FINALLY, A RETRO OF THE NIKE TRAINER SC II 3/4 DONE RIGHT!! THANK YOU NIKE!

suguruvstotoro, i love your insight. more trainer threads need to be made as I appreciate whats stated in them.

Go along the long list of recent nike retros and almost all of them you have to question why they were retroed.

I've made this chronological assessment before but it's very important.
The Nike cross training genre historically has maybe 12 key signature shoe models.
Of those 12, less than half, maybe 5 of those, have been retroed in ANY regard.
Of those 5, there have been over 50 colorway retro releases since 2001 among these models.
Of those 50 colorways, only two came to be original colorways released in a GENERAL RELEASE fashion.

During the 98-00 retro phase, nike released about 9 key retro OG c/w models to give you some perspective on the matter...
In a 9 year span from 2001 to 2009, just two.

Now that got me thinking, why aren't bo's or trainers popular among the kids. I'd think cross trainers suck too if all I've seen is whats beenreleased the past 9 years. The unpopularity has been created by NIKE from the get go. Yet at their global training summit introducing the new trainer 1, youwould think they have treated the cross training genre with respect. It has not..

the game is a foot, good point about the 2 decade gap in these. I'm not sure what it will take but NIKE is slowly killing off all of these original c/wtrainers. The knowledge, the nostaglia is becoming extinct... a true dieing artform.

But think of a shoe like the air digs womens. who wanted those out? ATC hybrids?? there are many shoes in nike basketball that just get retroed without anyreal thought process. those shoes are given chances.. AT1 and the two bo sc's were given countless almost 50 combined. Are they under the impression thatunless they can't do something truly special and hype driven and give this shoe its "due", they won't make that committment towards such agreat shoe. Only to see it fail and be forgotten like many other retros in the past.

DO SOMETHING. TRY SOMETHING... the med ball and other orange bo trainer retros will be the first two og cw RETROS in 5 years and just 2 of 4 in the past DECADEto see a general release ...

the genre is dieing and the very fact its dieing is on NIKEs part because releases arent coming fast enough and in the correct manner. The longer the monthsmove along, the larger the hole nike has dug itself in and the less likely there is to be a release like this.
 
andre and his mullet
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OK... So we have determined that these are:

a) "Fire"
b)"tight"
c) "go hard"
d) Qualify as "heaters"

& my personal favorite "ya dey spread"

Looks like Nike may release these based on the current popular opinion.

But seriously, Wally & trthousandgt, have you seen the amount of detail that is in the friggin heel counter alone on this shoe? Nike might just putsparkles on the strap, plaster patent on the uppers & straight kill the shoe. Give them a few years, at this rate they'll retro anything. I could nameexamples but you guys know what I'm talking about; they will retro obsure models but not listen to people on a webiste dedicated to their product...

I hope they come out eventually - one of the many cross trainers I could not afford in HS as an OG shoehead. Hope they come with a decent sized air bubble(word to MenOfOregon)
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Originally Posted by SinnerP

Andre and his mullet appreciates.
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If that ain't a MFin' pimp, I don't know what is.

Mullet? Check.

Acid-washed jeans? Check.

Tucked in tee? Check.

Exotic locale in the background? Check.

PIMP.
 
Originally Posted by trethousandgt

I'm sorry the game, i have to disagree with you. There was not a huge demand for trainer 1's, for many many years. I still remember them on sale racks all over the place from 2000-2005. Also that shoe does not have the character that the trainer sc ii's have, the design on these is much more unique. I could see these selling very very well, especially in the lava colorway.
agreed. ds 2000's were going for close to 500 for quite some time. it fluctuates like everything. a retro would definitely see demand as longas the cw is appealing to non-trainer fans. the infrared-$%! would fly off the shelves just like everything with that name attached to it. infrared isnike's dream, it satisfies true fans while being attractive to those who could care less about the sc ii itself. just do it nike.
 
Originally Posted by WallyHopp

...The unpopularity has been created by NIKE from the get go...
And ...the popularity could be created by NIKE again these days...

Just put a pair of SC IIs on "someone special" and let the rumors begin... Nike knows about this kind of things...

Anyway, my opinion is popularity (not hype) of a shoe comes from his quality.
 
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i understand thats your opinion, but that makes no sense, Nike pumps out retro flops all day of shoes i can't recall being that sought after tobegin with back in the day, this was a popular shoe when it dropped. This is just a dope dope shoe, I would like to be in my 20's when nike retro'sthis shoe for the first time, but the way they are going ill be in my 40's if that
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I did have two OG pairs but unfortunately they were not wearable,and its about that time for a re-release of these.
 
Its sad how we practically beg nike to release some of their best models from the past. I hope someone at nike can bring out a few of these models and keepthem as close to the OG as possible. I know its a big request there is enough of a market to where they can make money and we can get the shoes we want.
 
Nike could easily create a new brand or a new line just to release OG products exactly like they were first time.

Something like "Nike elements" or "Nike collectors".
One pair per month in OG colors and materials. High prices and limited releases. Maybe just online shopping for members ...

Just an idea...
 
Wow...I completely forgot those kicks even existed. Man the neon/teal joints are ridiculous. I think I like them better than the infrared version. Is thatniketalk sacrilege?
 
The 90's Decade was Nike Best

Shoes such as these need to be Retroed along with Air Carnivores, Barrages and Jewel SC's
 
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