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Edited October 19, 201411 yr by Horwich

2 hours ago, frank_spencer said:

Now I'd love a pair of Nike Mags sadly I haven't got £56k for trainers

I saw an article on the BBC website the other week re a teenager making a nice living buying and selling rare trainers which go for approx 60k a time, I presume the Mags were in his portfolio.

23 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

I saw an article on the BBC website the other week re a teenager making a nice living buying and selling rare trainers which go for approx 60k a time, I presume the Mags were in his portfolio.

I read that this morning. The kids are buying a bot for £20 and then using them to snaffle up all the limited edition trainers so they can flog them for a massive profit 

8 minutes ago, dave2980 said:

I read that this morning. The kids are buying a bot for £20 and then using them to snaffle up all the limited edition trainers so they can flog them for a massive profit 

Good initiative from the kids 👍

Quite like the continental trainers in grey

13 hours ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Quite like the continental trainers in grey

Let them shoot down in price, Marc will probably say the same. 

20 hours ago, MickyD said:

But they all look the fucking same!

Is all this shoving of placenames in gold block not just emporor's new clothes syndrome?

My lad is a collector of Adidas and reckons the colours used for certain cities mean different things.

I reckon it's all just great marketing that changing a shade on the stripes means it's a brand new must-have shoe.

The different colours and how they related to a particular city was what first made me really get into the City series - even if some were a bit obscure and based on colours from a coat of arms or an old industry

(Rumours these green/gold London shaped trainers Size are doing in limited edition are going to be Liverpool, based on the Tate & Lyle syrup tin...)

But when they started releasing London, Hamburg, Malmö etc in loads of colours it was lost. I'm still a sucker for them though.

Speaking of Goretex... Have anyone else's GTX Stockholm completely failed them? The material inside my grey ones has broken down and now they take on water and stain like fook!

38 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

Speaking of Goretex... Have anyone else's GTX Stockholm completely failed them? The material inside my grey ones has broken down and now they take on water and stain like fook!

Yeah wearing them to Rochdale was a bad idea 

32 minutes ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Yeah wearing them to Rochdale was a bad idea 

A real let down, were my favourite trainers for years those.

Mine have been hammered twice

Wigan away and Saturday

No sign of any seepage yet

I'll definitely be having whatever colours they release next time

9 hours ago, Breightmet Boy said:

Let them shoot down in price, Marc will probably say the same. 

Half price on Adidas.com

48 minutes ago, Casino said:

Mine have been hammered twice

Wigan away and Saturday

No sign of any seepage yet

My blue/gold ones are fine if a bit creased looking in the toe box, but the grey ones have completely failed and look a state. Can feel the material coming away around my toes.

5 hours ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Half price on Adidas.com

Can’t argue at that.   I need to be more patient than I am, Stadt have come down in price too after I paid full price.

Amsterdams drop on 24th January  https://www.adidas.co.uk/amsterdam-shoes/EF5791.html

1 hour ago, burnden said:

Amsterdams drop on 24th January  https://www.adidas.co.uk/amsterdam-shoes/EF5791.html

They're getting grief for being a bit too light brown but I'll wait to see in the flesh - that model is getting some beating, exactly same as Malmö, Bern, Brussels etc.

Seen photos of Paris and also the Koln version that had white/blue stripes, look decent.

The new Baltic Cup edition on Size look superb, I'm hoping I'll get both.  

I like those Amsterdams

of they're like the Berns they'll be absolutely awful, I sent mine back when they came out 

the Norfus Spezials I've picked up are the best Adidas I've bought in years 

10 hours ago, Marc505 said:

They're getting grief for being a bit too light brown but I'll wait to see in the flesh - that model is getting some beating, exactly same as Malmö, Bern, Brussels etc.

Seen photos of Paris and also the Koln version that had white/blue stripes, look decent.

Not sure of your age mate, but did you live through the era of the Oasis shop in the Manchester underground market ?

If not, you would have been in your element, iconic days for Adidas trainer fans.

1 hour ago, miamiwhite said:

Not sure of your age mate, but did you live through the era of the Oasis shop in the Manchester underground market ?

If not, you would have been in your element, iconic days for Adidas trainer fans.

No unfortunately never got to go into Oasis, would have loved to have seen it though. Don't think City series stuff was as popular as it is now, Dublin and Berlin in the sales bins!

6 minutes ago, Marc505 said:

No unfortunately never got to go into Oasis, would have loved to have seen it though. Don't think City series stuff was as popular as it is now, Dublin and Berlin in the sales bins!

It was mate.

People, mostly match lads were literally fighting on a saturday morning for Berkin, Koln, Hamburg etc.

Early to mid 80's, happy days 😊👍

7 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

It was mate.

People, mostly match lads were literally fighting on a saturday morning for Berkin, Koln, Hamburg etc.

Early to mid 80's, happy days 😊👍

At least I can walk out of Size these days and not worry about getting taxed round the corner! Any photos from in there that you know of?

Just now, Marc505 said:

At least I can walk out of Size these days and not worry about getting taxed round the corner! Any photos from in there that you know of?

Noel Gallagher did an interview the other year mate, it is in the archives on here , great read.

Yes, it was eclectic but moody. You had to have your wits about you in that place.

41 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

Noel Gallagher did an interview the other year mate, it is in the archives on here , great read.

Yes, it was eclectic but moody. You had to have your wits about you in that place.

I'll seek it out. The amount of archive releases Adidas are doing at the moment is making racks at places like Size look like some old Wade Smith photo, names I'd never have dreamt of seeing on open sale a few years ago.

I watched that Soleimani documentary other day as well, that Axis of Evil speech must have seemed like such a good idea at the time...