Just got in the pair of 997DSLR I bought on the cheap from the END sale. The quality of the toebox, the suede, and the construction is really bad.
I hate to say it, but these might be my last pair of NBs. (at least for new models)
I don't think they are as limited as the other collabs of that era, but the number of good conditioned pairs are decreasing. They were slept on hard from release all the way until a year or two ago. I remember seeing these getting an Asian re-release almost a year after the original ARC release...