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Todd Bratrud’s insane ‘Brain Wreck’ Nike SB Dunk High Premium was one of the most creative collaborative visions that made its way to retail this year. When we first peeped a sample during a June Nike SB showcase, we expected the heels to have their designer’s name, but he flipped the script to reveal a cohesive theme on behalf of Skate Mental. As for SM, they were to be incorporated in the special ‘NIKE SM’ tag on this variant sample’s tongue, but that was nixed in favour of one with blue accents.
With this in mind, you can start Waldo-ing all the differences: the sample outsole was pink instead of black, sample toe is light grey instead of pink. Probably the two most significant changes were stitching: the sample only had an outline of the amazingly-detailed quilting found on the released edition, plus its heel is screened on instead of embroidered. This is the kind of ridiculously rare stuff that truly great collections are made of, and one size 9 pair is available at MentalKicks.
Style: 313171-007
Color: Pavement Grey/Neutral Grey-Vivid Pink
| Page 1 | 2 |16 Responses to “Nike SB Dunk High Premium – Brain Wreck – Variant Samples”
November 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
wayy better too me
November 18th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
HOLY SHIT!!! these are HOT!! only thing i would keep in the inside texture like brain from the current BrainWrecks…everything here i would keep hands down!! wow!! i think the white swoosh makes it a WHOLE LOT BETTER!!!!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
correction Grey SWOOSH…DOPE!!!
November 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
the ORIGINALS R WAYYYY BETTER!!
November 18th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
these are way sicker def should have released these instead
November 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am
these look way better…
i would have copped if these were what came out
November 19th, 2009 at 5:55 am
This is one of the few times lots of changes have been made to a sample and the released shoe looks WAUY BETTER then the sample imo.
November 19th, 2009 at 5:55 am
WAY not WAUY
November 19th, 2009 at 5:56 am
like these better than the release. if the white swoosh was speckled like the release that would of been dope and the stitching in the insole too. put the blue laces on these suckers and these are the best blue box to release f*ck the Gucci’s
November 19th, 2009 at 7:53 am
inside is cooler on the originals, other then that these are way way better. the white toebox is amazing, the pink toebox ruins these shoes for me.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
u got to be out of yo mind if u think these look better the the originals these are coo but i would never jump at these like the others
November 19th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Yeah tdipped!!! The finished product is in a class by itself. I got them the first day they dropped in NYC flightclub. The blue laces definately brings the shoe out. Not taking away from the sample @ all…
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:57 am
How much are they ب
November 27th, 2009 at 12:18 am
yea i agree wiseone about the toe box. the white looks superb compared to that pink they used. imo
December 19th, 2009 at 3:12 am
which ones are the legit ones, cause these have pink insides but all the ones on stores and ebay etc have grey brain patterned insides.
December 19th, 2009 at 5:10 am
@15
As stated in the title, these are samples. The actual release features brain ‘quilting’ on the sockliner.