Air Jordan 12

Retroed to Death

Many Air Jordan heads were happy to hear the news that the Air Jordan 12 was going to be retroed; however, many collectors started to get irritated as more and more kept getting released. The original Jordan 12¡¯s were released in only 5 colorways, but there were 10 colorways retroed when counting the women¡¯s colorways.

On November 28, 2003, Jordan released the first of its kind - an online exclusive shoe that was sold in a package. The Black/Carolina ¡°nubuck¡¯s¡± were $200 and came with a matching hoody and hat. Many fans were happy to pay $200+ just for an exclusive shoe, but collectors were far from happy when news got out that Nike released this supposedly ¡°limited¡± and ¡°online exclusive¡± shoe to retailers to be sold at only $135 or less. Some pairs ended up at designerathletic for only $99.99 angering Jordan followers even more.

The Nubucks were not the only Air Jordan 12 release that angered Jordan collectors. Originally, the White/Carolina was a women¡¯s colorway only made up to size 15W and in limited numbers in large sizes. These of course sold out opening day and hit the $200+ mark in a hurry. More were released as a general release only 2 or 3 months later making these shoes nothing special at all.