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Pale horse vs Ghost of Christmas past

  • Pale Horse

    Votes: 19 86.4%

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C Bass said:
Where is the seller from? It is true that the Kobe versions that Nike released in China have XDR since it's uncommon to play indoor ball and mostly outdoors. Just because it has XDR label doesn't necessarily give it away as fake. Based on the pics, they look pretty legit to me. I have owned 3 pairs (only have two now) at one point of the All Stars bought directly from Nike SF so I kinda have an idea on what the flyknit, swoosh, and little details should look like. If you send request for a more detailed pic, I can better confirm my conclusion.
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I'm in Dubai and so is the seller. I got in touch with him after reading your post and asked him for more photos from closer. He said he hasn't got the kicks with him at the moment and he will send the photos to me tomorrow. But I'm going to see them tomorrow anyhow. i won't buy unless i'm 100% sure they ain't fake, so I'll probably be posting photos (either his or mine) around 24 hours from now, if it's cool for you to have a look then?

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those All Stars back there are fake. Shape, tongue, sole, swoosh looks off. Even the box

XDR doesn't mean fake but XDR is almost never a translucent sole. Usually solid colorway and are thicker than the normal non XDR soles. XDR does derive from China/Asia market due to the more popular outdoor concrete courts. 
 
Mkorofi said:
 
I'm in Dubai and so is the seller. I got in touch with him after reading your post and asked him for more photos from closer. He said he hasn't got the kicks with him at the moment and he will send the photos to me tomorrow. But I'm going to see them tomorrow anyhow. i won't buy unless i'm 100% sure they ain't fake, so I'll probably be posting photos (either his or mine) around 24 hours from now, if it's cool for you to have a look then?

Thanks for your help so far [emoji]128077[/emoji][emoji]127998[/emoji]
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So far with the FTB 11s, the four things I've seen that keep giving fakes away are the bags with the extra laces, the box pattern/sticker being slightly off (that scale pattern on the box seems to have given counterfeiters fits trying to replicate), the stitch color being off underneath the insole where the outsole is stitched to the upper, and the swoosh being off (too shiny...kinda hard to explain).  I'm not all that concerned about the tag, but I would like to see what it says.  Foreign sneakers have different stuff (tags, warning stickers, paper box info inserts) than same pairs released in the US.  Just like those XDR tags on the other pair (All Stars) up there.  XDR tags do come on legit foreign pairs.  Those All Stars do look off to me though.
 
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vinotwofour said:
 
those All Stars back there are fake. Shape, tongue, sole, swoosh looks off. Even the box

XDR doesn't mean fake but XDR is almost never a translucent sole. Usually solid colorway and are thicker than the normal non XDR soles. XDR does derive from China/Asia market due to the more popular outdoor concrete courts. 
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Little Mac said:
 
So far with the FTB 11s, the four things I've seen that keep giving fakes away are the bags with the extra laces, the box pattern/sticker being slightly off (that scale pattern on the box seems to have given counterfeiters fits trying to replicate), the stitch color being off underneath the insole where the outsole is stitched to the upper, and the swoosh being off (too shiny...kinda hard to explain).  I'm not all that concerned about the tag, but I would like to see what it says.  Foreign sneakers have different stuff (tags, warning stickers, paper box info inserts) than same pairs released in the US.  Just like those XDR tags on the other pair (All Stars) up there.  XDR tags do come on legit foreign pairs.  Those All Stars do look off to me though.
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Thanks for your help.

My main concern is the sole. even though it seems the pattern is quite random, if you look at other pairs being sold on eBay ( with seller photos, not stock photos) you'll see that the soles all follow the same general design.

however this pair's sole is quite random,  but there are some pairs on eBay (not many) with a sole that's just as random. So i'm not sure if that sole denotes fake or XDR.
 
Outside of the IDs, has there been any releases with full length Zoom? Got full Zoom on my Mamba Days and was like WTF, didn't realize they'd be so tight in my TTS. Certainly don't want to make that mistake again. Thankfully we can  just swap the insoles out.
 
Yes, I'm located in Europe. Sorry these sold out instantly on line and in stores. Most of the HoH over here got about 3 full size runs, the cosmos were even more limited. I can only imagine what the Air Jordan 2 is going to look like. What size were you looking for by chance?
 
Waiting for my Kickz order to ship. Fingers crossed they don't get cancelled.
 
Mkorofi said:
Can I please have help with a legit check?

Thanks in advance.
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I just compared carefully to my pair that I got from Nike SF and everything is pointing to legit. I compared the placement of the swoosh relative to the eyelet, fade of the flyknit and other landmarks. The tongue looks identical in regards to the details of the little logos as well as the dotted shozoku. The placement of the tiny logos on the tongue are where they should be including the tiny 3M surrounding them. The only thing that's a little different is the shade of the outsole. It seems to be a darker shade and not as vibrant as my pair. I'm not sure if it's the lighting or because it is XDR. Furthermore, the aglets of the laces don't seem to have metals tips. My pair has metal tips. I can't tell in the pics if those are metal or not. If I were deciding for myself whether to purchase these or not, based on those pictures you provided, I would go for it. Please send more pics tomorrow and I will have a better visualization so maybe my opinion will change.
 
