today we're going to be taking a critical look at the royalty air jordan 12. i have a lot of
expectations for this sneaker and i hope jordan brand doesn't mess this one up oh yeah and if you
guys didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show so with all that being said let's go
ahead and crack this box open and see what these shoes is really talking about starting with the
box you have your classic og style air jordan 12 box with your brown top with the red rim jordan
branding on the side with the jump man logo on the top size tag reading air jordan 12 retro white
metallic gold black retail 190 bucks flipping open the lid of the box you have a brown paper right
here and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe okay first impressions of this sneaker i gotta
touch it real quick and see what the materials is like this actually ain't that bad overall i
haven't i haven't dove deeper into it because i know we got a couple of different detail switches
from the og but overall imma say they solid they solid hopefully they come with some extra white
laces because the black lace is just not cutting it for me which we'll talk about a little bit
later in the video now before we get started breaking down the styles cuts and materials
you know we got to talk about the history first so let's take it back to 1997 where the og air jordan
12 originally came out as we all know michael jordan was still doing his thing on the court
still winning championships and on his road to win his fifth championship and during that time
we saw iconic models like the jordan 11 the jordan 12 and shortly after that the jordan
13 and a bunch of classic colorways we're talking taxis cherries breads also known as the flu game
which is a whole other topic but either way the jordan 12 is a very classic and iconic model and
because of the history behind it a lot of people have expectations when they see a colorway like
this that is very similar to the og taxi 10 plus years after the original came out we then saw the
taxi release in the air jordan countdown pack with the 11 and 12 pack then we saw another release in
2013 the quality was garbage on those i had to get rid of those long long time ago i don't know about
you but for me if anybody owns the 2013 taxi 12 i just did not like the quality on those at all
drop a comment down below and let me know how you feel about the quality on that release i feel like
a lot of shoes honestly in that era from 2013 to 2015 there was a lot of releases that just had
terrible quality but again that's a whole other topic and speaking of other releases that came out
that are similar to this one as well we had the chinese new year release in 2017 very very similar
when it comes to color blocking but definitely different when it comes to materials on the upper
the reflection on the white and then obviously the different pattern that you have on the mud
guard on the side of the foot but overall a lot of people would say still same thing taxi color
blocking so now in 2021 that brings us the new royalty air jordan 12. these are very very similar
to the og style but they do have a couple hits and differences when it comes to the back with the
gold compared to the red or the white hits or the gold on the side different things like that we'll
go over that a little bit more in the video as i show you the comparisons from the og to the new
retro so now that you know a little bit about the history let's talk about this shoe and talk about
the styles cuts and materials starting with the outsole you have your classic og style air jordan
12 outsole but you have a different twist when it comes to the coloring on these compared to the og
but overall it still has the same og style outsole wrapping up to the midsole you have your white
here on the back end of the heel your black here on the front end and one huge thing that stands
out to a lot of people that noticed from the og again like i said earlier the gold jumpman tab
here on the side and honestly i'm not that mad at it now after i started to think about it more and
more originally i was like ah it kind of sticks out i wish it was just all black and it blended
in like the og but it kind of gives me like its own little you know kind of like a dmp
12 type of vibe too you know another extra little twist to the sneaker so i'm not mad at it looking
at the mud guard on the side of the foot you have your all black here and on the inside of the foot
you have your kind of tumbled leather here on the upper and honestly it feels a little bit better
than i was expecting it to so with that jordan brand i'm gonna give you guys a thumbs up for
that part now is this the best quality ever no but at the same time for a gr i am mad at you another
twist that we see here on the royalty 12 you have a gold stitch instead of your old classic stitch
so that's a nice little touch as well giving it a little premium vibe to the shoe going to the
heel of the foot again like i said as you can see from the og to this new retro there are a couple
slight color changes but overall you still have the same air jordan 12 fundamentals here on the
heel of the foot now one major twist that really stands out to me is the sock liner on this shoe
this has kind of like a diamond shape kind of like a quilted type of stitch on the entire sock liner
and behind the tongue and that's something that you don't typically see on an og style sock liner
so for some they could say they don't like it or others could say this is another premium touch
to the sneaker saying that these retailed at 190 dollars and they added little additions like that
when it comes to the stitching because obviously that's going to cost more money for the brand to
create the product i do appreciate something like that now the one question that i had that i was
really really worried about when i first saw these online i saw that they came with the black laces
and typically these come with white laces so i was like bruh if these don't come with white
laces i'm going to be sick but fortunately when i opened up the box i saw that they came with
an additional pair of white laces and i'm telling you right now i'm switching these things out asap
i don't know about you but i'm just saying like just look at that bro you know what i'm saying
like the white is just clean on there i feel like the black is cool like you i mean again you know
do what you want but the white is just clean so i know you guys know my opinion i took this
same poll to instagram to see what everybody else thinks and let's see what they said 72 percent of
the people chose the white laces and 28 of the people chose the black laces again like i said
i completely understand not everybody's gonna like one certain way and it is very clutch to be able
to have two sets of laces especially when it comes to a lace that's like this because this isn't your
standard air jordan lace or a flat lace that you would typically see in a regular sneaker so
to be able to get this and not have to worry about finding a pair online and different things like
that definitely very convenient we appreciate you jordan brad for giving us the options because i
just wasn't feeling the lace style with the black laces and i was already prepared to take my white
laces out of a different pair of shoes but we got the extra laces so we're in there now the next
question i have for the people was is this shoe fire or is this shoe trash because i had a feeling
that i don't know maybe a lot of people was gonna call it bricks or the shoe wasn't gonna resell for
a lot of money or whatever it may be but at the end of the day again it is very similar to og
classic iconic sneaker so to me in my eyes i'm like yes let's give it a try see how it is once i
get it in hand make my verdict and then determine if i want to keep the shoe or not and i definitely
think it's worth having in my collection so if i were to vote i would say fire but i'm definitely
curious to see what everybody else has to say so again if you haven't already follow me on ig
so you can participate in the polls and see all the results here on the channel 73 of the people
chose fire and 27 percent of the people chose trash very similar to the black and white as
well but this is just overall do you like the shoe in general so for me i think that's a pretty good
percentage for a regular gr type sneaker like this retailing at 190 bucks and it might be reselling
for you know 220 225 maybe 250 depending on where you're getting it from and the size and all the
things like that but overall i felt like this was definitely a very easy cop for a lot of people
and if you went after this shoe drop a comment down below and let me know how your purchasing
experience went were you able to get the shoe did you have to pay resale are you waiting to get the
shoe do you think this is gonna go to outlets uh what's up what's the other questions i'll
typically ask do you think this shoe is gonna go down in value there's a bunch of questions
i always ask but you guys already know what it is drop a comment down below how you feel about this
sneaker i would love to hear what you have to say and i think that should be it i got plenty more
reviews coming i've been copping a lot of kicks lately man so i'm excited to give you guys more
videos i'll see you on another one all right y'all i'm out yo if you enjoyed this video and
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yo if you guys made it to the end of this video i got a good one for you now this is
kind of like a yes or no question and hopefully you guys have seen this but do you guys remember
the original taxi frozen moment air jordan 12 commercial that commercial was extremely
fire he was did a 360 spin move everything was in slow motion the bike was falling in slow mo
i don't know for me those commercials were very very iconic and i'll never forget them
especially when i see sneakers like this and it brings back those type
of memories from when i was a kid and all of that all right i'm rambling off
hope you guys seen that commercial if not just let me know down below in the comment section
if you haven't i'm pretty sure you can search it on the internet all right i'm out