I would consider going for these still, it’s the OG black pair. I have the Rios ( it’s almost like a matte or VANTA black with a pop of colour like a rainbow) and the AMM AJ3 ( it gives a mature vibe, I like the mix of black and the pewter and violet ore seems like a mix between brown and purple). These are still a go so the aj3 bc is worthy. Having all 3 side by side they may seem similar yet quite different
Bc3 is my favorite 3 . I still have my 2018 pair and it’s in good condition still. Since they’re making so many pairs I’m gonna pass on retail and see if I can find a slightly worn pair in the future for a steal. I’m sure I can wear my 2018s for another 4 years or so loll
I absolutely worry about the QC. The best part about these being a mass GR, is it shouldn't be difficult to head into the store to pick these up, so you can inspect them before you leave. It's already tough enough trying to hit on a super limited shoe, but most of the time nowadays you have to enter raffles where it will be shipped to you if you hit. If QC is bad when the sneaker arrives, your choices are either ask for a refund or rock the faulty sneakers 🤷♂️
I got the 2011s of the black cements when it was released back then and still rocking it to this day, just having it restoring them once they start to crumble but the leather on it is really built to last. I mean it’s more than a decade old shoe. Had the nike air back tabs and the nike logo soles for the retro feels since it came with jumpman and jordan logos.
If you look at manufacturing, the elephant print is cut out of big sheet material so of course the pattern will differ from section to section, the tumbled leather being smooth in areas is due to the stitching together process it tightens up with the material below, the actual material is the same it’s the construction with differs the tumbledness
@ i actually might take what what I said and do 9.5 only because wc3 don’t hurt my feet half size down. I’d rather just do 9.5 and have them feel like the fear 3 which is damn near perfect
Looking forward to copping a pair of these. My first ever pair of Jordan 3's were the original og 1988 fire reds. Hope the QC issue is minimum to none on my pair.
Almost everything people say to complain about the leather on these shoes are traits that are more closely associated with genuine leather. Leather isn't naturally tumbled, genuine tumbled leather is heavily worn. The 2018 pair had embossed leather. genuine leather has inconsistencies in the pattern because it's the skin of a living thing lol. This isn't to say that the leather on the 2024s is that good but more to illustrate that the leather on the 2018 pairs is that bad. And it shouldn't matter if people like either, neither or both but people in these comments and other comment sections should at least be educated on the topics that they speak on.
The elephant print was known to be mixed or different from shoe to shoe even back then and 94, however the toe rand height is what bothers me. If that is inconsistent, that is a problem.
I think in general, you just can’t please everyone. People grew up to different things, will have different preferences. For me the main thing is, I like the OG style elephant print. Light with the thin lines. Pretty much everything else, I can live with
The OG’s want them as close as to the originals because thats how we remember them and thats how they came. Newbies want them to how they looked when they were first introduced to them.
I pass on these! I have the A Ma Maniere Jordan 3 (and 4...btw) and the quality at this Jordan 3 is really bad. Seth Fowler had two different elephant prints and Jay the Sneaker Guy was lucky and was able to switch between his 3 pairs so that they keft and right sneaker matched reasonably well afterwards. In that case, I would really rather buy a very good replica for around 140 dollars and it would certainly be of much better quality. 😂
@@Lee-ic2yn No, I actually bought the retail A Ma Maniere pairs. Because both were relatively easy to get and A Ma Maniere always delivers top quality. Unlike Nike's quality control, which has gotten worse and worse in recent years. And I still stand by my statement with the Black Cement, the replicas in 2023/2024 are partly recognized by the fact that they have a better quality than Nike or Jordan. Sad but unfortunately true. 😂 And as an addendum, I say YES directly to the question: Would I buy replicas? Because I can't understand why I should pay 500 to 800 euros for a Travis Scott or any limited snkr that only costs 160 if I couldn't get the Snkr for the retail price. Then I would rather pay 180 for a very good replica of a top batch that can only be distinguished from the original with a magnifying glass. Btw. I have a mixed collection of retail snkr and OG, LJR.... etc. Reps.😊
I had a similar thing happen to me, with a Nike x OFF-WHITE hoodie it came with a factory defect, all they could do was refund me not replace it 😭😭😭 so I kept the factory defect hoodie 😭
I got the 2018 pair with slight star loss I don’t know if imma go for these If I can get em for 85 bucks Worn once or twice I’ll grab them forsure but for retail Nawl 🤷🏾♂️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Same ppl complaining is the same ppl that complain about the blue on the Military 4’s and was super wrong…too many opinions from unqualified ppl who wasn’t even around 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
A whole generation of newbies grew up with that crappy pair from 2018, thinking that’s what they should look like. If you’re old school like me who grew up with the originals, you know that these are how they’re supposed to look.
