Official Air Jordan 1 Retro High Thread Vol: Best Model/Thread

[bballermarkie]

The 2009 shadows had great quality but let's not look at the past with rose colored glasses. The material switch to tumbled nubuck was weird, the tongue was wildly stiff, plus the jumpman branding. It was a good shoe at the time but it still had it's problems

 

[rcjbbp1313]

I feel you but I can never forget where I came from. Jumpman 1s are all we had for a long time. Most of my 1s are nike air'd out though.

its not about nike air or not its about the added jumpman on the heel, its horrible and just a randomly added thing, lets put a jumpman on the toebox of the jordan 3 and see how fugazzi they look

 

[Sneaker P]

Those perforated 1s would look so much cleaner without the perforations. The leather looks like a good quality too. What a waste JB.

 

[h-n-t-w-m-n]

VacTech toe panels look horrible on any classic model.

 

[bonafide hustla]

its not about nike air or not its about the added jumpman on the heel, its horrible and just a randomly added thing, lets put a jumpman on the toebox of the jordan 3 and see how fugazzi they look

im so lost on what you're trying to articulate.. jumpan on a pair of jordans is random? jumpman on the toebox? Jordan 3?

 

[bonafide hustla]

The 2009 shadows had great quality but let's not look at the past with rose colored glasses. The material switch to tumbled nubuck was weird, the tongue was wildly stiff, plus the jumpman branding. It was a good shoe at the time but it still had it's problems

ha, rose colored? i had both 09 and recent OG and literally chose 09 over the other. nothing weird about the tumbled leather imo. it looked good and lasts long, which is about all im asking. jumpman branding is here nor there for me considering they're Jordan shoes. The tounge is stiff (er), but not a showstopper by any means.

all personal preference

 

[rcjbbp1313]

im so lost on what you're trying to articulate.. jumpan on a pair of jordans is random? jumpman on the toebox? Jordan 3?

ok so the original jordan 1 had a blank heel right? so when they added the jumpman to the heel it was a random addition to the shoe that had no branding there what so ever, now the tongue tag is different because that is replacing nike air branding with jordan branding and im fine with that. still with me? to me adding the jumpman where there was no branding is the same as if JB put a random jumpman on the toebox ,or any other area that was blank, of the jordan 3 it would look off or fake or just plain stupid. so the addition of the jumpman on the originally blank heel of the jordan 1 makes them look horrible to me

 

[rcjbbp1313]

and if you are saying they needed jumpman branding instead of the nike air or swoosh when they transitioned to a JB brand and not nike then why didnt they remove the swoosh on both sides of the shoes and put jumpman logos?

 

[squatchnt]

Some of us came from NA and never embraced the JM on 1s. Of all the shoes that replaced NA with a JM the 1s looked the worst imo just because of the tongue logo. Also, to add the heel JM doesn't bother me as much as the tongue. On the 1 pair of highs I purchased with the JM, I immediately removed the tongue JM and replaced with a NA...

 

[bonafide hustla]

ok so the original jordan 1 had a blank heel right? so when they added the jumpman to the heel it was a random addition to the shoe that had no branding there what so ever, now the tongue tag is different because that is replacing nike air branding with jordan branding and im fine with that. still with me? to me adding the jumpman where there was no branding is the same as if JB put a random jumpman on the toebox ,or any other area that was blank, of the jordan 3 it would look off or fake or just plain stupid. so the addition of the jumpman on the originally blank heel of the jordan 1 makes them look horrible to me

but why are you coming up with a random hypothetical of the jumpan on the toebox when every single numbered OG Nike shoe has been retro'd as a Jordan already. speak to what's actually happening . the jumpan is on the heel and tounge. and the jumpman isn't a random addition. When the OGs dropped, Jordan was signed to Nike without a brand. He's since created his own brand, and retros have the jumpman because of that.

 

[bonafide hustla]

also, i never wear my 1s with shorts, so the jumpan is never really even seen, fwiw. Definitely not the tounge, at least.

 

[Aquamanjay_]

I believe jb added the jumpman on the heel to stay consistent with 2-6 that all had their nike branding moved. Im just glad they didnt put it on the outsole lol

 

[0takusamsay]

its not about nike air or not its about the added jumpman on the heel, its horrible and just a randomly added thing, lets put a jumpman on the toebox of the jordan 3 and see how fugazzi they look

Well when i first got into sneakers before I knew there were OGs i knew jumpman on the back. Im only 27 and was a nerd, started getting into sneakers at 13 when i got my first pair of chucks. The jumpman on the heel doesn't look that out of place because other jordans have branding on the heel i.e. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc etc. Now any branding on the toebox, thats a ridiculous analogy. That would never look good. Now the 1s jordan brand did mess up with the jumpman was when they had that short run of 1s where the whole nike swoosh was replaced with a jumpman. Now those were terrible.

