New Balance

[Matt]

I don’t love it but I accept it and don’t get stressed over it. I’m really considering a pair of these except I really don’t want to pay $400…

[Matt]

Here’s the cheaper alternative by half…

[louisbosco]

@Matt have the remade it?? swore it was half the price 6/7 years ago..

[SKT]

@Matt i like both

[Matt]

@louisbosco I’ve only found one in my size on eBay.

[Matt]

@SKT I do too but the red sole on the RW version is pretty badass.

[AdamJ]

IH x NB collab in the 997 or 2002 sounds like a plan

[SKT]

@AdamJ yeeeessss. @Matt red sole is very cool

[Matt]

A NBXIH would be an immediate buy for me regardless of cost. Actually it would need to come in duck, denim, wabash and hickory stripe

[louisbosco]

@Matt just looked up old emails and remembered I paid 250usd for it back in 2019.. and googled it now and the prices currently are insane!!

[Matt]

Yeah, crazy.

[jerkules]

@Matt yeah I prefer the RW pair, but not twice as much. The 992s are very cool.

[MTpockets]

@Matt - while I'm a big fan of the brown/duck color, I too would not pay $400 for those. NBs do seem to be fairly well made, but you'll never get a solid price per wear out of those at that price.

My sense is that pair will come down in price as soon as primary stock is limited.

The sneaker market as a whole has come down significantly in recent months. Maybe not for all pairs, as it is a hype market, but as an example - my purple/black Dunks that I paid close to $300 some 12-18 mos ago, are now going for under retail (sub $100). That said, if the hype isn't serious, you should be able to get into a pair of those $400 NBs at half that. Of course that is assuming you can fight the internal FOMO while you wait for the hype to subside...it's all a head game after all.

[louisbosco]

@Matt just as you mentioned it, I took mine out to wear them again after a couple months but this almost ended in disaster as I got home

[Matt]

Almost?!?!

[Kasi]

Time for a new pair

[Matt]

Loving these…

[louisbosco]

@Matt well I need to have hope that I can have them salvaged some how..

[mudhogen]

@Matt those look sick. Lacing is really cool

[nomadic]

I'm interested in the new 992MM Moonrock/musroom made in USA pair

typically, are the made in USA lines slightly bigger than true to size? i normally wear size 10 made in UK , but not sure about sizing on these ones.