what recent retro + cws will eventually return?

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Was talking to my lil cousin yesterday and while he was in the 6th grade got his first pair of js. They were venom 10s. To him these are absolute grails and you can't tell him otherwise. He told me he will cop a pair every time they retro, which I highly doubt they ever will.
This got me thinking. With so many retro + cws that still have yet to see a return (mocha 3s, burgendy 5s, chambray 7s, flint 7s and 12s) to name a few. What do you guys hope makes a return at some point. Personally, I hope sports blue 3s come back at some point.
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salvi650 said:
Was talking to my lil cousin yesterday and while he was in the 6th grade got his first pair of js. They were venom 10s. To him these are absolute grails and you can't tell him otherwise. He told me he will cop a pair every time they retro, which I highly doubt they ever will.
This got me thinking. With so many retro + cws that still have yet to see a return (mocha 3s, burgendy 5s, chambray 7s, flint 7s and 12s) to name a few. What do you guys hope makes a return at some point. Personally, I hope sports blue 3s come back at some point.
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Sports blue 3s aren't hard to get near retail.
 
They starting with early 2000s colors lately

Legend 4s
Oreo 4s
White metallic 5s
French 12s and maybe a few others I may have forgot about

Patience is the true key lol
 
Every old retro plus will eventually retro.

for example cherry reds 2009 and then a very similar color years later (gym red vs varsity)...

maybe with slight alterations ( ie blue sole on 11's opposed to clear)

you can take what i say to the bank... i been a real ***** since day one​
 
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PeterJamesThe3rd said:
Every old retro plus will eventually retro.

for example cherry reds 2009 and then a very similar color years later (gym red vs varsity)...

maybe with slight alterations ( ie blue sole on 11's opposed to clear)

you can take what i say to the bank... i been a real ***** since day one​
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It's been 15 years and still no Mocha 3 retro...
 
@bigj505 I know they're easily obtainable and I grabbed a 2nd pair because I like them so much and wear the first pair pretty regularly. I mean more 5-10 years from now when the thought of grabbing a pair that old and cracking and other issues have to be considered.

Thanks for the input. You really think everything will come back? Like venom 10s? Haha made me think there's a kid right now who got mtm 7s or sweater 7s as their first j and will one day consider them grails. I don't think those are ever coming back but who knows
 
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Also as already stated, it's far from a given that a retro+ color will be retrod.
 
I honestly like sports blue more than some of the original color ways and love that they can be had for very little over retail but 10 years from now am I gonna buy a pair that's gonna crack the minute I put them on. I hope they would retro. What pairs from the last couple years you guys think will eventually comeback tho?
 
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salvi650 said:
@bigj505 I know they're easily obtainable and I grabbed a 2nd pair because I like them so much and wear the first pair pretty regularly. I mean more 5-10 years from now when the thought of grabbing a pair that old and cracking and other issues have to be considered.

Thanks for the input. You really think everything will come back? Like venom 10s? Haha made me think there's a kid right now who got mtm 7s or sweater 7s as their first j and will one day consider them grails. I don't think those are ever coming back but who knows
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I can't ever see Venom 10s ever coming back.. I own a VNDS pair and I'd be lucky to get $60 for it (luckily I bought them new on sale for $130). Those managed to sit back when nearly every GR would sellout.
 
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Also as already stated, it's far from a given that a retro+ color will be retrod.
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Exactly, it's been 15 years and no mocha 3 retro, same goes for navy 11 lows, carolina 6 lows, etc. etc.

Heck, this year will be the 1st time we EVER get a true OG metallic retro (not the JB derivatives that released in 2009) so it took 31 years for those to release (and not all cws are releasing).
 
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking the last couple years everything for the most part sold out so you can't really say anything was a flop. I like that a lot of those pairs from the early 2000s are starting to come back but yeah, metallics are just starting to come back and I'd think we'd get retros from the city pack before venom 10s ever saw a comeback but jb does some weird things. luckily I'm from the "og era" so all my personal grails are all original color ways which are all but guaranteed to come back eventually
 
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I was actually thinking about this a couple hours ago because I busted out these bad boys

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Definitely would love to see them retroed along with Mocha 3s, Chambray 7s and Flint 12s.

Above all I need Cool Grey 4s back in my life.
 
Mocha 3's always have and always will be 
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. Flint 12's would be nice. Whatever you want, JB will roll it out. Just wait. 
 
Def. Want to see m

mocha 3's
Tan 16's (still mad I didn't cop at my store when they were 29.99)

And Melo 2's
 
ninjahood said:
Da 1st retro+ color to ever get retroed was da altitude green XIII's. I believe.
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Yo Ninjahood, long time no see... but I think the 2009 black Melo 12 was the first retro of a retro+ colorway. It would be the white Melo 12 if count womens and mens release of 2004. Back in 05 when I copped the Altitude 13's I told my bro-in-law I wish they had made them exactly like the 2010 pair with ballistic mesh and brighter green. I wish I could forsee some winning lotto numbers like that, LOL!! But I was thirsting for JB to bring back my Columbia and Oreo 4's, also the Chrome 8's, so I have those crossed off the list now. I'm still waiting on Mocha 3's all stupid, then Pearl 9 lows, Flint 9's, Blk/Chrome 2's and both 05' Laser 4's and I'm good as far as + colorways go.

What we got so far:
AJ 1
Neutral Grey/Metallic Silver : 2001 Japan High + 2010 Silver Anniversary
China XQ : 2007 Mid + 2013 Shanghai High (low key happy I got to score the 13') :tongue:
Red "Gucci" Premeir : 2008 + 2013
Navy Canvas Strap "USA" : 2009 + 2012
White Patent Strap "USA" : 2009 + 2012
Hare : 2009 + 2015
Navy Patent Leather : 2009 (Jumpman) + 2015 DSM (Nike Air)
All White and All Black Mids and Lows : multiple times to count

AJ 3
"Pure$" : 2007 + 2010
Doernbecher Charity : 2010 + 2013

AJ 4
White/Chrome : 1999, 2006 ("Pure$"), 2010 ("Pure$")
Columbia : 1999 + 2015
Oreo : 1999 + 2015
Thunder : 2006 + 2012

AJ 5
Laney : 1999 + 2013
White Metallic High : 1999 + 2015
White Metallic Low : 2007 + 2016

AJ 6
Olympic : 2000 + 2012
Black/Chrome Low : 2002 + 2015

AJ 7
French Blue : 2002 + 2015

AJ 8
Black/Chrome : 2003 + 2015

AJ 9
Cool Grey : 2002 + 2012

AJ 11
Cool Grey : 2001 + 2010
Pink Snakeskin Low : 2001 + 2013
White/Citrus Low : 2001 + 2015 (low key tight I outgrew my W sz 13) :smh:
White/Red Low : 2001 + 2016 (Later this year)

AJ 12
Melo (white) : Feb 2004 (Wms), May 2004 (Mens), May 2016
Melo (black) : 2004 + 2009
French Blue : 2004 + 2016

AJ 13
Altitude : 2005 + 2010

I think that covers it. You guys can add on if I missed anything. I didn't add Spacejams because I consider those a OG colorway. Nor did I add OG colorblocked AJ 1 lows.
 
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d dot 23 d dot 23 thanks for the list.

im looking over it and will edit this post but im pretty sure you missed:
oreo 4
columbia 4s
cool grey 9
nubuck 12s
 
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We need the Celtics 1s, cool grey 4s, olive 5s, orange blaze 8s, and the altitude 13s again
 
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