cavx
Master Member
We'll see when the shoes arrive, but I don't think it needs a mod at this stage. inn fact then wearing the V1s, i didn't think they looked that bad either.
Yeah I think a diffused blue LED would be OK.
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We'll see when the shoes arrive, but I don't think it needs a mod at this stage. inn fact then wearing the V1s, i didn't think they looked that bad either.
Yeah I think a diffused blue LED would be OK.
cavx
Master Member
NICE!!
airair
Sr Member
Yeah, i think for a real quick and simple mod solution to these knockoffs is simply get a tiny 3v el inverter/battery and add your EL nike logo to the strap. and then just slim the toebox and for a near $100 replica, they will look good enough to the average person.
thats what i plan to do with 2 of the pairs i get, then the rest of the other pairs, i will consider stripping them out and making them more accurate, although i will feel queezy tearing apart a near $100 shoe.
i'm not used to ripping up shoes ive bought! other than those first knockoffs!
cavx
Master Member
10.) That inner seam is still not in the right place. it should be between the 2nd and 3rd lace, not the 1st and 2nd :unsure
11.) back seam does not go all the way up the to the cuff.
airair
Sr Member
too right! i think the top half of the upper is the same as before, stitched on horizontally and the strap is covering the stitch line like you said before, im pretty certain of it now.
i think the entire uppers are flawed, but ive kind of been thinking of the price point.
for a $100 replica, these aren't that bad, even as they stand with those flaws.
the average person can not and will not know that these are replicas.
i belive we can give them a 7 out of 10 rating for accuracy.
For a straight out of the bag wearable pair, these are good enough for me.
And yes, im going to tweak them slightly for a few pairs, then the other pairs i will mod them totally to be accurate like a few others are going to be doing.
I figure i might as well buy a few more pairs, because i can always mod them later on.
I will continue with my scratch builds and hopefully will be able to make a more accurate pair.
airair
Sr Member
ive contacted several wholesalers, all will be geting the shoes in about 2 days, some in 3 days.
you can buy them now, and then as soon as they get them, they will post them to you.
What he said.
Brad, once you get your 400 pairs, can we count on you to stack them in a pyramid formation for no other reason than... "just cuz."
Seeing those pictures, I've got to say I'm glad I didn't force a refund. I'm really looking forward to these. (And the mods my obsessive mind will eventually make me do :lol )
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Lore
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ooo those look amazing for the price. I bit the hook 20 days ago and have been camping this thread out since, waiting for updates. If those are even half as good as they appear, ill buy a second pair later and mod the strap lights when one of you fine people get that sorted out and sell a kit for it.
Also, hello everyone! ive been lurking for a month now here. Im a nike collector of sorts, I had the real ones for a week before I resold em. been searching for decent knockoffs like these since I saw the v1's. So from a collectors point of view, I cant wait to rock these, even if they had no lights at all.
my only petpeave on em is the tounge is abit low cut, not from the rd ones but from the 89 movie ones, which I consider to be the real ones over the 2011 ones. I can mod it easy with an authentic nike tounge from another shoe I have, but on balance, these are amazing as is. oh, also, I think the toe is fine, the rd ones were cut too far down for normal comfy wear imo.
anyhow, like the rest of you, im sooo exicted *does moonwalk*
Also, hello everyone! ive been lurking for a month now here. Im a nike collector of sorts, I had the real ones for a week before I resold em. been searching for decent knockoffs like these since I saw the v1's. So from a collectors point of view, I cant wait to rock these, even if they had no lights at all.
my only petpeave on em is the tounge is abit low cut, not from the rd ones but from the 89 movie ones, which I consider to be the real ones over the 2011 ones. I can mod it easy with an authentic nike tounge from another shoe I have, but on balance, these are amazing as is. oh, also, I think the toe is fine, the rd ones were cut too far down for normal comfy wear imo.
anyhow, like the rest of you, im sooo exicted *does moonwalk*
cavx
Master Member
Japan and Australia are close to China. What is closer, the UK or the US?
If these leave by Wednesday, I bet I still don't see these until Thursday or Friday next week.
I noticed the sites still have the RD MAG up as their image of this shoe.
What I think some keep failing to realize is that the 89 mags were supposed to be like socks with soles, and that when a foot actually got shoved into them the wearer's toes forced up the material in the low toe area causing it to assume a bulged shape.
I for one think it's better to go ahead and have enough fullness in the toe area to begin with so that the shape doesn't change depending on whether or not a foot is in the shoe.
cavx
Master Member
Even with foam, I don't know why they made the 'boot' toe when flat clean toe is easier to make.
Those green LEDs do make a difference...
cavx
Master Member
Are these LEDs all yellow or is it an over exposed photo? I've seen images of the RD MAG where the LEDs all look orange.
