Various reasons the Foams became popular in 1997?

Does anyone have the old foamposite ads?

Which movies were the shoe in?
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He Got Game Oh the pippen foams were so lovely!
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Which movies were the shoe in?


aww yes.... love that movie. remember when jesus goes into that 1 dorm room.... haha i remember it cause i went to see it with my mom.... and she bought me my pennys with out any hesitation... i wore them every day. i have multiple pics as a young lad with them
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I remember I was looking through a magazine on an airplane and saw an ad for these. This was the first time I actually wanted to go an pursue a shoe instead of just buying what they had at the store. Not to say I didn't have some sick shoes before that.
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The name Penny Hardaway and Lil penny. ahhhhhhhhh the good old days. :pimp:
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to me it was 2 things:

- Penny - he came in when Jordan first retired and became a fan favorite right away. a silky smooth 6'7 point guard who was incredibly fun to watch. Nike did a great job promoting him as well.

- Design - extremely eye catching and "wave of the future" looking. unlike any shoe anyone had ever seen before.

i see a lot of people saying the price, which is surprising to me cuz that was one of the downfalls and ultimately what kept me from getting a pair. obviously you look and say "wow, $200!?", but that's a bad thing to me. i was only in middle school so my dad still bought me all my shoes and i didn't like the idea that if i wore these to school everyone would know how spoiled i was (or would've been if i did have them). everyone knew i wore Jordans, Pennys, Barkleys, Webbers all the time but these were on a different level.
 
Back in 1997 you where able to get at least the white/black colorway for $100.00.

I did back then.
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I was in the military and remember seing the add on the back of a magazine with just the picture of the shoe and it had me baffled! I waited and waited for info on it and then when they came out and i found out they were like 180 i had to pass :frown:
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Too expensive for the average. The few people I knew with these had good jobs or multiple hustles. Where Im at we like shoes that are good looking, and built to last, and these are the epidomy. I've seen multiple fights over these shoes, and a couple pair still hang from light poles as I type. this is a dc/md shoe.
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Its a status symbol thing for many. A lot of people couldn't believe Nike would drop a $180 retail shoe. Some could not afford it then, but can afford it now.
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They were expensive and durable, like tanks. Plus they were good for ball.
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I remember walking into a FootLocker in Jersey City about a week before the OG Foams dropped. They had a pair in a glass case with a mirrored shelf along with a small sign announcing the release date. I thought they were the most amazing shoes the second I saw them...and I still do.
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not too many people had them unless they were selling dope, my homeboy saved 2 checks from his summer job to get them. my homeboy nut was the only dude i knew (with a legal job) to own these in 97'
 
I was in middle school when the Penny Foams 1st dropped. You knew who the spoiled kids were at that moment, because they had 'em. I couldn't understand at the time how Nike could drop a shoe that retailed for more than a Jordan! I had to beg for J's back then, so I knew I'd get my *** beat for even fixing my lips to ask my mom for a shoe that cost damn near $200!!

I still thought/think they're fresh though...
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Because I was a huge Penny fan, still am hope he does well in Miami!!!. Too bad he blew out his knee he would've been one of the greats if he stayed healthy.
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Ummm I can't attribute liking the Penny Foams to anything besides for the 1997 NCAA Championship game and TEAM DIME ringleader MIKE BIBBY.

The whole tournament Bibby was rockin all the new kicks and just lighting the place up as a FRESHMAN. I mean Miles Simon did his thang and all with that lil cheap up and under pump fake all tournament but Bibby was pure ice cold GAME. He led them to defeat three number one seeds in one tournament on their way to the championship. (defeating a Kansas team that was 35-1 coming into the tourney)

The things that Bibby did nite in and out as a freshman at the tournament were unheard of...so the nite of the championship he breaks out the FOAMS and made em look just super sweet and they didn't even match the uniform...One of my boys, Marcel Harris, older brother played for that Arizona team. Donnell Harris a 6 "10 backup center who ended up getting kicked outta Arizona for dirty weed tests. At any rate Donnell's brother ended up with Mike Bibby's FOAMS after that game( he was somewhat of a PG prodigy back then before he went crazy) he was only a soph in high school but had verballed to Arizona already. But yeah man Bibby made those FOAMS official for @#%$ to have back in the day, and I remember looking at Marcel with em on and wondering how could I swindle those out of him. HA dude still has em. .

yeah i remember that nite and THOSE PARTICUALAR FOAMS VERY VIVIDLY.

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booger rocked the blue penny foams, jesus rocked the pearl's with the clear sole in the movie. what are pippen foams never heard of them or never seen pictures of pipp rocking them ?
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^^ he must be talking about the "pearl foamposites"
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yes the pearl foams were the pippens.
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i remember when i first saw them....i was working for foot locker and we had a store downtown for the final four and the arizona wildcats came into the store...well miles simon and mike bibby had them on and i instantly fell in love.....seems like just yesterday
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I was a sophomore, and man I really wanted these! I saw the picture from Al Bundy Shoes on the net and Nike Playaz Online the other unsung heroes for Jordan-Bulls era Nike sites. It was like 180 at Footlocker, I asked everyone in my family to buy me or help me buy it. I ended up buying 2 OG's for nearly double each just a couple a years ago, so I'm sort of happy but nothing beats buying it when these dropped. Because people knew you had money, and would not give a rat what you buy...
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