like 5 FNL that got them, multiple FTL, multiple Champs. Facebook groups here, tons of Pines available for sale and barely any Purples.

 

[3god]

Who cares just buy what you want and leave it at that

That makes the most sense, but you know how these debates go. If we left it at everyone thinking sensical, this would be a boring place.

 

[vinotwofour]

if you guys like Pines over Purple so much, can you guys brick the Purps already so I don't gotta drop $450

 

[bigdirty978]

after having both pairs in hand, I gotta go with Pines

 

[promac]

It’s a matter of which color you like better. Literally the same damn shoe

 

[xxpizzo]

if you guys like Pines over Purple so much, can you guys brick the Purps already so I don't gotta drop $450

^^^ what he said lolol

struggling to pay for that size 8 rn... Easily got it but the price is gas but i understand it

 

[vinotwofour]

I'll pay it too but I'd wear them less knowing I dropped good resale money on them.

Like I can wear my Pines or Bred Toes carefree because I paid retail. But if I had paid $400 for them, they'd get a lot less wears from me

 

[Lucky13s]

My brother's purple pair came in yesterday, and my hyper royals came in yesterday as well.

Of course the purples are dope, but my hyper royals are wayyyy more plush. He was so confused when he felt both pairs, knowing I paid $100 for my pair. Such is life for us JB fanatics.

My pine greens come in today! Probably won't get to check them out until tomorrow night.

 

[3god]

I'll pay it too but I'd wear them less knowing I dropped good resale money on them.

Like I can wear my Pines or Bred Toes carefree because I paid retail. But if I had paid $400 for them, they'd get a lot less wears from me

I would think it would be the opposite? If you put the money into them, wouldn’t you want to get the use out of them? Unless of course your main priority is for collection purposes..

 

[vinotwofour]

nah I just think, damn I dropped a pretty penny on them, better wear them with care

 

[0takusamsay]

I would think it would be the opposite? If you put the money into them, wouldn’t you want to get the use out of them? Unless of course your main priority is for collection purposes..

That part or resell purposes. Me personally once I put money in on something like shoes imma wear the hell out of an. I paid 450 for my SBBs 1.5 years ago and I wore them a bunch. The only thing that keeps me from wearing my kicks frequently is the amount of options that I have. Especially when it comes to rocking a 1.

 

[downyboy]

More stores and more sales on StockX makes me think there were more Pines.

In Denver-area alone, there were like 5 FNL that got them, multiple FTL, multiple Champs. Facebook groups here, tons of Pines available for sale and barely any Purples.

Purples were only sent to FTA out of the footstores because smaller regional stores got access to them instead of FTL and Champs. You don't live in an area that has many boutiques or smaller regional chains. DTLR/Ruvilla, JJ, Shoepalace, Shiekh, etc and all boutiques received purples and no greens. Your reality is specific to your location. Sales of the purple don't account for all the backdoor pairs either, just look at how many resellers had them in hand in NYC before release date.

 

[beasly151]

it was all about distribution. its just perception that they were more limited.

Production run was a month on Purps. they were more limited than Pines

 

[apex523]

Came in yesterday … and **** the Lakers and Kings.

Like the red laces. Wonder how the pine greens would look in red laces? Gucci vibes.

 

[zaidxbirdman]

Pine or clay green

 

[vinotwofour]

Pine.

I didn't like the clay as much when i got them in hand. And I don't have my DMP Celtics anymore so I'm keeping Pine around this time

 

[promac]

nah I just think, damn I dropped a pretty penny on them, better wear them with care

Plus they’ll look newer for longer the less you where them, I understand what your saying

 

[18thcomplex]

$380 is being generous. Size 8 is almost $500

 

[18thcomplex]

Pine or clay green

Sorry man pines all day. Im not really a fan of 1s that use different material then leather but I thought the yellow pair from that pack was sick.

 

[turbospartan]

Purples were only sent to FTA out of the footstores because smaller regional stores got access to them instead of FTL and Champs. You don't live in an area that has many boutiques or smaller regional chains. DTLR/Ruvilla, JJ, Shoepalace, Shiekh, etc and all boutiques received purples and no greens. Your reality is specific to your location. Sales of the purple don't account for all the backdoor pairs either, just look at how many resellers had them in hand in NYC before release date.

My perception is that the only data we have (stores that received them, StockX sales, etc.) show that the purples were more limited than the pines.

There are 161 total Shoe Palace stores, 140 Shiekh, 170 JJ, and 220 DTLR/Ruvilla. For a total of almost 700 stores nationwide.

There are approximately 670 Finish Line stores, 3310 Footlockers, 547 Champs, and 272 Footaction stores. Obviously not all locations got Pines, but there are a good amount that did.

Here was Champs alone, for the Pines:

Here was Footlocker for Pines:

Here is Footaction for the Pines:

Can't find an image of the Finish Line app, I just know that stores in my area that never even get "hype" releases, got the Pines. I had to choose a FNL out of 5+ different locations.


Do you have any data that shows otherwise? I suppose Shoe Palace, Villa, and those other boutiques could've gotten way more Purples than the main Footstores got of the Pines, but I haven't seen anything that would suggest that. Its a weird thing to argue in any case.

 

[promac]

Pine or clay green

From a look standpoint pines, to wear I would say clays (more versatile) imo

 

[charmcitykid]

pine! on another note I'll never understand this new era of so called sneakerheads. money in hand and still gotta beg a dude to sell me the shoes? cats dont even want the money or the shoes. they just wanna flex in those that really wanted but didn't get. I'm sorry, I just wasnt raised raised this way. we will have it really bad as senior citizens