Just like the newbies who liked the lower patent leather cut on 11s. If they loom at the 3s back in the MJ era, they didn't even have tumbled leather....🤷🏾♂️
I’ve had every pair of black cements from 01 till now and honestly the 2018 pair isn’t shitty. It’s definitely not as close to the OG as before but that’s fine. Personally i think they look better and are more comfortable than the 2024 pair. I have the new white cements and they’re just not great comfort wise.
I had the originals and the 2018 pair was pretty close despite the shape. The shape on these look closer to originals but I'm not sure about the leather. Originals had leather look that was more like 2018 .
Have the 2k18 pair fav btw also have the "ReImagined" CM3's so gotta snag a pair of these. The toebox does it for Me! Sleek & pointy ❤️'em 🤞🏽🤞🏽 get a matching pair with little to NO flaws or mistakes. ✌🏽 ~ Thee Snkr SAVG 🇺🇸
These are no where near the ,88's the shape is still off and the elephant print on the tor is still too thick the reimagined white cements had a closer shape to the OG 88's
Imo “as close to the original”doesn’t always mean it’s good. More often than not with the introduction of new models(in any industry for that matter) there are always some kinds of flaws or kinks that usually gets corrected with time in the process of production(prime example is the original Air Max 1 model that were initially flawed and in 1987 they’ve updated the design and the overall shape (which is much nicer and more streamlined imo) that we all grown to love, hence why these days you often see AM 1s ‘86 “big bubble” models being not as popular as the ‘87s
They fucked up the military 4s with bad QC so i have no doubt in my mind theyll do the same with these 3s. Think ill stick with my beat 2018s. Let Nikes stock sit for all I care!
So funny when you KIDS talk about True to OG for traits as if they were Flaws! Yall were born in the 2000s😂 your parents dont even remember the OG pairs. These are true to OG and perfect.
that leather ass for the 2024 pair. Full grain leather for the 2018s very similar to A Ma Maniere White 3s. I also think the white cement 3s didn't look good bc of the leather being not the best and its shinny af. Elephant print also doesn't look good from a distance since the grey washes out. Hard pass for me
So, only sneaker geeks will understand, but the previous release from '18 looks better. The elephant print was darker, the upper had a tumbled look, and the shoe was just darker. Yeah, yeah... its the same shoe, but it aint.
No. Sneaker geeks will understand that there’s a generational divide. Younger Sneakerheads, Sneaker RUclipsrs, and resellers will think the 2018’s look better cause younger people are more likely to pull the trigger on sneakers they missed out on despite the sneakers having an overall changed look to them, while older Sneakerheads might not, depending on how their finances are looking for their day-to-day lives, despite how much they want a certain pair of shoes.
Bro you need to stop taking shots at UPS drivers. There are a few bad guys in every company so that’s lame to put negative thoughts in peoples heads about them. That’s like me saying that since some reviewers on RUclips are reviewing fakes then you probably are too. Are you??🥸
Same with the Fear 4s, I like em, but there's so many other black 3s/4s this year you gotta make a call and the Balvins and AMMs are damn nice
I would consider going for these still, it’s the OG black pair. I have the Rios ( it’s almost like a matte or VANTA black with a pop of colour like a rainbow) and the AMM AJ3 ( it gives a mature vibe, I like the mix of black and the pewter and violet ore seems like a mix between brown and purple). These are still a go so the aj3 bc is worthy. Having all 3 side by side they may seem similar yet quite different
The amas are ten times better
Their dropping million pairs
@@aaronkiska9620nobody cares how many pairs the BC3/WC3 are the best
These and the fear 4s are a must
Just got them via today's shock drop! Looking forward for this to be my first jordan 3 pair!