 

[rcjbbp1313]

every other nike air jordan shoe had the area that said nike air on it replaced with a jumpman right? but no other shoe had a jumpman added elsewhere, that is what im getting at so why do it to the 1? the tongue tag having the jumpman is good enough branding as the shoe is not a heavily branded shoe besides the swoosh and if they are replacing nike with JB then remove the swooshes and put jumpmen there, it is a random addition of the jumpman regardless of how its put.

 

[rcjbbp1313]

this is an argument on how i view the shoe looking ridiculous to me because of the jumpman on the heel, so the jordan 3s analogy might be weird on the toebox but an added jumpman on the shoe of any model that never had it would be weird looking which is why i think its weird looking to me, just my opinion backed up with why i have the opinion. NT is the land of nobodys opinion is right unless its someone elses. yall are funny

 

[bashmilk]

they tried it with these. replaced the swoosh with another jumpman. really odd looking IMO. 

i actually had these back in the day. sold them with the quickness.

you cant see the heal, but it says "JORDAN" 

 

[0takusamsay]

this is an argument on how i view the shoe looking ridiculous to me because of the jumpman on the heel, so the jordan 3s analogy might be weird on the toebox but an added jumpman on the shoe of any model that never had it would be weird looking which is why i think its weird looking to me, just my opinion backed up with why i have the opinion. NT is the land of nobodys opinion is right unless its someone elses. yall are funny

Yeah, well, you know that's like your opinion man. Honestly this isnt an argument or a disagreement but that analogy was pretty whacky.  In my personal opinion the jumpman on the heel is not needed and it is not as good as a clean blank heel.  But it's not that bad bro.  Its what I grew up knowing before I got educated on sneakers more.

 

[headdetective]

they tried it with these. replaced the swoosh with another jumpman. really odd looking IMO. 
i actually had these back in the day. sold them with the quickness.
you cant see the heal, but it says "JORDAN" 

:x :x :x

 

[bonafide hustla]

Now the 1s jordan brand did mess up with the jumpman was when they had that short run of 1s where the whole nike swoosh was replaced with a jumpman. Now those were terrible.

now i can agree with this. that's trash in real life.



you're good tho rcjbbp1313 , that toebox analogy was just bad. its all opinion at the end of the day. to each their own.

(imo) putting some very sloppy branding on a shoe is bad...but you're talking about the tounge/heel...those are normal places where simple, concise, branding happens.

 

[0takusamsay]

 
they tried it with these. replaced the swoosh with another jumpman. really odd looking IMO. 

i actually had these back in the day. sold them with the quickness.

you cant see the heal, but it says "JORDAN" 

oh man those are terrible.  That's what I was talking about @rcjbbp1313  .  Now that is horrendous.  I'd much rather just have the jumpman on the heel vs taking away the swoosh in all of its entirety.  

 

[bonafide hustla]

they tried it with these. replaced the swoosh with another jumpman. really odd looking IMO. 
i actually had these back in the day. sold them with the quickness.
you cant see the heal, but it says "JORDAN" 

**** ... :x :x :x :x when these were being described, i was thinking "do i remember that shoe" and this pic just reminded me. I had forgotten these existed

 

[rcjbbp1313]

now i can agree with this. that's trash in real life.



you're good tho rcjbbp1313 , that toebox analogy was just bad. its all opinion at the end of the day. to each their own.

(imo) putting some very sloppy branding on a shoe is bad...but you're talking about the tounge/heel...those are normal places where simple, concise, branding happens.

yeah i hear ya but it erks me badly for some reason lol like if you released the same exact shoe (height, quality and craftsmanship) but one had the heel blank and the other didnt i couldnt even think about the one with the jumpman on the heel. that and mids too, they look like ****** versions and almost look fake like they tried to copy them but they are fake so they are shorter. i know its knit picking but its what i like and i too came into the ones game late but i fell in love with KOs first and maybe they set the precident for the blank heel for me

 

[0takusamsay]

they tried it with these. replaced the swoosh with another jumpman. really odd looking IMO. 
i actually had these back in the day. sold them with the quickness.
you cant see the heal, but it says "JORDAN" 

The only good thing about these is that they came with a jordan chain as well. Other than that, these are mud.

 

[bonafide hustla]

chain worth more than the shoes

 

[manposite]

IMO his 'toebox' analogy is on point

If they released an AJ3 with a jumpman on the toe box that'd be very much parallel to what they did with the AJ1s heel.. its pretty simple

..but from the sounds of it, had they also just done that 15 yrs ago.. ya'll wouldn't care either :x