Many Nike Air Jordan heads were happy to hear the news that the Air Jordan 12 would definitely be retroed; however, many collectors started to get irritated as more and more kept getting released. The original Jordan 12's were released in only 5 colorways, but there were 10 colorways retroed when counting the women's colorways.
On November 28, 2003, Jordan released the first of its kind - an
online exclusive shoe that was sold in a package. The Black/Carolina
"nubuck's" were $200 and was included with a matching hoody and hat.
Many fans were happy to pay $200+ just for an exclusive shoe, but
collectors were far from happy when news got out that Nike released
this supposedly "limited" and "online exclusive" shoe to retailers to
be sold at only $135 or less. Some pairs ended up at designerathletic
for only $99.99 angering Jordan followers even more.
The Nubucks were not the only Air Jordan 12 release that angered Jordan
collectors. Originally, the White/Carolina was a women's colorway
only made up to size 15W and in limited numbers in large sizes. These
of course sold out opening day and hit the $200+ mark in a hurry. More
were released as a general release only 2 or 3 months later making
these shoes nothing special at all.
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