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I still think the Chicagos are flames, especially after making the swooshes black
Air Jordan XL(40) Air jordan 40 white/vast grey-black hm9931-100 12/07/2025 july
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still think they look like cheap photoshops IMO. maybe pics don‘t do them justice.
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Banchero was back in these last night
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Yes, because infrared is a color, not just a colorway lol. Where does da infrared go on the original 6s? On da bottomDoes simply putting an infrared sole on the bottom of the shoe even really constitute an infrared colorway? Meh.
These look more like a black/cement IV but instead of using true red or whatever, someone said, make it infrared and we can say it’s inspired by multiple classic colorways. Personally, I would’ve liked it more as one or the other, not both.
Six months in, the Classic is the only 40 I see as a must have. Other than that pair, my interest in this model has fallen to zero thanks to what they’ve done for colorways. Another wasted opportunity by JB after a flaming first drop.
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These would be a hit if the whole upper was regular leather like the 3s. Still can't tell what it is but I think ya boy is right about parts of it being the material that they used on the bootie for the classic and blues. Dumb idea.
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they can be whatever, they’re *** 
. Bring on the first looks at the 41 already 
. Bring on the first looks at the 41 already 
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It's like they know they could do better with the colorways but there's a dude with a neck scarf, DJ Lance glasses and a Pharrell cowboy hat saying, "NO, NO, NO, Let's do periwinkle!!!"
- May 10, 2013
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Sucks man. One of the comfiest sigs of his straight out of the box and they did a complete disservisce to them with these colorways.
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Man foreal
“Chicago home colorway blah blah blah….. tell me more about the koolaid colab…”
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Oh I know LOL
It’s really the color blocking they went with that has me saying meh. They could’ve used the color somewhere on the midsole rather than the outsole, and made the 40 on the back infrared, at least.
Saw the pictures of the “infrared” 40’s on ig, immediately came here for the lynch mob lol.
I personally feel the colorway is a little bland, and wish the midsole was white/offwhite. Let me go look and see if anyone made any cheap photoshop mockups so I can post them here, where they’re most beloved.
I personally feel the colorway is a little bland, and wish the midsole was white/offwhite. Let me go look and see if anyone made any cheap photoshop mockups so I can post them here, where they’re most beloved.
they can be whatever, they’re ***
Be careful what you wish for. These keep selling out and they’ll donkey f*ck us with a sequel like the 29’s and 30’s lol.
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The people in charge of colorways over there are on CRACK!
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Must cop for me
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I admit, while I'm not a fan of them using the Ferrari 14's as a base for the 4014s, these do look nice on-court
Must cop for me
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Need someone to rip that 4028 open
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formerly cement greyman
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The roll out or lack there of for the mash up 40s has been straight cheeks. The brand is completely out of touch with giving consumers a chance at these, instead we are left with blank canvas 40s. Idiots
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I know some of the best designers at Nike of all time personally, they themselves think these new “designers” that don’t actually design anything other than work on a team of 10 individuals putting colourways together think they’re out to lunch for reasons as I stated above. The call back pairs are flash in the pan releases that have happened no where. It’s really pathetic of the brand to celebrate their 40th anniversary shoe with trash colourways (other than the Chicago and classic pair)….JB is so easy to read….some of these designers claim “we back”…. Nah, your “out of touch with reality” of what consumers want.
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Amen!
Thank you!
Thank you!
s dubl
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100%
They say “Sneakereads” are a very small part of sales, and don’t matter much to Nike/JB; then who are they catering to when they drop retros? Especially of classic silhouettes, and/or colorways?
As mentioned, they’re out of touch of who they’re trying to sell to.
Was talking with friends, and I mentioned, instead of all the BS, they should drop less frequently, with higher volume. Let the people actually look forward to something, instead of being content with the flavor of the week, and forget about it by the next weekends drop.
The leaks/pics 6+ months (sometimes 12+) in advance aren’t helping either. By the time stuff actually drops, a lot of us are over it already.
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yeah its so funny to think of their sentiment that "sneakerheads are a small part of sales"
and then they pump 100x more marketing into the OG colorways (which, to be clear, not complaining about og colorways it's just that the nostalgia marketing of that is def geared more towards those that know or want to learn)
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