The Air Jordans 2017 was originally released from 1996-’97. Five colorways were released and they were the first Air Jordan to feature Zoom Air. They were retroed for the first time from 2003-’04. The first run of the Air Jordan 12 Retro also included the first-ever ‘online exclusive’ release for Jordan Brand, the ‘Nubuck’ colorway. They were only available to ‘Team Jordan’ members (registered members of Jumpman23.com/NikeStore.com) who were mailed, yes mailed (not e-mailed) a special URL to go to along with a date and time to purchase the shoe. Needless to say, the site wasn’t prepared for this and the amount of traffic caused nike.com to crash.According to Sneaker Files, the classic will be back as a quickstrike this December, meaning pairs will be a little more limited than usual. Originally released in 1996, the shoe sports a ribbed white leather upper, with textured black leather overlays and gold-plated hardware. Michael Jordan wore this pair during the Chicago Bulls' pursuit of championship number five. It's only been four years, but Jordan 11 Velvet Blue may be gearing up for another "Taxi" Air Jordan 12 re-release.As of now, an official release date hasn't been announced, but we'll continue to follow this story in the coming months here at Sole Collector.In a day before social media, it left everyone to voice their feelings on Forums (SC/ISS & NT) until Nike came out with a splash page addressing the technical difficulty which led to a delay in the release. So if you think a NDC site crash today is big, imagine how it was in 2003 when people still had dial-up modems. By the end of May 2004, ten Air Jordan 12 Retros were released. This included the original black/red colorway (with a leather upper) as well as a ‘French Blue’ edition which changed from its original sample due to MJ being fired by the Wizards after he finished his final season with them.Those who stopped by PSNY's 330 Hudson pop-up shop in New York today caught the first glimpse of the label's unreleased "Wheat" Air Jordan 12 collaboration. 2009 marked the second run for the Cheap Air Jordan Shoes. Kicking things off was the re-release of the former online exclusive ‘Nubuck’ edition. Three more colorways would release after that, which included the ‘Rising Sun’ edition which was re-called due to its offensive insoles and released a couple months after their original scheduled date. The original black/red colorway returned, only this time with a nubuck upper, inspired by the ‘Flu Game,’ complete with unique details throughout the shoe in honor of MJ’s performance.Bots beat you to the latest retro release? New colorway grow on you after you'd previously written it off? Tired waiting on one of the few OG colorways left to return? Sneakerheads are forced to the resale market for a number of reasons, and when it's time to take that plunge, knowledge is power.Jordan is linking up with Drake and his OVO imprint once again to release the Air Jordan 12 Retro x OVO "White." The sneaker features a mix of white textured leather, white stingray textured leather and metallic gold accents with OVO branding on the footbed. Release date is Oct. 1, 2016.
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