today we're gonna be taking a look at the cactus jack air max one as we all know there was a lot
of drama around this sneaker and still a lot of question marks to this day on what's gonna
happen with this release my friends over at untied la sent me a pair in each colorway
so that way we can get a full in-depth review and take a look at the shoes breaking them down
with the styles cuts and materials and talk about the heritage behind the creation of this shoe so
if you didn't know by now my name is dj and this is the dna show on this channel i love breaking
down sneakers like this and showing you guys all the difference between the ogs and the retro so
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and you could be the next one to get us there so what i'm gonna do first is unbox both of these
shoes real quick give you guys a quick look at the paper and all the stuff that comes along
with it and then we can dive into the shoes so as you can see right here you have all over tam
box and it says cactus corporations and then you have the cactus jack logo right here the c
and the j and then on the side of the box you have the nike with the branding the nike on the front
and then cactus corporations on the side as well looking at the size tag it reads nike air max 1
cj for cactus jack and the colorway is saturn gold tea tree mist tint retail is 160 bucks flipping
open the lid of the box you have it looks like the same print that you saw on the top of the box
is actually all over print on the paper you got some more white paper and then you got the shoe
oh you got the shoe now before i dive too deep into this shoe let's go ahead and crack the
other box open as well so as you can see right here you have pretty much everything is the same
when it comes to the box size tag reads a little bit different because it's a different colorway
nike air max one cj again for cactus jack and then baroque brown lemon drop wheat retail also
160 bucks flipping open the lid of the box you got the same exact paper you got the white paper
and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe okay now that we got both shoes unboxed let's
talk about first impressions of these shoes i've seen these before i've had them in hand before i
know what the materials are like and it is a quite interesting mix when it comes to the materials
especially this loop pattern that they have done on the swoosh which we'll get into in a little bit
but overall i'm not mad at it but still it's just not a shoe for me and i'll get into my full
impressions as to why i feel that way later in the video but for now let's talk about a little bit of
the history of the sneaker and why there's so much controversy around it so as we all know this is
based off of the air max one which is an og model that everybody knows and loves and if they don't
love it they still respect it simply because it's just so nostalgic and like we typically
see when it comes to travis scott collaborations he always take a model that's already iconic and
then he puts his twist on it and makes it a little bit better or gives it that earth tone vibe to it
and now everybody loves it and i think the reason why a lot of people love his sneakers is because
his influence on the game and what he has done in the fashion and music world but we know there has
been a lot of controversy after the astro fest and that's why they never end up releasing this shoe
these were supposed to release the weekend of astral press and we know there were some crazy
tragedies during that time and again my heart goes out to all the families and the people that were
lost or hurt or injured or whatever maybe that was affected by the astral fest during the last year
so for all the people that were on the outside looking in they were expecting to see this shoe
release on sneakers app and had limited stores to be able to have their chance to get the shoe
but then they ended up cancelling the whole drop and because of that it's caused a sneaker like
this to shoot up in value because now everybody wants to get their hands on something that they
can't get their hands on so that kind of gives you a backstory on who the shoe was created by and
what it was for and then why it didn't come out now let's break down the styles cuts and materials
and talk about what the shoe is inspired from to create this look so as you can see on these
two shoes side by side everything is pretty much identical that's why i'm doing this video together
because the only thing that's really different is going to be the colors so like typical fashion
i'ma start from the bottom of the shoe and work my way up and then we'll talk about all the different
styles cuts and materials along the way starting from the outsole as you can see you have all
brown outsole with a small nike swoosh here cactus corporation in the center of the back end of the
foot and then you kind of got that tree branch vibe when it comes to the outsole on the front
end of the foot and it almost looks like a tire on the back end of the foot going to the midsole you
have your same exact vibes when it comes to the air max one but this has a different twist they
don't actually show the air unit they cover that up and you got a two-tone hit right here with the
brown on the top and a tan on the bottom and this right here is more of a yellowish color with the
tan on the bottom looking at the toe of the shoe you have a similar cut to the air max one it looks
like they just added a little bit more material in another patch here around the front end of the
toe as well these come with a very fine suede around the toe and the medial part of the foot
and on here you have a darker brown with a lighter brown in the center of the foot and this one is
pretty much identical when it comes to the colors all throughout the upper now some people have been
asking about the questions when it comes to the straps that you see here and pulling around the
top end of the shoe you're able to use this to lace your shoe and make it a little bit tighter
and a more sturdy and a snug feel when you're rocking the shoe but why do they even have that
and where did that come from the acg pocket knife is a shoe that came and went about 20 years ago
