The answer is YES!!!!!

Guess who's back...

Back again...

Jason's back....

Tell a friend.....

Or don't, I don't care. HA!

So it's been a while. I said I was going to keep posting on this here blogger thing. So here I am! Blogging!

I saw something on Sole Collector a couple of minutes ago about the prices of Sneakers, asking if they are becoming too expensive.

Umm, yeah!!! Hello, where have you all been for the last, oh lets say, 10 years.

I actually remember a time when people thought $100 was way too much for sneakers. "You pay HOW MUCH for those?!?!?"

Your basis Lebron model is $180ish. There is nothing special about that shoe. The "Elite" model, which has NO changes to it other then cosmetic, is $280! WHAT THE FUCK!!!! They have the Nike+ shit in them, which to this OG sneakerhead is just that, SHIT! This isn't just Lebrons either. Most top of the line Nikes are done up like this. It's pathetic!

This is something I've posted about before. I understand basic economics, prices go up, blah blah blah. But $280 for something that doesn't even have any real collector value yet is just wrong.

Remember when the Durantt's shoes where like $70. I was told by a reliable source that his shoes would never go over $100. The normal version of his shoe is $115, the "Elite" version is $170!

Now comes the part that I always seem to get to in posts like this....

You are paying more for these shoes, but getting less quality.

I've been saying this for so long that I don't want to type anymore about it. Look through the posts I've made in this blog about it.

When some shoes go on sale, they are still $150! Shoes that wont last.

 I would have no problem paying $400 for a pair of shoes if I knew they were going to last. I played ball in a pair of Retro Air Jordan III's a few days ago, I could literally feel them becoming loose on my feet as I was running. That should not happen after 20 minutes of playing. I paid $150 for those. It was right before the price increase for Retro J's to $160. $160 for shoes that were designed over 25 years ago.

are sneakers becoming too expensive?

The answer is, who's been paying for your shoes if your just now asking this question?


Go buy some And1's from Walmart. Don't get me started on that BULLSHIT!!!

FUCKING SHEEP!

what a statement for a return, huh?

before i get to far, let me remind folks of a few things. i don't care if this is read by anyone. i post this to get things off my chest. for the near future i am posting from my phone, thats why no capital letters. i am a hardcore sneaker collector, for over 20 years!

now, onto the bullshit...

i need a new pair of running shoes. i am seriously trying to get my dunk back this spring/summer. all of my old running shoes are shot, its the one part of sneakers i dont really care about. so i run to the mall, early so i can maybe avoid the idiots.

ha!

i stroll in and half of the stores are closed, or so i thought. there are lines in front of the stores. then i remember that the aj xiv is out today.

then i see security all over the place!

then i see the stores are only letting in one person at a time in to buy their crappy retro.

i find myself thinking what the fuck has happened to our culture?

all this over a pair of shoes?!?

i read about the chaos in places over xi's and foams. my coworkers ask me every monday after a release if i went to the mall and battled over the weekend. i try to explain to them thats not the way it is in most places.

then i see all this!

what the fuck is wrong with you idoit ass sheep!?!? you are ruining this culture, which you are not truely a part of. you make anyone that wants to have nice shoes look like a bunch of fucking morons!

you just follow whatever jordan brand tells you to buy( dont get me started on prices, that comes in a few days).

it makes me ashamed to be a sneakerhead.

the road back...

I will be back soon. It's been way too long!

A TRUE collector....

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/22/walking-on-air-his-shoes-made-the-man/?icid=main

A lot of people in today's culture don't really have a true love for what they are doing. They buy and wear items for a variety of reasons, I've posted this stuff before.

Every once in a while a story comes along that shows what TRUE sneaker collecting is.

I never knew this guy, I wish I had.

Busy, busy, busy....

I haven't posted anything in a while because I've been busy on a couple different "projects".

The first is a 1/32 scale A6M2 Zero model from Tamiya. If you know me, you know that my other passion in life is model building.

I built models as a kid and started again as an adult to help relieve stress from work. I've gotten pretty decent at it. I've been considering starting a blog about scale models.




The second "project" I've been working on is finding a job. I've sold off most of my collection and I'm ready to start the new one. Only problem is there ain't no money for sneakers.


That sucks!!!


The models I work on I've been sitting on for a number of years, so I don't have to buy anything. I made enough to get buy from selling the old collection. But now, I'm getting bored. My bedroom is almost completely empty, there are almost no sneakers anywhere.


I know it might sound like a stupid reason to go back to work, but I do have other reasons.


Bob, I still owe you $40, I haven't forgotten.


Seems to be a fulltime job looking for a fulltime job now a days. I wish I could get paid for it.

WOW....

I don't usually do this, but I had to post this-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270604754422&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

They are not PE's. Nike made most of their shoes in half sizes up to 13.5 back then and you could regularly get them at most retail stores. Penny wore a size 14.

This is a GREAT old school find. Unfortunately, I can't afford them right now. If I could I would end up with them. I hope someone that is reading this ends up with them.

One of the few shoes I'd like to see retroed some day.

Out

Lets get back on track....

The sneaker world seems really boring to me right now. Pics of the Lebron VIII just came out and it looks like a boring shoe. Very similar to the VII. I guess Nike had to do a basic design, not knowing where The King was going to end up next season. There are a lot of possibilities for colorways on the VIII.

There just seems to be nothing coming out that interests me. Makes it hard to start a new collection when there's nothing out there to buy.

I think I've posted some of this before, I just get frustrated when I start looking for some kicks and all I find are retros or shoes based on retros. I don't want old shoes anymore. I want new, never seen before kicks.

Maybe I'll step away from collecting for a year or so. I did this once before. Seemed to help with the boredom that comes along every couple of years.

There needs to be more sneaker lines. Legit sneaker lines. Reebok needs to make a comeback. adidas needs to leave the Team Signature crap alone. More of the Chinese brands need to start selling here in the states. And1 just up and disappeared. Converse is starting to comeback, very slowly.

Still, it's all just so boring. Maybe I need to get a life.