Recent content by joanpujolgarcia

Just kidding with you man. No disrespect intended. :-) You're right actually; I was stating the obvious.  I guess that there wasn't much of a point beyond the fact that I'm confused by the masses of people trying to buy as a "preorder" that which they could buy afterwards as a straightforward...

I'll make it easy for you: Firstly, I'm not a "point." Secondly, even if you do think that I am a "point," do you have to be so discourteous to the indefinite article "a," by completely ignoring its placement within your sentence?  Thirdly, maybe you're telling me that my first name is...

People should stop talking about their "preorders" and go ahead and call it what it is...resale price.  "Preorder" used to be a small premium you paid over retail to ensure that you'd receive the shoe. The retailer enjoyed the benefit of not having to sit on inventory; consumers would have...

With all due respect, if you "just got [yours] yesterday," I'm inferring from that that you paid a resellers bounty for these. Considering that someone likely extorted $500+ from you, but adjusting for the "hook up" that you'll invariably say that you received, we'll just set your acquisition...

Patent leather, has, does, and always will feel cheap and insubstantial. These shoes are no different. There are no glaring quality deficiencies which is a good thing but I could say the same thing about my Royals.  Reading through some of the responses, one would almost think that folks are...

@ Sthebest - Beautiful shoe bro. You have to admire someone who would put the time and creative energy into customizing something to look like another thing that appeals to them. @Grape - I have to agree with you on the "hypebeast" thing. Not everyone, who buys every shoe, that has fanfare...

Well so much for that idea. lol Thanks for the clarification. 

I thought that there were two separate iterations of the same colorway in 1985 - a proposed limited retail release that was likely leather and there has been no independent confirmation on if it ever made it to a store for sale, and a patent leather version that was likely f & f.  The decidedly...

Did you compare them to the many OG black/golds that you've had an opportunity to own over the years?  Thank you for your service by the way. 

I specifically know someone who is interested in Royals plus $25-$50 for their black/gold 1s. Size 10.5 too. PM me and I'll give you their # if you're interested. 

There are some floating out there.  I think at this point, trading is the best way to get them for close to retail. Inflated value for inflated value. There are (or "were") quite a few people looking to swap theirs for Royals straight up. Look around on NY's craigslist. They may all be gone...

I missed these when they came out. Jordans were in my rear view then and it wasn't until a year after their release that I revisited my love for Jordan shoe collecting.  Anyway, someone offered me a straight up trade - his once worn Banneds for my black/gold 1s. I'm not asking what you think of...

Nope. I'm right with you. They are a classic shoe but I can't do the emerald/purple colorway and the Vs have never appealed to me. They just seem cheap.  Good luck to all who are going for them though. 

Please don't tell them that. That's too complex for them. Let them keep deluding themselves with the thought that people who make a good income overpay for commodities to the tune of two to three times the cost of what the manufacturer says its valued at - and of course that is already after the...

Black/Red XII Hasn't been retroed in OG form in 10 years. That's a long interim time for a classic.  And 'no' I don't count that bastardized "flu game" concoction. Wrong material. Extra symbols. Wrong shape. It might as well have been a NU 12.