So are the more expensive SBs typically better quality? It's hard to tell from pictures and I don't really have means to check them out in person. I'm under the impression that the SBs with "PRM" / a QS or store collab attached tend to be made with better materials. Is this usually true?
Quality is crap on all of em these days I feel. The lances are an exception to that, and before anyone cites somps or uprise, yeah they are nice but compared to the shoes a decade ago, they really are garbage.
oh dude, I am totally old (40) and nostalgic. But yeah just ranting. Quality is real bad on the grs mostly and not as bad on the premiums. There you go
I can see where you're coming from with that. Quality decline is definitely readily apparent in shoes such as retro Jordans. However, I always figured that SBs would more or less be pretty consistent when it comes to execution. Sure, perhaps these recent years haven't had as many eye-catching concepts or innovative use of materials, but when it comes to things such as shape I would assume that it'd be pretty stable. Now, I haven't held or seen many SBs in person to form much of a valid opinion, but sometimes I get this impression that newer releases tend to be dismissed by consumers, maybe by this whole principle that "older (usually) is better." Just curious, what's your reasoning behind the labeling of some of the as "garbage"? Are they not made out of genuine leather anymore or something? (Honest question, since again I haven't really held many SBs).
That makes a lot of sense. Much appreciated. Makes sense that the collaborators would get a cut from the revenues. So , about how many times out of 10 are the QS/ Collan releases made better than the regular releases?
Thanks, looks like I'll have to pay more attention to the labels attached as a guide for weeding out the comparatively crummy releases lol.
Oh yes and you're right about jb. It just sucks that the quality has declined so much, what with glue spots and such.
Agreed. The colorway execution is something I can see just by comparing the releases from the initial years of the Dunk SB line to modern time. For me, I'm actually liking some of the newer colorways more than the older releases, simply because Nike's actually becoming a bit more conservative by churning out more neutral colorway SBs accented with some color instead of constantly going loud. That said, my main concern would be materials usage. Are the differences in leather really that noticeable? What standards do you guys usually gauge leather quality with? Thickness & smoothness?
Thank you.
Very True.Regardless if they aren't as great materials now as they used to be. Dunk GR materials NORMALLY destroy jordan retro garbage for half the price and sometimes on discount for a quarter of the price
No doubt about that! Retro Jordans have reached that point where its main consumers hardly care much for (or don't notice) the quality. Just by the fact that we're in this thread, I'm pretty most of us who have collected Jordans have learned our lesson in buying JB products nowadays lol.Regardless if they aren't as great materials now as they used to be. Dunk GR materials NORMALLY destroy jordan retro garbage for half the price and sometimes on discount for a quarter of the price
Maybe not just ANY of the other Nike GRs. Nike Basketball has some pretty solid stuff still. But then again, it's like comparing apples to oranges. 30 pairs as nothing? Psh. I'll soon have my second pair of SBs, and when I get them I'll probably regret having dived into the whole collecting Air Jordans thing even more
Regardless if they aren't as great materials now as they used to be. Dunk GR materials NORMALLY destroy jordan retro garbage for half the price and sometimes on discount for a quarter of the price
it's all gravy.EDIT: Oh wait, ROFL sorry dude. I misunderstood. Thought you had a pair in hand.
