Nike Zoom Kobe VII “FC Barcelona”
July 10th, 2012 by John K. | 19 comments
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If you thought that the “What the Kobe” would be a grand finale of sorts for the wild Kobe VII colorways, we’re happy to report that there’s some more Black Mamba heat on the way this summer. Here’s an exclusive first look at the Nike Zoom Kobe VII ‘FCB’ Pack – a duet of Kobe VII colorways inspired by two of Spanish soccer club, FC Barcelona’s kits. While Barcelona is best recognized for its bold-striped blue and red, the club’s got a plethora of other representative colors in its past like the Yellow/Blue and Aqua Blue/Orange (remember Kobe wore these last month), which can be seen both as primary colors as well as accent pieces on its more recent threads. Both Zoom Kobe VII ‘FC Barcelona’ releases featured the FCB crest emblazoned on the inner face of the tongue as well.
Kobe Bryant’s love for international football sprouted from his childhood roots in Italy, but it was Ronaldinho, one of the sports’ biggest stars, that got Kobe to root for Barcelona and become enamored with the club’s rich history and storied success. Much like last year’s Kobe VI Barcelona releases, the Nike Zoom Kobe VII ‘Barcelona’ duo will be a Euro-exclusive at select Nike and House of Hoops retailers, with this year’s version arriving across the pond on July 21st. Stay locked in on Sneaker News for more pics of the Zoom Kobe VII “Barcelona” Pack coming soon and if you’ve got some Euro-connections, it’s time to make those calls.
Funny these are in Hyoe now... Kobe wore them in a soccer game side line back in June and manay hated them at first sight! SMH
Both colorways are pretty cool, but they look like they are missing something.
i feel like a new kobe comes out every other day, but these are the first two cw's i legitimately like.
Need These.
the yellow and royal look pretty dope! not sure i would rock the aqua joints! cool but what am i matching it with..the yellow/neon joints remind me of a running shoe i have! crazy cw!
The yellow pair is koo but the teal and orange are terrible
These are hot but forreal tho, they need to put that FC Barcelona team crest on the heel cup. Not the toungue. When you're wearing them no one can see it.
damn so there only dropping in europe. that sucks
i dont like barcelona but these are bad ass
No. Just no.
the yellow ones are just lakers colors.....
WOW. These are actually quite horrible. Really bad colorways. Tomato red and aqua? GS warriors cw? What the? The only good thing on these are the FCB logos. Definitely NO WHERE NEAR the ZKVI cw's. The Home team uniform, and especially the Mango cw absolutely killed these. These are just lazy and boring and cheap. But having said that, it could just be me, i purchased ALL the Kobe VI's, and i only have the one pair of VII's(Lower Merion), just not a fan of the blocky shapes. And hey, people apparently purchased those ugly poo brown What the Kobe's... so what do i know. Each to their own. The same cw's as the VI on these VII's, and id of been excited. But its a massive Fail here. Poor show Nike.
i thought the what the kobes was going to be the only pair in my collection but i guess not these are fire i want these bad
Barcelona 6's >>>>> Barcelona 7's
both these joints are dope...both much better than the WTK!! still want det pics of the kobe mamba usa edition thou!
I wanna bang my girl in those home ones....
can't say i'm a barcelona fan but these are absolutely gorgeous, regardless. wow. well done nike.
my favorite soccer team and my favorite basketball player!? to bad i dont have a euro-connect ;(
too good any news on release date boy thatfirst pair goes hard even though im not a kobe fan