I need to try and set the record straight as much as possible on this Trophy Room AJ1 release because it’s an absolute shit show right now.
Things that indeed are facts:
- 12,000 pairs made and they are numbered
- They are NOT a Trophy Room exclusive
- They WILL also release on SNKRS and no where else
The rumour mill:
- Marcus Jordan backdoored thousands of pairs for $1,000 each
Some thoughts from me:
- I have a hard time believing this dude was dumb enough to do a backdoor at this volume (lets say 1,000-2,000 pairs) on a drop so specifically tied to him but here we are
- Regardless, something is going on and its getting really ugly out there in the “twitter streets” lol
rumors are flying and assumptions are being made. It’s hard to know for sure whats going on and I hate to say it but: where there’s smoke, there’s fire. - Assuming this is true to some degree, I can not emphasize enough how fuckin dumb he is for doing it. Like my gad man. Incredibly disappointing for so many reasons.
- Does Nike care? Maybe, but this is MJ’s son and only one store for a super limited drop so I’m just going to move on because I doubt anything comes from this.
- I’m still expecting them to do an online drop with bot protection but even IF they do EVERYTHING right, there is likely going to only be a few thousand pairs release online at best. It’s going to be incredibly tough.
- Nike doesn’t care about this shoe at all. For 12k pairs this seems more like a favor to Marcus than something they wanted to make money on or put their time into. They could easily have done 23k pairs or 50k pairs and sold out of those as well with no issue. They don’t care.
- I see resell right now is at $2,000 USD, at 12K pairs, there’s a good chance this ends up being market price anyways because its a Chicago AJ1 basically. Could I see it drop to $1,500? for sure. Could I see it go up? yup. Ultimately this is going to be a rich people status shoe so deeper pockets will dictate the price.
Nike will likely announce the shoe release and info today or tomorrow with the drop for Feb. 10 or Feb 15, I’m not sure yet.
/beginrant
Regardless, I’m 1000000% over this shoe. I would already be annoyed at 12k pairs because its hyper limited for marketing purposes and I hate that. Toss on the potential of this backdoor stuff and I just want to light this shoe on fire. If I hit on their online drop, great thats cool. If I don’t, great fuck it. I’m not going to let this twisted drop get me sour.
/endrant
