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

What is your favorite LeBron XII release?

  • NSRL

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  • HOAL

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  • Dunk Force

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  • Instinct

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  • Six Meridians

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  • Data

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  • Christmas

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  • Trillion Dollar Man

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  • 23 Chromosomes

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  • BHM

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  • Court Vision

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  • All-Star/Flatiron

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  • Double Helix

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  • What If?

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  • Flight

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  • CLE

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  • Wheat

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  • Lows

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  • Elites

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  • NSW

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I wish my CJ IDs were that deeper, more purpleish shade of burgundy. Merlot, I guess. Almost bordeaux-ish.

Damn you Nike for putting that stupid pink medial posite on there and ruining what could've been a classic.
 
These are very nice.  On another note the DH really isn't all that bad at all the pink part is very manageable and I think we are all coming around to it.
 
Something about the CONSTANT use of PEs by signature athletes rubs me the wrong way. It's almost like another symptom of the "ME ME all about ME" generation. That's one of the reasons no one will ever touch MJ in that respect. The dude did everything in (what are now called) GRs that everyone could buy. You could lace up a pair of black/red 14s and go shoot your own "last shot" in your driveway or at the park.
 
I think anyone lucky enough to have a sig of their own would and should take advantage. All the color mash ups you could request, man keep em coming. It sucks for us but hey that's what ID is for. Kinda
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Something about the CONSTANT use of PEs by signature athletes rubs me the wrong way. It's almost like another symptom of the "ME ME all about ME" generation. That's one of the reasons no one will ever touch MJ in that respect. The dude did everything in (what are now called) GRs that everyone could buy. You could lace up a pair of black/red 14s and go shoot your own "last shot" in your driveway or at the park.


I think anyone lucky enough to have a sig of their own would and should take advantage. All the color mash ups you could request, man keep em coming. It sucks for us but hey that's what ID is for. Kinda :nerd:

Man if I could come up with sick PEs (1 of 1s) I would be all over that. I'd wear some of my GRs but the PEs would be popping.
 
 
Something about the CONSTANT use of PEs by signature athletes rubs me the wrong way. It's almost like another symptom of the "ME ME all about ME" generation. That's one of the reasons no one will ever touch MJ in that respect. The dude did everything in (what are now called) GRs that everyone could buy. You could lace up a pair of black/red 14s and go shoot your own "last shot" in your driveway or at the park.
This is the truth. Lebron will wear more PEs than release pairs but it's the culture we live in now, exclusivity is the cornerstone of the shoe game 
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 ...in all honesty most NBA PEs suck in my eyes (Colleges get way better iterations) but it just sucks that he will wear 1 or 2 pairs that we can buy. I feel what Tigo is saying 100% You don't get to own that piece of history or memory from a great game unless Nike releases it in some "pack" for $500.
 
If Nike released all the PEs it would be too much, yeah Jordan gave us his colorways but those were basically all he wore. we'd have meh colorways, a lot of them.
 
 
Something about the CONSTANT use of PEs by signature athletes rubs me the wrong way. It's almost like another symptom of the "ME ME all about ME" generation. That's one of the reasons no one will ever touch MJ in that respect. The dude did everything in (what are now called) GRs that everyone could buy. You could lace up a pair of black/red 14s and go shoot your own "last shot" in your driveway or at the park.
This is the truth. Lebron will wear more PEs than release pairs but it's the culture we live in now, exclusivity is the cornerstone of the shoe game :smh:  ...in all honesty most NBA PEs suck in my eyes (Colleges get way better iterations) but it just sucks that he will wear 1 or 2 pairs that we can buy. I feel what Tigo is saying 100% You don't get to own that piece of history or memory from a great game unless Nike releases it in some "pack" for $500.

- Kids like loud colorways on shoes today
- Lebron can't wear the six meridians for example as they are not team colors.
- Previous reason is what Nike has yet to find a balance between in terms of releasing both simple and louder CW's
- I doubt lebron sits in Nike meetings telling them not to release certain CW's or maybe he does :nerd:

theres probably more reasons, and its been this way since the LeBron 8, the amount of unreleased 8's is shocking if i'm someone at Nike and thinking how many of these shoes would have sold. Half the time Nike has no problems making a good model its really the colorways that end up deciding if the shoe sells or not.
 
IMO (BASED OFF OF PICS POSTED IN HERE)

ALL THE PE'S HE HAS WORN HAVE BEEN BORING AS EVER! I PREFER THE LOUD C/W'S MAKES A SHOE MORE ENJOYABLE TO WEAR.
 
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Totally forgot about that. They do only have 4 forefoot zoom pods, lol. That 5th spot is a dud and 6th is part of the shank. smdh Nike...
 
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Something about the CONSTANT use of PEs by signature athletes rubs me the wrong way. It's almost like another symptom of the "ME ME all about ME" generation. That's one of the reasons no one will ever touch MJ in that respect. The dude did everything in (what are now called) GRs that everyone could buy. You could lace up a pair of black/red 14s and go shoot your own "last shot" in your driveway or at the park.

You have to understand that both social media and the internet were not prevalent in the 90s and MJ's career was all but done in the early 00s when the aforementioned were in their infancy. Additionally the whole concept of 'limited' or 'premium' type sneakers let alone PEs/1 of 1s did not quite exist - as Nike was not marketing their product like they do now.

I'm certain if MJ had access to PEs back then he would be wearing a different shoe every game.
 
Those PEs are lovely.

MJ was also a simple ___ to be fair too. His PEs were mostly small alterations to existing colorways/models.
 
Lol, ya I went to look at my NSRL's and was thinking I had the exclusive 5+1 zoom pods since it was colored match. But after seeing the dissection pic again foiled… they're all 4 and one heel haha.
 
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