In for those mambacurials. Like those way better than the 10s. 8s still the best version though
 
Yves Saint Paul said:
 
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Man!!!...i need these for my collection missed out online with the overseas sites
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 hoping that after awhile ebay prices and hype will die down and i can get a pair for a reasonable price thats looking like my only resort.....  these ppl want a arm and a leg for a 9.5 
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C Bass said:
I just compared carefully to my pair that I got from Nike SF and everything is pointing to legit. I compared the placement of the swoosh relative to the eyelet, fade of the flyknit and other landmarks. The tongue looks identical in regards to the details of the little logos as well as the dotted shozoku. The placement of the tiny logos on the tongue are where they should be including the tiny 3M surrounding them. The only thing that's a little different is the shade of the outsole. It seems to be a darker shade and not as vibrant as my pair. I'm not sure if it's the lighting or because it is XDR. Furthermore, the aglets of the laces don't seem to have metals tips. My pair has metal tips. I can't tell in the pics if those are metal or not. If I were deciding for myself whether to purchase these or not, based on those pictures you provided, I would go for it. Please send more pics tomorrow and I will have a better visualization so maybe my opinion will change.
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Thanks a lot for your help homie, much appreciated! I also thought the sole looks darker due to the camera flash, but I won't know until I see them tomorrow. 

Well done spotting the laces, that'll be the first thing I look at tomorrow. I'll send you the photos as soon as I get them, and hopefully you can get back to me in time for me to use your advice to make my decision.

Don't sweat it though, if you can't get back to me, it's all good.

Peace.

PS i can't rep i've run out of reps for today, but I will tomorrow.

NTer's, please assist with the reps, this brother has helped me out!
 
Vinsanity said:
 
Man!!!...i need these for my collection missed out online with the overseas sites
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 hoping that after awhile ebay prices and hype will die down and i can get a pair for a reasonable price thats looking like my only resort.....  these ppl want a arm and a leg for a 9.5 
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PM'd you... 
 
sdotface said:
These look like flyknit to me...don't see the exposed flywire on the bottom 2 lace holes and the back looks like the 4KBs.
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Yea...I though the same, but the product code; it's 836183-635.  836183s are EMs.  I don't know.
 
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I wonder if they'll ever try a different soccer inspiration. I don't get why always Mercurial, the Hypervenoms make the most sense with the whole "Venomenom" thing he had going but I'd love to see some Tiempo inspirations or Magistas now. Plenty of dope color ways on those cleats to choose from. With that said these Mambacurials could've definitely been better, instead of the What The color way they could've taken the first debut color way of these new Mercurials and made an 8 like color way.
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I'm still in on these 11s regardless. I always loved the Mercurials and their color ways even though my feet are a little to wide for them. My feet are perfect for these Kobe's though. [emoji]128526[/emoji][emoji]129304[/emoji][emoji]127996[/emoji]
 
Little Mac said:
Bringing this back to sneakers.   Just picked these up at a second store near me that put them out.  Had my size this time.  In the 11 'White' category, I like these more than the Horses.  Just cleaner to me, and not as much white-overkill as the horses are.  The quality on my pair was on point, and the back lines up close to perfect.  Will probably vary from pair to pair.  The material on the Swoosh is different from most GRs.  Kinda give it a little bit more of a premium feel.  It's the same material as the GCRs.  It feels like a textured fabric.  

Hoping a lot of people don't get excited about these.  Would like to pick up another pair on discount since I know just looking at these will get them dirty.  Overall, I need to knock an 11 out of my top 5 now, because these make it in.  Sorry for no glamor shots, but I didn't feel like doing a photo shoot.


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I'm with you on this. This colorway slowly crept in my top 5 for this Kobe line. In fact, I went back to get another pair. Do not sleep on this guys. Something tells me that these are limited. I went back to FL to try to switch my pair for a better quality pair where the heel stiching matches up perfectly. They only had 1 other pair of my size. So then I suggested to look up other FL around the area and I was told that each FL only had 2 pairs of my size. Those stores that he looked up have not released these shoes yet. I called and they said July 18 is the RD since it was pushed back. That means each store will only have 2 pairs of my size when it's time to release. I can only speak for my size which is a 9. I don't know if they have more pairs of the other sizes since I didn't ask about them. Neither do I know if they will ship more before the RD.
 
Starting to get nervous on the USA's, was a huge fan from day one. I'm starting to think they're gonna be limited too...
 
I really want the USA's but I really don't want to pay retail for them. Only pair I have had to pay retail is the Tinkers and honestly I could have waited. I like that colorway enough where I didn't want to miss out.
 
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