ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AIR JORDAN MODELS. MICHAEL WAS READY TO LEAVE NIKE (HE WAS INTO CONVERSE) & THIS WAS THE MODEL THAT KEPT HIM ON BOARD AT NIKE. THIS MODEL CAME FROM THE III/XX CDP, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY HAD PEOPLE UP IN ARMS ON THE JORDAN FORUMS, COMPLAINING ABOUT QUALITY & SHAPE & COMPARING IT TO THE OG & THE 2001 RETRO.THIS IS PRETTY IRONIC, BECAUSE THE LAST I CHECKED, SHOES "MADE IN CHINA" ARE NOT EXACTLY AT THE PINNACLE OF QUALITY. OK SHOES "MADE IN CHINA" FROM A MASS PRODUCING FOOTWEAR COMPANY I SHOULD SAY. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I THINK NIKE/JORDAN BRAND MAKE GREAT SHOES OF GOOD QUALITY. BUT TO BE UPSET & COMPLAIN ABOUT IT NOT BEING "HIGH QUALITY" IS KIND OF IGNORANT. YOU'RE BUYING SHOES MADE IN IMPOVERISHED PARTS OF AN ASIAN COUNTRY BY EXTREMELY UNDERPAID WORKERS & YOU'RE MAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT "HIGH QUALITY". THOSE THAT COMPLAIN SHOULD LOOK UP BESPOKE SHOES FROM CUSTOM MAKERS OUT IN THE UK TO LEARN ABOUT QUALITY.
OH YEAH, MY FIRST PAIR OF JORDANS WAS THE OG VERSION OF THESE BACK IN THE 80S. THEY WERE PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE HONEST. THE BACKING ON THE HEEL USED TO BE HARD & CAUSE BLISTERS ON MY HEEL. TO ME THESE NEWER VERSIONS ARE A VAST IMPROVEMENT. AND I WOULDN'T PAY A LOT FOR A 2001 RETRO EITHER (WHICH THE NAYSAYERS LIKE TO ENCOURAGE). ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON WEARING IT. EVEN IT IF WAS DS, THE SHOES (LEATHER, RUBBER, GLUE, ETC.) ARE 8 YRS OLD! YOU WILL NOT GET THE LIFE FROM IT AS IF YOU HAD JUST BOUGHT IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT.
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