Under The Palms

JesseC wrote:As far as I know, there are more samples than there are production pairs with boxes, og stuff, etc. They scrapped them from production very early on. No shops received shipments of them, just the sample pairs which of course made it to friends and family. I watch things pretty closely and have personally only known of about 6-7 total pairs from ranges 8-12. My theory is that they stoped making them because A. Vans and Wtaps thought they wouldn't sell as well and B. They maybe wanted to keep them limited yet known about? I don't know. They never changed the release photo of the trio to a shot that showed only the black and white, which of course left room for others to speculate about the 3rd colorway. No other S release has dropped with vanssyndicate.com showing pictures of a sample pair in the line up. It's really hard to say, no one I've ever spoked to about it knew the full story. There are pairs from time to time and that's all that's truly known. If anyone else has any insight I'd love to hear it because I'm curious.

rocketgoof wrote:Are those gonna stretch out the heel too much in those grey authentics, Erwin? Or are you trying to stretch 'em?

silokinesis wrote:

JesseC wrote:As far as I know, there are more samples than there are production pairs with boxes, og stuff, etc. They scrapped them from production very early on. No shops received shipments of them, just the sample pairs which of course made it to friends and family. I watch things pretty closely and have personally only known of about 6-7 total pairs from ranges 8-12. My theory is that they stoped making them because A. Vans and Wtaps thought they wouldn't sell as well and B. They maybe wanted to keep them limited yet known about? I don't know. They never changed the release photo of the trio to a shot that showed only the black and white, which of course left room for others to speculate about the 3rd colorway. No other S release has dropped with vanssyndicate.com showing pictures of a sample pair in the line up. It's really hard to say, no one I've ever spoked to about it knew the full story. There are pairs from time to time and that's all that's truly known. If anyone else has any insight I'd love to hear it because I'm curious.

The technical color for these is "Horn" if I'm not mistaken, and they were listed as a Japan Exclusive. Which may explain why they are so seldom seen.

rocketgoof wrote:Yeah, the gray rudeez are the one pair I didn't get for some reason! I'd definitely grab 'em if I saw 'em in my size again, though. If only they put the gray/black pair in production... Always loved the look of those samples!