I don't have to step foot in the Air Max 1 thread. I was there. I know you guys whine about shapes like they do in every thread on this board, Jordan, New Balance.... I'm one of the few people who actually goes everywhere on this board and I've been in to sneakers for decades. The materials are totally different than OG Air Max 1's. Patches are just another way to milk money from Air Max fans.
You're dismissing one sneaker as a gimmick in preference for another sneaker with a gimmick. My point. Lucky should have just said he preferred the Patches than use that excuse. Just say you like the sneaker. I hate when people downplay one sneaker over another and contradict themselves while doing it.
Then you should understand the AM1 frustration being into sneakers for decades. I've also been into sneakers for most of my life and Nike releases such nice colorways with cool materials, but they shaped like
crocs. I did not mention I liked the materials, just the the OG shape because it makes the AM1 look like sleek runners of the past.
If you are talking about materials being different than OG, the Air Max Zero doesn't even feature the same materials from Tinkers original design. Air Max Zero are also a way to milk money out of Air Max fans and hypebeasts. If the Zero released a month before or after Air Max Day as a GR with no marketing around it, they would be sitting on shelves.
Nike uses gimmicks all the time. Its like every year you get the same OG colorways with new technology or materials. Hyperfuse, EM, lunar soles and many other recent materials, but with a spin on it. Do you dismiss those shoes too? Some of those releases were good and some looked terrible, but at the end of the day its all a gimmick for Nike, every release.
Would I have paid resell for AM0? No, I was fortunate to go to the pop-up and I thought they looked cool so I bought them to wear.
Did I choose to pay resell for black AM1 patches? Yes, 2x. I loved the shape and colorway (not patches)
You're posts are aimed towards patches in general e.g. 90,95. My post and Lucky's post was specific to the olive, sand, black AM1 patches.
Moving on from this derailment. We can take it to PMs, but I'm over this discussion. No point, when we all have the same frustrations with the big corporation.