6:02 it is a big deal! If you’re dropping $200+ on a pair of sneakers, they better be good lol
Getting these fr on my bday
Bc3 is my favorite 3 . I still have my 2018 pair and it’s in good condition still. Since they’re making so many pairs I’m gonna pass on retail and see if I can find a slightly worn pair in the future for a steal. I’m sure I can wear my 2018s for another 4 years or so loll
I absolutely worry about the QC. The best part about these being a mass GR, is it shouldn't be difficult to head into the store to pick these up, so you can inspect them before you leave. It's already tough enough trying to hit on a super limited shoe, but most of the time nowadays you have to enter raffles where it will be shipped to you if you hit. If QC is bad when the sneaker arrives, your choices are either ask for a refund or rock the faulty sneakers 🤷♂️
Dylan page needs to go back on flooredmilks stream
i wish i had the cash to spend on these, but i need me a new pair of boots for this winter season
They look good 👍🏽 can’t wait to grab my pair, I have the WC3s aswell
I got the 2011s of the black cements when it was released back then and still rocking it to this day, just having it restoring them once they start to crumble but the leather on it is really built to last. I mean it’s more than a decade old shoe. Had the nike air back tabs and the nike logo soles for the retro feels since it came with jumpman and jordan logos.
If you look at manufacturing, the elephant print is cut out of big sheet material so of course the pattern will differ from section to section, the tumbled leather being smooth in areas is due to the stitching together process it tightens up with the material below, the actual material is the same it’s the construction with differs the tumbledness
I’d like a retro as close to the OG as possible. That’s the point.
I went half size down for white cement so that’s what I will go with for black cement
Another review said these did not fit like the WC3 and were more TTS. I too had to go down a 1/2 size in the WC3. Not sure what to do with these.
@ i actually might take what what I said and do 9.5 only because wc3 don’t hurt my feet half size down. I’d rather just do 9.5 and have them feel like the fear 3 which is damn near perfect
Sure did! And most people selling have no returns as of right now
Looking forward to copping a pair of these. My first ever pair of Jordan 3's were the original og 1988 fire reds. Hope the QC issue is minimum to none on my pair.
Double up?
Jordan 3 midnight navy was a big one too. Crazy quality control from left pair to right pair. Ridiculous. I really liked that pair. Sent it back.
Almost everything people say to complain about the leather on these shoes are traits that are more closely associated with genuine leather. Leather isn't naturally tumbled, genuine tumbled leather is heavily worn. The 2018 pair had embossed leather. genuine leather has inconsistencies in the pattern because it's the skin of a living thing lol. This isn't to say that the leather on the 2024s is that good but more to illustrate that the leather on the 2018 pairs is that bad. And it shouldn't matter if people like either, neither or both but people in these comments and other comment sections should at least be educated on the topics that they speak on.
These and the 2011’s were the best
Need to add a black based pair to my rotation. Would you choose these 3's or the Fear 4's?
3’s for sure
The Green Glow 3's are Close to the OG Shape too
These Jordan 3 Black Cement look amazing
Hit on the shock drop today! Happy Early Birthday present to me!
The elephant print was known to be mixed or different from shoe to shoe even back then and 94, however the toe rand height is what bothers me. If that is inconsistent, that is a problem.
I think in general, you just can’t please everyone. People grew up to different things, will have different preferences. For me the main thing is, I like the OG style elephant print. Light with the thin lines. Pretty much everything else, I can live with
i had a pair with no elephant print and the other did one time
The OG’s want them as close as to the originals because thats how we remember them and thats how they came. Newbies want them to how they looked when they were first introduced to them.
Simple
This ain’t a want it’s a NEED🔥
I only wear Air Max 1s and 90s, size UK 11.5 is perfect fit. With that in mind, can you recommend what sizing I should grab these in?
I wear a US 10,5 in all my Air Max 1‘s. I got the wz 3‘s in a 10,5 as well and they fit perfect.
Hope this will help you.
