I'm not saying that the EM lows are not nice, but I'm going to pass until I see something special in a colorway. Everyone knows that the 8s were a simple design with a cool heel counter and excellent comfort, but I didn't want the 8s until I saw some purple fades, pit vipers, other awesome designs on the mesh. I just feel that if I'm gonna get one of the lows, I want a pair that I can say wow this colorway or shoe is sick because blah blah blah. If I bought this first release, I wouldn't be able to say anything like that. I would say oh these are sick because they are flat yellow and have some black with a little red... Oh by the way, they are comfortable. Well, there are a lot of comfortable and great performing shoes for less than $160. I'm sure the lows will have some amazing colorways that I like more in the future... I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan (whether it is a true BL cw or not), but will pass on the lows until I see some nice colorways that I like.