THE REVISED LEBRON 8 THREAD Vol. No Ring This Year

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Originally Posted by jmadidas2001

Originally Posted by never wear them

Originally Posted by jmadidas2001

Anyone want the truth?

The truth is that the "Sprites" never had a release date and were NOT a quickstrike...they were bought by retailers on the same futures timelines as all other shoes for the Nike Fall 2011 sell-in season...

Just like every LeBron Low since the Zoom Generation Low's...there was no release date...

Why?

Because the demand wasn't expected to be what it turned out to be...however, the HYPE created by sites such as Niketalk created a marketplace were consumers went nuts for the shoe because it had a "nickname" and was an unusual colorway (ie, Tiffany's, South Beach's, etc, etc, etc)...

Reason for the "limited release"?  LeBron Low's in the past have not sold ANYWHERE near the numbers of the mid's...in fact, if you were to ask retailers how sales of LeBron Low's were traditionally...you would get the "eh, OK" to "poor" response...the reason for the limited numbers had everything to do with the historical sales of LeBron Low's being "eh, OK" to "poor"...there weren't a lot of pairs made because sales were not expected to justify producing a lot of pairs...

The reason that Champs got them first...well...there isn't one...their order just happened to be available to deliver before any other retailer...nothing more, nothing less...

All this is very simple...

Lastly...don't look for a "restock" at any locations that have already received and sold-out of their pairs...99% of the stores that got the shoe, have sold-out and are not getting anymore...sorry about your luck...there may be some stores that still get an "initial" shipment however because the first available date for this style was 7/1/11...so, you might have a chance if there is a chain or mom & pop that has yet to receive them...their purchase order may still be yet to deliver from Nike...

Questions?

JM

glad you chimed in... Thanks Jmad. 

Nike Stores should get em soon no? stores, not niketowns.

No idea about Nike owned retail or Mom & Pops...just saying that they MIGHT still be waiting for their orders...but, that if a store already received their shipment...they aren't getting anymore...there aren't additional shoes to be had...

JM

Looks like this means I'll be forced to stock up knowing that these might end up like the South Beach Lebrons in which I could've gotten a hundred pair of. Definitely don't want to miss another opportunity.

Thanks

 

[verse001]

And the UPS gods smiled down on me 2day

 

[verse001]

And the UPS gods smiled down on me 2day

 

[rodrigo23]

Originally Posted by verse001

And the UPS gods smiled down on me 2day

Where'd you cop from??? Retail??

 

[rodrigo23]

Originally Posted by verse001

And the UPS gods smiled down on me 2day

Where'd you cop from??? Retail??

 

[twnty8]

Took a quick pic of them, had to get them for the price my boy hooked me up with..camera is dead so better pics are coming tomorrow...

 

[twnty8]

Took a quick pic of them, had to get them for the price my boy hooked me up with..camera is dead so better pics are coming tomorrow...

 

[just another pair]

Woah wolf grey's looking good

 

[just another pair]

Woah wolf grey's looking good

 

[gottips3]

Wow even Nelly dropped the Jordan's and Picked up The Brons! i see you Nelly

 

[gottips3]

Wow even Nelly dropped the Jordan's and Picked up The Brons! i see you Nelly

 

[prince726]

for some reason i just dont like the grey for me it would be Sprite >solar > grey

 

[prince726]

for some reason i just dont like the grey for me it would be Sprite >solar > grey

 

[bjamintrotter]

Anyone wanna take a pic of the Sprites with volt laces or the Greys with white laces

 

[bjamintrotter]

Anyone wanna take a pic of the Sprites with volt laces or the Greys with white laces

 

[you big dummy]

NBA players wearing LeBron 8's

Spoiler

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Spoiler [+]

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J.R. Smith cool grey, triple black, home v/2

Ty Lawson entourage, cool grey, veteran's day, summit lake hornets

Nate Robinson

Eric Bledsoe entourage, veteran's day, home v/2, triple black, black/red v/1

Jamario Moon

Craig Smith

George Hill

Jordan Crawford

Courtney Lee

Kyrie Irving

Damien Wilkins

Spoiler

WNBA P.E.'s

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Swin Cash & Diana Taurasi

Lebron 8 think pink

Lebron 8 WNBA All-Star Game

NCAA

Spoiler

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Spoiler [+]

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Derrick Williams

Scoop Jardin

Kenneth Faried

Dion Waiters

Terrence Jones

Tony Wroten Jr. LeBron Dunkman 8

High School

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

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Mike Gilchrist of St. Patrick's (NJ)

S.V.S.M.

 

[you big dummy]

NBA players wearing LeBron 8's

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

J.R. Smith cool grey, triple black, home v/2

Ty Lawson entourage, cool grey, veteran's day, summit lake hornets

Nate Robinson

Eric Bledsoe entourage, veteran's day, home v/2, triple black, black/red v/1

Jamario Moon

Craig Smith

George Hill

Jordan Crawford

Courtney Lee

Kyrie Irving

Damien Wilkins

Spoiler

WNBA P.E.'s

Spoiler

Swin Cash & Diana Taurasi

Lebron 8 think pink

Lebron 8 WNBA All-Star Game

NCAA

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

Derrick Williams

Scoop Jardin

Kenneth Faried

Dion Waiters

Terrence Jones

Tony Wroten Jr. LeBron Dunkman 8

High School

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

Mike Gilchrist of St. Patrick's (NJ)

S.V.S.M.

 

[you big dummy]

NBA players wearing LeBron 8's



J.R. Smith

Ty Lawson

Nate Robinson

Eric Bledsoe

Jamario Moon

Craig Smith

George Hill

Jordan Crawford

Courtney Lee

Damien Wilkins

 

[you big dummy]

NBA players wearing LeBron 8's



J.R. Smith

Ty Lawson

Nate Robinson

Eric Bledsoe

Jamario Moon

Craig Smith

George Hill

Jordan Crawford

Courtney Lee

Damien Wilkins

 

[cobyatch]

Originally Posted by bjamintrotter

Anyone wanna take a pic of the Sprites with volt laces or the Greys with white laces

Deftronic has the sprites with the volt laces in one of his vids:

 

[cobyatch]

Originally Posted by bjamintrotter

Anyone wanna take a pic of the Sprites with volt laces or the Greys with white laces

Deftronic has the sprites with the volt laces in one of his vids:

 

[rodrigo23]

anybody know a spot that they got the sprites @ in a 9.5? retail? phone orders?

 

[rodrigo23]

anybody know a spot that they got the sprites @ in a 9.5? retail? phone orders?

 

[gottips3]

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

I got this funny feeling Nike dropped the Sprites early to start hype because of the way Lebron was playing the last 3 or so games in the finals. He was getting killed on every media outlet imaginable; internet, TV, magazines, radio, twitter, facebook etc. Last week Tuesday Heat lose against Mavs, Bron scores 8pts. The next day Sprites dropped at select Champs, and the day after select HoH gets Sprites, and Heat lose again (Bron has a below average game). Now it's Friday, pretty much all HoH release the Sprites. 

  

 

[gottips3]

Originally Posted by IHeartBoost

I got this funny feeling Nike dropped the Sprites early to start hype because of the way Lebron was playing the last 3 or so games in the finals. He was getting killed on every media outlet imaginable; internet, TV, magazines, radio, twitter, facebook etc. Last week Tuesday Heat lose against Mavs, Bron scores 8pts. The next day Sprites dropped at select Champs, and the day after select HoH gets Sprites, and Heat lose again (Bron has a below average game). Now it's Friday, pretty much all HoH release the Sprites.