The Official Nike LeBron XII Thread- "July 4th/USA" & "King's Cloak/Red Paisley" 06/27/15

[rl_wayne]

Looking at these from the lateral view, they sort of remind me of the 9s with that silhouette and the black panel on the side. As usual, just gonna wait til more pics roll out, but they're interesting...don't like them as much on first glance as I did the XIs though.

 

[sneakerfree]

As much as I like the XIs, I'm ready to move on. Really hoping these have more step-in comfort and improved traction. I like what I see so far. Excited to see it once it's all put together.

 

[cwashburn6]

View media item 986292lebron 12 sample

 

[deebo cole7]

I mess with these hard. Look like hybrid 8s a little bit to me

 

[Mister Meaner]

why would a shoe company not put their logo on their shoes? only one time that happened was jordan and why would Nike do that again?

probably should have worded it better. Was disappointed in the obligatory "let's slap a huge *** swoosh on this because we can" treatment. Especially since that design didn't need it at all.

And it's not like the swoosh hasn't taken a backseat in no other Sig site besides Jordan. They could have slapped a huge one on the Lebron IV, but went with what made more sense aesthetically.

 

[robin thicke]

P4L

 

[nicelikechrist]

Yess these joints look tough from that side view. Cant wait to see detailed shots.

 

[dwoodactennis]

Really looks like that dude is holding the black/swoosh piece up on the shoe for the picture....I bet that's not the "fully assembled" shoe, and that the "boot" looking section (teal) will be more covered than we've seen. 

 

[kingsin]

 

they look pretty interesting
if you look back at the history of lebrons sig the always take after not the most recent sig but second most recent sig
so for example
8=10
9=11
10=12
as in the shoes take after that design and goes from there

Funny thing is, he's right with the 8=10. People were definitely comparing the 2, calling Xs a lazy upgraded 8 v.3.

And I was wondering why that neck/collar looks so familiar on the xii, it looks like the nike zoom Meriwether posites

 

[goob336]

Cannot wait.

 

[jmi11ion]

look crazy. wonder how these will turn out

 

[RayCashhhh]

My mans just said they remind him of the Ewing's and I said that was spot on

 

[awm412]

These could definitely be interesting.  That black part with the swoosh in the new side view looks very much like the 9 Elites, which I don't mind.  I'm interested to see what the cushion setup will be.  The sole makes it look like there's a separate heel zoom bag, and I think there was a description somewhere that mentioned the back and front parts being independent to some degree, so I'm guessing there'll just be regular forefoot zoom.  I wish they brought back the 360 max zoom unit.

EDIT: I just saw the Nightwing post saying that the forefoot pods visible in the outsole are podular zoom units, like in CP3's recent models.  I wonder if they'll provide the ample cushioning Lebron's sigs usually have.

 

[jayzrdead]

I'm excited to see final product. Almost looks like an elite prototype.

 

[captainjackson]

250 for the regular lebron 12

i'd bet 300+ for the lebron 12 elite

i like nothing in that leaked pic, shoe looks horrible.

 

[albundy15]

They looked clean in the first pics. Don't like the plastic black bits attached

 

[nflowshoe]

So it looks like the Zoom soldiers are going to be worn on court by lebron more next year than his Signature shoe again.

 

[djkoldkrush]

I will hold my judgement until more pics and cw's surface... i hated the kobes at 1st and ended up lking them and grabbing two pairs.. sometimes jus got to wait to see them on feet to judge if they go with the style you rock... i hope they end up gd tho but we will see

 

[robin thicke]

THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO THE SB CW AS THE INITIAL COLORWAY

GET IT OVER WITH YA KNOW

 

[paulprince3730]

 
they look pretty interesting

if you look back at the history of lebrons sig the always take after not the most recent sig but second most recent sig

so for example

8=10

9=11

10=12

as in the shoes take after that design and goes from there

the only comparisons are the 8s and 10s but then again the 7s and 8s looked a lot alike so that also trumps your attempt to see a pattern that wasnt there

9s and 11s look nothing alike at all

 

[blastercombo]

THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO THE SB CW AS THE INITIAL COLORWAY

GET IT OVER WITH YA KNOW

The first drop is usually the best one anyway

 

[ventureblake]

I don't want to stir up a debate about what team LeBron is going to be on after this season, but I wonder if Nike kept that in mind with the cw's releasing on the first few XII's .....but actually the more I think about it, we don't get THAT many Heat cw's lol

 

[domosirchazzo]

I don't want to stir up a debate about what team LeBron is going to be on after this season, but I wonder if Nike kept that in mind with the cw's releasing on the first few XII's .....but actually the more I think about it, we don't get THAT many Heat cw's lol

And black/red/white are such default colors for sneakers anyway that I don't think it would matter.

Lebron could end up on the Knicks and probably still have a few black/red c/w's.

But...he's not going anywhere this summer anyway. Next summer maybe, but he's not opting out early.

 

[bfortson23]

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Not sure if these are supposed to be LBJ12 lows, but might give us a good idea how the sole looks on-shoe

 

[nike feet]

View media item 987982
Not sure if these are supposed to be LBJ12 lows, but might give us a good idea how the sole looks on-shoe

I don't think those are the lows IMO

But looks like nike changing up the zoom setup a bit along with the 12