WC3,AMax1 &:90 I all wear them in UK9 and the fit perfectly. 👌🏾
Getting this one for sure ❤
I pass on these! I have the A Ma Maniere Jordan 3 (and 4...btw) and the quality at this Jordan 3 is really bad. Seth Fowler had two different elephant prints and Jay the Sneaker Guy was lucky and was able to switch between his 3 pairs so that they keft and right sneaker matched reasonably well afterwards. In that case, I would really rather buy a very good replica for around 140 dollars and it would certainly be of much better quality. 😂
That tells me you bought the fakes of which you mentioned
@@Lee-ic2yn No, I actually bought the retail A Ma Maniere pairs. Because both were relatively easy to get and A Ma Maniere always delivers top quality. Unlike Nike's quality control, which has gotten worse and worse in recent years. And I still stand by my statement with the Black Cement, the replicas in 2023/2024 are partly recognized by the fact that they have a better quality than Nike or Jordan. Sad but unfortunately true. 😂
And as an addendum, I say YES directly to the question: Would I buy replicas?
Because I can't understand why I should pay 500 to 800 euros for a Travis Scott or any limited snkr that only costs 160 if I couldn't get the Snkr for the retail price. Then I would rather pay 180 for a very good replica of a top batch that can only be distinguished from the original with a magnifying glass. Btw. I have a mixed collection of retail snkr and OG, LJR.... etc. Reps.😊
@@RalfSchmitz69me too! I def ain't paying 500 for no black cats 😅
I’m good. I’ll rock my A Ma Maniére 3s over these. Also the ‘24 Jordan 4 Military are the closest to the ‘89s.
Don't those have a maroon tint to them?
these look dope. def gonna go for them.
Also, how many wutang dunks are going to be released? im stressin
I think the 18s were really fire, but i think the 24s are for my taste.
Got the shock drop 😎
They still look good
These shoes remind of green glows but just red.
They look fire, they did good with them. Still a pas for me though. Good luck to yal tho. I’m team White cement 💯
I actually hit with her shock drop today
I had a similar thing happen to me, with a Nike x OFF-WHITE hoodie it came with a factory defect, all they could do was refund me not replace it 😭😭😭 so I kept the factory defect hoodie 😭
There is no problem
I got the 2018 pair with slight star loss I don’t know if imma go for these If I can get em for 85 bucks Worn once or twice I’ll grab them forsure but for retail Nawl 🤷🏾♂️⚠️⚠️⚠️
85 once or twice ?!😅😂 I highly doubt that
I’m definitely going to need four pairs minimum 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
How does the elephant print feel on the 2024 pairs?
Isn’t Black Friday 11/29? 🤔
Flooredmilk took an L hahaha after 17 days as well ahahahah
not bad but i prefer my white cements for much !! nice video
Why😂
I don't see these on the launch calendar
The difference in leather from left to right shoe jsnt anything new, my 2018's have the same issue. It happens 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Same ppl complaining is the same ppl that complain about the blue on the Military 4’s and was super wrong…too many opinions from unqualified ppl who wasn’t even around 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
I’ll keep my 2018 nobody would know the difference 💯
A whole generation of newbies grew up with that crappy pair from 2018, thinking that’s what they should look like. If you’re old school like me who grew up with the originals, you know that these are how they’re supposed to look.
💯💯💯
Just like the newbies who liked the lower patent leather cut on 11s. If they loom at the 3s back in the MJ era, they didn't even have tumbled leather....🤷🏾♂️
@@Goldenlsr old head here. That was funny af young man.
I’ve had every pair of black cements from 01 till now and honestly the 2018 pair isn’t shitty. It’s definitely not as close to the OG as before but that’s fine. Personally i think they look better and are more comfortable than the 2024 pair. I have the new white cements and they’re just not great comfort wise.
I had the originals and the 2018 pair was pretty close despite the shape. The shape on these look closer to originals but I'm not sure about the leather. Originals had leather look that was more like 2018 .
🔥🔥🔥🔥best Jordan retro !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
love white cement
I rather like the white cements
Why😂
Mèh on the hangtag detail…plastic or metal chain…lol! Plastic is og!
