today we're going to be taking a look at the playoff air jordan 12. this is a very iconic model
and colorway that i think everybody should know about and i'm excited to see these coming back
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said let's go ahead and crack open this box as you can see right here you have your classic og
style air jordan box with the retro jumpman vibes here with the branding on the top of the box
jordan on the side with the red strip and then you have quality inspired by the greatest player
ever on the back end with the black strip now going to the side tag it reads air jordan 12
retro black varsity red white size 13 just for me retail 210 bucks these are set to release
march 11th at most retailers and it shouldn't be too hard to get the shoe but you're definitely
gonna have to put a little bit of effort in just to make sure that you lock in the shoe and we'll
talk about resale value and numbers and all that stuff a little bit later in the video
but for now i'm ready to check these things out cracking open the lid of the box you have a tan
paper and then you got the shoe oh you got the shoe okay first impressions
of this sneaker i got to touch the leather because this is going to determine everything
they're all right i'll explain a little bit more later in the video once we start breaking down the
materials and why i say they're just all right compared to the ogs but you know like always we
got to talk about the history first we originally saw michael jordan wearing the air jordan 12 back
in the 96-97 era and there were a bunch of iconic models like the breads also known as the flu games
the cherries the taxis and we can't forget the playoffs we call these the playoff twelves because
he wore these in the playoffs but these were actually debuted in 1997 for all-star weekend
it's been 25 years since the playoff 12 originally came out that was in cleveland when it happened
and all-star weekend was in cleveland this year but for some reason the shoe was supposed
to come out during that time and it got pushed back and now we're seeing the release on march
11. so it made complete sense seeing a 25 year anniversary and then bringing this shoe back out
and i was so happy when i heard about it and then like most of us i was kind of sad when i found
out about the pushback but either way we're still getting the shoe and when it comes to the playoff
12 in particular we have definitely seen a couple retros in the past we had the og 1997 version then
we had the 2004 retro with the facebox we saw the 2012 version which honestly i wasn't that big of a
fan on just based off of the materials and now we have the 2022 retro another couple shoes that we
could mention when it comes to the playoff vibes we had the low top playoff 12s we had the chinese
new year 12s and then we had the air jordan wings 12s those were very similar when it comes to color
blocking but they had different meanings and collaborations behind them but when i see those
other two shoes i definitely think of the playoff 12 just based off of the color blocking alone and
like i said earlier in the video the shoe that i'm going to be using in today's comparison is
going to be the 2004 air jordan 12 playoff the reason why i'm using this is because it
is very similar to the og i no longer have the og in my collection i just have this one and
they got the retro card you know i love the retro card so stick around to later in the video to see
the side by side comparisons but for now let's go ahead and break down this shoe starting with
the bottom of the foot you have your white outsole with your black herringbone hits on the front and
back end of the foot the carbon fiber plate in the middle with the white stripes going across
a red 23 and a black jumpman on the toe some people may or may not remember but on the previous
retro they did a red jump man so it's definitely nice to see them go back with their old school
style with the black jumpman instead now going to the midsole you have a wi-fi line material here
around the front end and a black here on the back you got your classic gray jumpman tab right here
and then your white mud guard that wraps around the front end of the toe and the same hit on the
center of the inside of the foot now when it comes to the black leather on the upper honestly it's
pretty stiff and it definitely doesn't compare to the og or the 2004 retro as you can see with these
two side by side you can definitely tell there's a difference when it comes to the overall finish
on the leather and hopefully you can see the difference when it comes to the softness of the
leather and the thickness of the leather and one of the reasons why i'm bringing this up is jordan
brandon has definitely taken a conscious effort of trying to recreate the og style on the newer
models and give us that og vibe so don't get me wrong it's hard to mess up a jordan 12 but one
thing that i definitely have noticed when it comes to jordan 12s on the newer retros they're a lot
more slim still compared to the older ones back in the day but i think for the naked eye most people
aren't gonna realize the differences between the two and it's more of a sneaker head type thing
but that's what we're here for right that's what we specialize in now when you look at the tongue
of the shoe you have a leather tongue with the two spelled out and a three just below that you