and we haven't really seen much of it in current time not that many people talk about it but when
you look at that photo right there you can't say they don't look pretty close to these huh
so although we may call travis scott a creative genius whatever it may be
there is always inspiration from og stuff before we see the stuff that comes out today and i don't
care what anybody says that's just naturally how it goes even when it comes to music drake kanye
you name it they are built off of samples from og songs making it with a little bit of a twist
giving it that modern touch next thing you know the people that never heard of the og before
is thinking this is the latest greatest thing and i ain't mad at them don't get me wrong i'm not
mad at them but just remember that there's always inspiration from stuff from the past but anyways
enough of my rant of why we should care about og's let's talk about the tongue real quick and
the materials and lacing system and all that so as you can see right here you got a rope lace with a
two-tone tint you got the red with the white and then on here you kind of got that green with that
more of a kind of purplish tint to it then you got a solid brown lace that comes with the shoe
and then a solid more of a gray color lace that comes with the shoe and then on the tongues of
these you have the cactus jack logo that we saw in the box both on each of these tongues and on
the inside you got your old cactus jack branding on one foot and the nike air branding on the other
foot now looking at the back end of the shoes you got a little twist these are kind of like
the penance that you may see for like baseball or something that people hang up on their walls with
the nike here and a cactus jack on the other side now i think one of the most interesting parts of
this sneaker to me is the swoosh if you look at the swoosh right here you can actually move these
little things and they look like beads but they're actually little plastic loops that they're kind of
like yellowed already but they're these little plastic loops that are attached to the upper
and it's crazy to see how these were all put on here and how they were able to do this because
it's kind of like a satin material behind it and that's all embroidered in i think that's a nice
little touch again i feel like i've heard about something about the inspiration behind this swoosh
but i don't remember exactly so if you know how this swoosh was created or what it was inspired by
let me know down below in the comment section so for this next part of the video i'm gonna explain
to you guys how i feel about the shoe and what the results are for what everybody else thinks about
the shoe so what i normally do is post a poll on my story to ask people if they think the shoe
is fire or trash then i'll post the results here on the channel and give you guys the impressions
so if you haven't already make sure you follow me on ig so you can participate in the polls and see
all the results here on the channel this is what the people say when it comes to the saturn gold
colorway right here 63 of the people said fire and 37 of the people said trash and honestly i
wouldn't be surprised if it was more closer to 50 50 but i get it there's a lot of hype and demand
and all this other false things that go along with it but i understand i get those numbers now when
it comes to the baroque brown colorway i know for a fact me personally and a lot more people
like this colorway as well so i'm expecting the numbers to be a little bit higher on this one and
they were 73 of the people chose fire and 27 of the people chose trash and one thing that i think
is extremely crazy about this is we've done polls on every single shoot that we do on this channel
and we see results in the 80 and 90 percentile on retros that are coming out and they might be worth
280 bucks 300 bucks 350 bucks something like that right this shoe right here because of the
whole situation and the shoe hasn't came out yet and all these other factors and based off
of the results you would think that people wouldn't really value it that high right
wrong each one of these sneakers are currently going for around fifteen hundred dollars a piece
that's three thousand dollars for the set and i think in my mind wow wow wow wow wow wow this is
just crazy now don't get me wrong i understand why somebody collects these shoes simply because they
have the air force ones they got the jordans they got the other retros and all the stuff
that's going on and they want to complete the set i understand that but for fifteen hundred dollars
i don't know about that one bruh but again that's my personal opinion how i feel though she was 160
bucks if i could get it for somewhere around 300 bucks or something like that i wouldn't have a
problem with it i'd be like you know what i'll grab it add it to the collection but for 1500
a piece oh no oh no so again let me know your thoughts and opinions about these two shoes which
one you like more and if you think these will ever come out again because as of right now it sounds
like a lot of people are saying that travis scott is going to be cancelled and his shoes are never
going to come out again and because of that all his shoes are going to go up in value but
we don't know the entire situation we don't know what's going on internally at nike what they plan
on doing if they're gonna hold off for a year or two and based off of the crowd and what the people
think later if his stock is gonna go down because of it and then people no longer want the shoe all
i know as of right now we're gonna find out and time is going to tell so that's gonna do it for me
on this end and shout out to untied la for sending these shoes out here so i can give you guys a full
in-depth review if you guys want to pick these up or other pairs that they have available
make sure you check out their website and don't forget to use the discount code dna show that'll
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in the description and don't be surprised if you see some more kicks coming in the mail
from there because i got a couple things on the way all right y'all i'll see you in another one
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