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Interesting pair came across my desk the other day - Nike Emcee? Imagine if this were the route Nike took with MCs and musicians - the route of more forward-thinking, tech-focused models. This one c

Nike
Retro

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I think @nikestories posted these other day on his outlet trip and it was the first time ever seeing this pair for a lot of people. Not long after, a pretty serious Penny sample collector hit me in

Nike
PE
Sample

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So a few weeks ago, I saw an article with my folks @anotherlane_ talking about gentrification in sneakers, and it first put the thought in my head. Gentrification in sneakers…interesting. If you didn

Nike
PE

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You might be a Nikehead if you own a quarter that has a swoosh cut right into George Washington’s head…

Nike

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So you might be wondering where all of this ‘sample talk’ is going…it’s leading to this dude @nearjigsaw reaching out to me with a predicament - he’s been trying to sell a Jordan 1 Frag ‘sample’…which

Air Jordan 1
Nike
PE
Sample

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Thoughts on the new Nike Bedowin? I like the small embroidered Nike logo (and the placement)…I also like the upper (and the colors)…but I’m really not feelin that midsole/sole. Give me an SFB sole (t

Nike

Sacrilegious samples?

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Sacrilegious samples?

Adidas
Air Jordan 1
Nike
PE
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So, for me, initially, samples were easy to authenticate. Are they a shoe that hasn’t been released before? Do they have a sample tag? Do the fonts match? Is the source of this pair reliable? I really

Nike
PE
Retail
Sample
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One of the toughest ‘legit check’ requests I get on a semi-regular basis is an authentication regarding a sample shoe. When I first started doing legit checks for people I actually kinda liked doing s

Adidas
Nike
PE
Promo
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Y’all know me - I buy all kinds of stuff at clearance stores and outlets and consignment shops - a few months ago I copped this brand new @nike heritage backpack (want to say it was at an outlet or cl

Nike

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I’ve owned so many pairs of these Nike Free Flyknit 5.0’s (I have 3 on deck right now) and I love every pair the same. I’m probably the last guy on earth who still actively seeks these out. An absol

Nike

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A low sock runner with that ‘bunched up toe thing’ that @superllalla mentioned 😂 I don’t totally know what’s going on here but I really don’t think my feet look this that… 😂 IDGAF what anyone says -

Adidas
Nike

More about those trash NFTs.

Adidas
Lifestyle
Nike
PE

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New @warrenlotas drop. Reminds me of - mix of the @nike Air Lien Lo and one of those old Larry David Globe shoes… Is this style coming back? I hated it then and don’t think I’m gonna like it now… Wh

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Old news, but @nikesbornothing (not affiliated with Nike), held a ‘design-a-Dunk-SB’ and got a ton of submissions…the winner was the ‘Welcome to Virginia Beach’ Dunk Low. The winning design would actu

Air Force 1
Air Max 1
Dunk Low
Nike
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Is the sneaker game a wrap?

Air Jordan 4
Basketball
Converse
Jordan Brand
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I think this is such an interesting topic…after collecting sneakers for the better part of 25 years, I still can’t call it with any degree of certainty (other than the fact I believe it’s all on a cas

Nike

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Got these in (in addition to THREE MORE PAIRS) for grading and was told they were @kimkardashian ‘s pair. Notice anything that would indicate they were hers? Tbh - I never understood the allure of t

Adidas
Nike
Yeezy

There be no shelter here.

Adidas
Air Jordan 1
Nike
PE
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Was watching this documentary of the Big Brother/Jackass guys the other day and caught this screenshot review of an Air Lien (Lo) review… I remember when these shoes came out - these were the most to

Basketball
Nike
PE
Skate

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Kinda crazy getting these Air Max Tuned retros in yesterday. If you were around watching shoes 20 years ago, you’d know that this ‘roach’ colorway sat on sales racks for (literal) years. YEARS. I saw

Nike
OG
Retail
Retro

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While the sneaker world fights over the crumbs Nike decided to bequeath them with every Saturday morning, I’m more bummed I forgot to bid on the auction for these sample Lunar TR1’s - a super comforta

Nike
Sample

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What’s goin on with @kyrieirving and @nike? I kinda like it when Kyrie goes into FTW mode but…I dunno…I think these look like all the other Kyrie shoes on the market 🤷‍♂️

Nike

#AirMaxPax breakdown & Link to purchase.

2000s
Air Max 1
Nike
PE