Quick rundown..
Cosmetically the orange is very eye popping and fluorescent. It's more of a dark rich orange fluorescence vs the 98 retros but in the scheme of things, itall works out in the end. Like others have been saying the upper eyelets aren't quite dark purple enough to match the other accent pieces, but no biggieagain.. The midsole paint is just okay. Its hard to tell initially. Its smooth at first glance but has your air structure infrared type blotchness. its noteverywhere and takes a keen eye. The white horizontially line midsole medial piece is ALSO painted white. That will be a problem in a few months im guessing.
Threw them on my feet immediately. The shoes aren't BAD comfort wise, but again they aren't the top of the line ride on your feet. The feel is muchlike any other nike retro out there. A decent casual walk can be done in these. The white part of the upper is your typical synthetic leather, but its justsoft enough for the toebox to feel like normal leather, believe it or not. With toebox comfort intact, im good to go. Grey mudguard is also your fake syntheticsuede with no true nap. But it is surprisingly soft.
Size wise, I like to wear my shoes just a bit big with a full thumb width in the front toebox. These, with my normal SZ worn, provide that. So I would saythese STILL RUN A 1/2 SIZE BIG. If you can live with the comforts of a roomy toebox, i would get your true size. otherwise, for that snug perfect fit, go with/5 down.. if theres anything you do, DO NOT SIZE UP. True to size or 1/2 sz down ONLY.
for example, my typical size is a 12. This pair is a sz 12 and fit more like a 12.5 with its roominess. If i had chosen a 11.5, they would have fit like mynormal sz, 12... I hope thats not confusing.
Some photos:
First PEEK flash off:
It only gets better in brighter conditions:
flash on
Out of the box.. Flash off with standard lights around
Flash on:
On ones feet. Im sleeping in these. I dont even care
shorts or pants, the look is real
. Few people I knew instantly said"old school" when they saw these without even knowing who or what they were.
Outside natural lighting shots later on.
Maybe its been the long wait for these, but this is how you should feel when buying new shoes. I feel invincible. I want to run up some stairs or do somesquats. the smile hasnt lifted off my face.