so i just got my package in the mail and i want to compare it to these
the gary payton 12s because everybody's saying these are damn near
pe well let's really see
oh and here we have it the air jordan 12 university gold
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helps the algorithm oh so much but with all that being said you
know what we got to do we got to crack these shoes open see
what they're really talking about check out the styles the cuts and materials
and then compare them to a classic og style pe right here because
i know a lot of people saying they compare and they say nah
i'm just telling you right now i don't think so but we will see starting with
the box you have your classic og style air jordan 12 box you got a big
jumpman logo here brown top a red outside lining jordan
here on the flap and then on the box it reads air jordan
12 retro black university gold black retail 190 bucks so let's go ahead and
crack these things open normally we see like a black plastic type paper this one
is like a brown type paper and then we have the shoe oh we have the
shoe so the first thing that i want to do is break
down this sneaker see what the materials are like how everything is going on this
shoe and then we will compare it against the
gary payton pe right here and we're going to talk about prices because this
sneaker is only 250 bucks and this one's easily three thousand
dollars and i'm gonna tell you why there's a
huge price difference between the two shoes
even though they look so similar some people may even say they like this one
more than the pair that's three thousand dollars
that's up to you drop a comment down below and let me know what you think
starting with the outsole you have your all gold yellow whatever kind of color
you want to call it jordan 12 outsole you got your carbon
fiber here you got your black pods here on the heel and the ball of the foot and
then a black jumpman here at the toe of the foot wrapping up to
the side of the foot you have all yellow on the mud guard yellow here
on the jumpman and then black on the back of the heel
it's a little bit glossy i would like it if it was more of a matte color
but that's a preference thing me personally i just don't really like the
gloss to it because it kind of just takes away from
the sneaker saying how dull the leather is but again that's just how i feel
about the shoe you may like it you may not i don't know
it's all up to you drop a comment down below nobody's answers right nobody's
answer is wrong taking it to the back of the foot you have again classic jordan
branding right here and then if you turn it sideways you can read right here
jordan quality inspired by the greatest player ever
aka jordan aka the goat lebron james whoa lebron james chill bruh all right
hello here i got a rock with lebron too that's a whole nother conversation
though we can let y'all argue that one all right hold on all right lebron or
jordan drop a comment down below anyways back to the shoe we have a black
23 right here on the back you got a yellow square with a jordan
jumpman here and black on the pull tab working our way to the upper part of the
foot again the leather is a little bit dull
one thing that is very interesting to me though it feels like super soft super
buttery type thing but then at the same time because it's
like got that tumbled vibe but if you put too much pressure on it
and push your finger across the shoe like this
it's weird like the leather is separated from the material behind it
so it's actually kind of loose like it's not connected all the way it feels kind
of weird like i don't know how to explain it i think
if you have the pair in hand you'll know what i'm talking about but
it almost feels like they didn't put the leather down properly or didn't stick to
the mesh material behind it or whatever it may be
but something is just like it's just not right like i don't understand why it's
like this maybe it's quality control i'm not sure
but here at the front of the shoe on the toe
you can definitely tell that the leather is a lot tighter and it's not
loose as it is here on the back i understand it has that ribbed look and
everything like that but when you feel it and push it aside
like that again it just feels really separated and
you can see it just by my finger it's not really wrinkling it's actually like
bunching up and i don't know if that's a good thing
now looking at the tongue i think this is a lot of people's favorite parts well
i want to say favorite but i think a lot of people like this part
about the shoe and then it has the two three right here and it's got two with
the three at the bottom of it and then the jordan jumpman logo here on the
tongue so i think with the contrasting color of
the yellow stitch right here on the black upper
i think that's a very dope hit for this shoe looking at the sock liner behind
the tongue and in the insole it's all murdered out in
black okay so now let's get into the good part the part that you have all
been waiting for the gary payton 12. i don't think i need
to say too much but all i'm gonna say is quality on these it's completely there
comfort on these completely there this is a sample from 2003
everybody knows the pairs from the early 2000s and now obviously in the 90s
those pairs the quality way better than any of the shoes that are coming out
right now especially jordan 12s people say jordan
12s are comfortable but i'm telling you right now if you're
talking about something like the french 12s or the flint 12s
or the cherry 12s or the bread tops for back in the early 2000s era and the
og-12s i'm telling you right now those were so
freaking comfortable these aren't that