Have the 2k18 pair fav btw also have the "ReImagined" CM3's so gotta snag a pair of these. The toebox does it for Me! Sleek & pointy ❤️'em 🤞🏽🤞🏽 get a matching pair with little to NO flaws or mistakes. ✌🏽
~ Thee Snkr SAVG 🇺🇸
Take this shape but everything else from 18 was better
Nah gimme them 2024s we good
It looks like they intentionally gave the elephant print a more aged, vintage look which is a nice touch imo
Always qc issues on the 3’s
Unpopular opinion fire red 3 better than both
Are these true to size or not ?
He said yea true to size in this video
Where are your pants from?
Wow those biceps 😍
People will ALWAYS complain about little things, always😂
especially if the leather is worse than the 2018 pair...
Exactly😂😅😅😅😅😅
@@LoliciousXD😂😅😅😅😅😅😅
Its also softer leather which will break in faster, crease easier = won't last as long
which is why their suede shoes are better choices
😂 Yeah that's not how it works with real leather
They're not even ready to wear until they're broken in
Double up then! 🤷
Came from floormilk stream
Floormilk 💀 bro wtf 😂😂
Floormilk 💀 bro wtf 😂😂
Floormilk 💀 bro wtf 😂😂
Double up!
We need dylan to actually call floored milk 🙏🙏
These are no where near the ,88's the shape is still off and the elephant print on the tor is still too thick the reimagined white cements had a closer shape to the OG 88's
Imo “as close to the original”doesn’t always mean it’s good. More often than not with the introduction of new models(in any industry for that matter) there are always some kinds of flaws or kinks that usually gets corrected with time in the process of production(prime example is the original Air Max 1 model that were initially flawed and in 1987 they’ve updated the design and the overall shape (which is much nicer and more streamlined imo) that we all grown to love, hence why these days you often see AM 1s ‘86 “big bubble” models being not as popular as the ‘87s
i think the greenglows are so close to this one that i dont need it .
Never been this early💀
Right😂
hate em, okay, keep that same energy when they drop. I don’t wanna see you all scrambling to double down. Leave these for the real sneaker heads.
2018 > 2024
They fucked up the military 4s with bad QC so i have no doubt in my mind theyll do the same with these 3s. Think ill stick with my beat 2018s. Let Nikes stock sit for all I care!
Realistically man I can't see myself pay 220
it is big deal if you pay this stupid high prices on these nike sneakers,they should be perfect for that much money,otherwise i always return them
😎
I swear these sneaker youtubers are unbearable with their nit picking it's pathetic
If yall say pass keep that same energy. (I know yall are lyin lol) let us sneakerheads who will *Wear* them cop.
So funny when you KIDS talk about True to OG for traits as if they were Flaws! Yall were born in the 2000s😂 your parents dont even remember the OG pairs. These are true to OG and perfect.
sorry but they are going backwards with the shape these ain't it.
This IS it that's the whole point 😂
the white reimagined was it
that leather ass for the 2024 pair. Full grain leather for the 2018s very similar to A Ma Maniere White 3s. I also think the white cement 3s didn't look good bc of the leather being not the best and its shinny af. Elephant print also doesn't look good from a distance since the grey washes out. Hard pass for me
Yea I love the 2018 pair
😮
So, only sneaker geeks will understand, but the previous release from '18 looks better. The elephant print was darker, the upper had a tumbled look, and the shoe was just darker. Yeah, yeah... its the same shoe, but it aint.
How did they look when they originally dropped when Jordan wore them? That’s the definition of “OG”…Theses are real “OG”…The 2018 were “OGish”…
2018 had fake tumble leather that sucked and the shape was absolutely atrocious
No. Sneaker geeks will understand that there’s a generational divide. Younger Sneakerheads, Sneaker RUclipsrs, and resellers will think the 2018’s look better cause younger people are more likely to pull the trigger on sneakers they missed out on despite the sneakers having an overall changed look to them, while older Sneakerheads might not, depending on how their finances are looking for their day-to-day lives, despite how much they want a certain pair of shoes.
These are as bad as trump
y’all trippin, 2018s way better
Why
Bro you need to stop taking shots at UPS drivers. There are a few bad guys in every company so that’s lame to put negative thoughts in peoples heads about them. That’s like me saying that since some reviewers on RUclips are reviewing fakes then you probably are too. Are you??🥸