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Interesting. Not sure what pairs were labeled as Air Max III but its clear the "It was never called Air Max III" guys are wrong.
The Official Nike Air Max 90 Thread
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Guys...finally received my pair and I’m disappointed to the Max (pun intended). The left toe box is way off 
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I'd still wear themGuys...finally received my pair and I’m disappointed to the Max (pun intended). The left toe box is way off
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Why are people getting bent about this naming ****? In that case, you know what this shoe was definitely never called until a long time later? The AM90. As far as I'm concerned, calling them AMIII is a hell of a lot more true to the provenance and history of the shoe than a name that was attached to it with a round of retros 10 years after the OG model actually debuted. As has been said more than once, Jordans weren't labeled with numbers, either, until around the 12. And the TV ads never mentioned a number. They were always just "the new Jordans" to 90-something percent of people. I actually took to sometimes calling them by numbers in the early '90s, but only if I was talking to one of my friends about how, "I think the 3 was the best one so far," or some topic like that. I found it easier to do that than to say, "You know, the ones that were out three years ago in 1988 that had the elephant material on them?" Which come to think of it, I ended up having to say half the time anyway. Why? Because if I just said, "The Air Jordan III is my favorite so far," pretty much no one besides other mega Jordan nerds even knew what the hell I was talking about.
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general consensus on the infras from US guys?
not reading back the last 25 odd pages if its just crying over air max 90 or air max iii lol
not reading back the last 25 odd pages if its just crying over air max 90 or air max iii lol
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Nike did them justice.
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Touche LOL. It's one of the best retros in a LONG time. If Jordan did a retro like this, there would be dancing in the streets.
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Have completely forgotten about seeing that AM-III box before. (I might actually have seen that pic here on AM90 thread). So, it’s possible either kids one or the ones sold in UK were called Air Max III back then.
But I don’t think that was the case in Japan tho. My father used to run marathon back then and he was actually the type of the guy whom buys the exact same model in multiple quantity if he found a pair which he really like. And i still remember the day I shouted to him “Yo, Dad, u bought another half dozen of Air Maxes?” while looking at the label on boxes he brought back home and he was like “No son, it’s not a half dozen, it’s just 5 (pairs), but it’s new Air Max!!”
Actually, he didn’t like that new Air Max that much and later said “I should’ve bought another half dozen of old Air Maxes while they were still around...” tho.
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Eggplants are dope. But my pair had a slight defect.
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IF JB did the Fire Red IV justice, I currently wouldn't be on the fence about coppin. III's gettin some love but with the new shape not one OG colorway has dropped. I don't care about UNC, The Fire Red Denims, The Royal Pair, The all star Fire Red pair etc. They're all so wack.
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og and not the kids version
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Yeah the real 3s!
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RESTOCK
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Hibbett needs to spend less time restocking and more time shipping.
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I know our minds are still on infas but just picked these up and am loving these.
Hard to come by in the U.S. for some reason but seem plentiful in Japan.
Hard to come by in the U.S. for some reason but seem plentiful in Japan.
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og and not the kids version
Wow, that’s awesome. Would you mind doing some detailed comparison pics vs the 2020?
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I would not mind at all,unfortunately I am still waiting for release here in europe so I have none to compare to. but as soon as they arrive I will make some comparison pictures and post them right away.
I did show the retro laser blues compared to the og's and also the eggplant retro vs the og on the air max 90 thread a while back ,
and I can tell you already they are very similar but not quite. nevertheless, in my opinion ,nike's best attempt to recreate an original so far . and very thankfull that they have .
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Double up for sure
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Damn! Mine finally shipped on Saturday should be here WednesdayYeah I’m expecting my pair After Thanksgiving
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lol I was exaggerating. Should be here within a week if their shipping times listed are accurate.
When did u order?
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Eggplants are dope. But my pair had a slight defect.
Pretty sure that’s not a defect. They’re just made that way.
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Lol, on the 11th.
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