comfortable and i know that for a fact i can just touch the materials and
already can tell you these are a lot stiffer
the insoles the midsoles everything like that they just don't hit the same so as
you can see you kind of have your home and away version right here
but it is one funny thing because a lot of people didn't know
that gary payton also had not just this pair but a pair with the black and
yellow colorway we seen that on his feet we've seen it
on the court other pe collectors have had it
in their collections and still have it in their collections to this day me
personally i have never owned that pair i got this pair and i was happy i never
really desired to go after the pair i would like to have the pair but i'm
not going to go crazy and spend a bunch of money
just to say that i have that shoe knowing that it's damn near 17
18 years old has a chance of falling apart separation all those other factors
but i mean you kind of get where i'm going right either way as you can see
from the comparison photos that i have been flashing on the screen
just the differences between the two with the colors and everything like that
you kind of get where it is right you got the yellow sock liner instead of a
white to match the white and you got black to black
so potentially could have had a yellow sock liner right here and then obviously
leathers and materials everything on this one
it's just better it's just it's a plain fact
you cannot deny it if you want to say what you want to say
you can say whatever you want to say but i'm telling you right now the leather
the quality the materials everything on this pair is just going to be a lot
nicer and it simply is what it is so that's
partially a factor as to why this shoe is worth so much more but everybody else
knows why it's a player exclusive it's rare it's harder to find
because of that if this sneaker was only 25 pairs made and it had a little stitch
mark on the side of it i could see it going for a few thousand
dollars it makes a lot of sense but they gave the public a chance to get
this shoe and i'm not mad at that at all i think that is dope that people are
getting a chance to get the shoes but at the same time being a pe collector
myself and always getting all these type of
sneakers that nobody has and now seeing people have the opportunity
to get something similar or something like that i can't say it makes me salty
but i can say that i'm kind of just like confused i'm like do i even want to go
after it because i can get it for cheaper now
similar to like the oregon five right same situation i'm like bruh i have
those shoes like those are worth thousands of dollars
they're about to release a pair to the public other people are going to have a
chance for a cheap repair should i get multiples of those and just rock those
instead like you know what i'm saying there's so many questions that i asked
myself and if you are a pe collector as well
let me know how you feel as being a pe collector if you have never
owned a pair of pes let me know your perspective
behind them dropping sneakers that are related to pe's
carmelo 13s different things like that we've seen a bunch of chris paul 13s
had those you know what i'm saying so there's so many other pe's that are
starting to release to the public now and they're giving people a chance and
i'm not mad at it because people want these they're dope colorways this
colorway is dope these are fire i like these i would say i can't say
it's a 10 out of 10 but at the same time i'm gonna say yo these are fire it's a
cop i think it's worth it type thing so at the end of the day it's a go for me
now let's see what the people think so when i went to ig
to ask the people as i always do if you haven't follow me on there
but i like to post stories and polls on there basically i ask the people is this
shoe fire or is this shoe trash 72 to 28 said that it was fire
and trash and that makes a lot of sense i can understand why some people may not
like it but i can definitely tell why the
majority of people do like this sneaker it's simple it's
clean it's vibrant it's different and it's a jordan 12. it's fire you
can't be mad at it now taking it into the comparison between the gary payton
pe and the university gold air jordan 12
this is something that struck my mind that was very very interesting
there's a lot of factors to this at the same time because some people just don't
even know what this shoe is they have never even seen it before
and they just don't need it just kind of went over their head i understand that
55 to 45 i get it it's close but i'm still shocked oh my gosh i
noticed that a lot of sneaker heads that have been deep into the game for a
really long time they all chose this one and then a lot of people that have been
younger sneakerheads have been following me for a while and i get it you know
nudes for the past couple years they chose this one i understand
both sides of the realm i get where everybody is coming from now you drop a
comment down below and let me know which one you think is better
the black or the white the pe or the gr whatever you want to consider it
let me know down below in the comment section so with all that being said i
hope you guys enjoyed this video i hope you enjoyed this comparison
again i'm excited to hear what you guys have to say in the comment section this
is going to be an interesting one does price really matter is this shoe
actually better were you able to save 2 500 or 3 000 by buying the gr
version are you looking for more pes to hopefully release to the public
let me know all those things in the comment section aren't you guys my name
is dj i'm signing out i got to go i'm gone
peace
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