got your black rope laces and your red jumpman embroidered here at the top end of the tongue
all black sockliner black insole with the red shot man on the inside as well going to the
heel of the shoe you have jordan here and then quality inspired by the greatest player ever
you have a red square patch at the top end on the pull tab and a red 23 on the backing so now when
it comes to comparing these two shoes side by side you can definitely say obviously yes color
blocking everything like that very very similar but when it comes to the quality and shape of the
shoe and this being very similar to the og i feel like they're slightly off just based off of the
boxiness and the roundness of the toe at the top end the sleekness around the front end of the foot
and how narrow it is and the white leather patch that you see wrapping around the mud guard area
on the top end and the thickness of the leather as well another thing to note that i didn't mention
earlier the eyelets on the top end right here they kind of got that silver bronzy kind of vibe to it
the og playoff 12 had the metal on there but at the end of the day i don't think
that many people really care about that but that is a small little difference as well
another thing to look at when it comes to the 2004 version as you can see right here where it says
jumpman on the side with the plastic piece it is starting to yellow it's starting to crack and this
is something that typically happens with all og air jordan 12s you're going to see yellowing here
separation on the insole around the front end of the foot or on the toe or you're gonna see
separation of the rubber strips on the outsole that go along the carbon fiber on the bottom of
the foot i've only worn my pair a couple times and they are in great condition but still it is hard
to keep the shoe like this especially when it's this old and honestly that's why i'm so happy to
have this version so yes it's not exactly like the og and the quality isn't there but no matter what
time is a big factor as well so to see a retro after the og came out 25 years ago
and being able to have an opportunity to get the shoe and rock it again because i know if
i were to rock these they're gonna fall apart and i really wasn't a fan of the 2012 version
as well but it's okay i'm gonna have to do what it do and make these work so now when it comes
to my overall opinion and rating on this shoe i'm gonna give these a solid eight out of a ten
just because it's a classic it's iconic it's hard to beat and i don't think they truly really messed
anything up so i can't be a hundred percent mad at the shoe and this always draws the question of
me wondering what everybody else thinks 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 basically i ask the
people the simple question what do you think about the shoe is it fire or is it trash this is what
they said 85 of the people chose fire and 15 other people chose trash i'm confused by that 15 you
know i don't know maybe it's because everybody's hyping up air jordan ones they're not willing to
like other retros and all these other factors but it's just so classic i mean i was thinking
like maybe 95 500 i don't know maybe i'm tripping let me know what you guys think now when it comes
to the resale value and the rarity of the sneaker these shoes are currently hovering just over 300
in a size 13. it might vary based on your size but i would say the shoe is roughly worth somewhere
around 300 bucks and that definitely makes sense i can see it potentially dropping a little bit
once the shoe comes out retails 210 people might sell for 275 something like that later down the
line the shoes worth 350 400 bucks we shall see what happens in the future but i think one of the
biggest things which i didn't mention earlier and another reason why i don't like the 2012 version
is for some reason those pairs yellow really bad on the outsole like when you look at my 2004 pair
they look great when you look at a 2012 pair the yellowing on the outsole whatever it is that they
mixed or what type of compound they used or some type of finish whatever it is it makes that shoe
yellow really bad so i'm hoping and i'm praying that this shoe doesn't do the same thing that
the 2012 did and one of the classic things that i hear a lot of people say is you're supposed
to wear the shoe it's supposed to get dirty who cares there's a difference between wearing the
shoe getting it dirty cleaning it back up and it still looks white again compared to the shoe just
yellowing and it looks terrible so to me in my opinion i don't think that really correlates but
you know there's always somebody in the comment section talking about that so at the end of the
day that's my review on the shoe let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section
and i think jordan brown should definitely bring the retro card back because i don't know about you
but this is just so nostalgic like when you get a shoe like this and i'm not saying put
the retro card on everything but if we can get the retro card on this that would be kind of
fire i know they're trying to reimagine the og style and all those different lingo words
that they're using right now but the retro card bro bring it back so i think that's gonna do it
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