These are scheduled for release 11/01/18 we all know where that air max logo on the heel tab originated from yep the tongue of the AM93 maybe they are gearing up to release the air max 93’s after all only time will tell!!!!!
Has anyone seen explanation for why they can't do the big blow-molded bag? Is it just a cost savings? Drives me nuts... all the retros look like fakes with the new style air bag!
There isn't any real technical reason behind it, it's mostly just saving costs, like you assumed. Recreating the tooling of an older sneaker is the hardest part in making a proper retro version. That's why we also never got a proper 96 retro. They'd rather put out something half-finished because they know people will buy it anyways instead of doing the full job.
These are rumoured to be the am93s releasing in feb pretty heartbreaking to see that they look exactly like the 2014 retros and nothing seems to be updated from first glances.
Old picture http://journal.ubiqlife.com/index.php/portfolio/nike-air-max-93-menthol/ although I'd guess not much has changed indeed, at least with the tooling. Let us see.