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thanks for the latest info corrupt. that gives me about a week to scrap some money together for atleast my first pair of these.

Bored on a sunday night, I did some preliminary comparison shots. Those that love these shoes will be appreciative of the noticable and not so noticeable differences:


-I tried my best to match the lighting from the midwestsports shots. It really seems like the 2008s feature a brighter more authentic to 1987 green color, as well as the grey being a bit brighter and more blueish tint. For now though that could be simply a lighting issue. we shall see soon enough.

Construction wise and aside from a toebox with exposed double stitching, the shoe seems to be constructed the same exact way. The stitching method and form seems to be identical. as well as the shape. .A list is below the photo of the cosmetic changes. Im sure ill get to the material changes later on. like the XDR rubber vs rubber from the 2004



Quick rundown of the differences. many noted before in this thread, finally 100% confirmed.

1. Embosed swoosh is gone. in is a full stitched swoosh
2.forefoot see through smoked outrigger gone. in is a solid grey outrigger.
3.seamless toebox out. in is a double stitched exposed toebox piece with a different material composition than that of the 2004. 2004 featured that soft deer skin leather on the grey upper as well as the toebox piece. 2008 has a newer strong toebox material but the same deerskin grey upper.
4.Tongue tag of the 2004s featured a timless NIKE Swoosh design with zoom trainer below matching that of other trainer tongue tags. (ie sc trainer and trainer 1 low).

In its place for 2008 is a generic all black and white NIKE ZOOM TRAINER tongue tag.

5. White leather ran up the entire tongue in the 2004s. With expose holes like that on the toebox, this was a truely seamless look. In for the 2008s though, is a MESH tongue.the mesh material matches the grey mesh sockliner.
6. 2004 midsole consisted of that smoked see through shank plant design. out for 2008. In that place is a generic grey bottom. No biggie here. After just 3 wears, the see through shank plate is no longer see through.
7.Morse Code on heel of shoe is out. 2008 features nothing but the material itself back there.
8. Lastly, this ones harder to see.The toebox and the inner part of the shoe feature those holes/circles of varying sizes in a linear design. Underneath those holes consists of a mess underlay. In the 2004s the underlay was black and grey, making those holes stand out just alittle more. The 2008s seem to feature a white mess underlay.