If you haven’t picked up a copy yourself, can you guess which Jay was chosen #1 in ESPN’s recently released Michael Jordan Hall of Fame Special Issue? “Do you know, do you know, do yo know?” It was the Air Jordan III. Among some of the reasons why, which would have been my number 1 pick, it was chosen is the introduction to Tinker Hatfield’s genius to JB, the use of the classic (and now sadly- overused) elephant print, or even the fact that they’re the sneakers he’s rocking in one of the most famous images in Jordan’s, basketball, or even sports history in general- the free-throw line dunk. But this is all stuff once said and done. Back when they first came out- it’s success was highly attributed to an advertising campaign using Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon character as the pitchman. Now we all know the Spiz’ike itself is a representation of all the shoes that utlilized this clever marketing strategy, but the III’s were the first ones seen in those comedic black and white commercials featuring His Airness being nagged by Spike Lee’s alter ego.
As a result, these new Spiz’ike feature a combined colorway of three of the most sought after AJ3 colorways- Cement, True Blue, and Fire Red. Sure, other pairs feature famous colorways too, but the “Fresh Since ‘85″ pair adds some more features. From the exterior, the first noticeable addition is the “Mike” and “Mars” lace locks. Enter the inside of the shoe and you see some more flavor. The collar is lined with the famous “Do you know?” lines from the commercials, and printed on the insole the equally famous Mars Blackmon imagery with the shoe’s moniker underneath. Official release is expected to be sometime in January. via Kenlu
BELOW ARE THE CURRENT LISTINGS FOR THESE KICKS ON EBAY:
[If kicks below are a random assortment, desired kicks are not currently available on eBay.]
September 28th, 2009 at 10:27 am
Way too many colors… at the top they look like the true blues… and at the bottom they look like the fire reds…. Idk where they were going with this shoe.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:37 am
think ill cope these
September 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
str8 fire..def a must cop
September 28th, 2009 at 11:02 am
these would look better if the elephant print was the same color on the front and back of the shoe.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Fucking Horrible…enough with this bullshit Jordan Brand
September 28th, 2009 at 11:16 am
1ST……………….
NOT FEELIN’EM AT ALL. THE BLUE THROWS IT OFF BUT IM KNIDA PAST SPIZIKE’S NEWAY.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:51 am
spizikes are like nohting to me now days
September 28th, 2009 at 11:52 am
What do you get when you combine one of the most iconic sneakers of all time, this garbage. The Spiz’ike is dope, but this concept is lacking.
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September 28th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Very niceeee
September 28th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
looks like they used decent leather on these at least…I could be wrong though considering its JB.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
they shouldn’t have added the blue, they might have been alright.. blue, gray, white, black, red. about the same as a frog in a microwave… pass
September 28th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Damn are y’all serious WTF. y’all need to quit hating on the wrong shoe. Now this ain’t the best shoe but it ain’t the worst and this is coming from a person who’s not a fan of spiz’ikes. You wanna hate look for the fusion and ugly ass phat strap 1’s ROOKIES
September 28th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
boy hell naw
September 29th, 2009 at 12:26 am
don’t like this spizike, but i think the mike/mooke thing was a good idea.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:57 am
would cop if i was 11 years old
September 30th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
ok lets stop the hating because like it or not these kicks are nice
October 4th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
When I first saw these I was all over em…now its like eh, I’ll jus pass with no looking back!
October 12th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I’m felling a little bit like Tajin about these. I loved um, now they ain’t that great. They are nice, just the colorway is a little off. The blue needs to be used more throughout the shoe. Think about the original spizike with the green. They didn’t just make a green lace plastic piece and call it a day, they put a green sole to make the color work better throughout the design. That really made the green an integral part of the shoe, right now the blue is just slapped on there with very little conviction. The shoe is weaker as a whole because of things like that. I still will get these anyways. I just can’t believe the other pairs of spizikes coming out in 2010….HIDEOUS!!!!!
January 10th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
just copped my pair got em as soon as footlocker opened