This image of an Atlanta Footlocker went viral yesterday on Twitter. We hope all of our readers were unharmed during the Space Jam mayhem.
Easily the biggest sneaker release of 2009, the Air Jordan 11 Space Jams has caused more ruckus and commotion than the Air Yeezy or any other pair for that matter. Sadly people left sneaker spots empty handed, stores trashed, and people very upset. Finding a pair for retail now at any big chain is near impossible, but since Christmas is a couple days away, you may have some early Christmas cash to spend, and we will assist you in finding your pair. Below is some of the eBay auctions of authentic Air Jordan 11 Retro Space Jams, sadly not at the $175 retail price, but you might find a deal. Please let us know below if you received your pair and how the outcome was.
Simple solution for Jordan brand: make more of the things people want.
Instead of wasting resources on absolute garbage that only waters down the brand, make desirable retros easier to get.
Sad to see so many fans not able to buy these when there are inventories overflowing with fusions, lifestyle, and other useless things.
Mine went rather smoooth. I walked into the Footloccker in cheltenham mall in philly and they had my size. I copped and left. very uneventful. lol
i got mine retail preorder price at sidelineapparel.com (checkem out). but what i wanna no is how come they dont make more…i still have my ogs and i can remember getting them about a week after the release….i second what mac says with the over flow of **** fusions out there…just make more of the good ones
Yesterday was the first time I stood line for Jordan's and walked away empty-handed; very, very, disappointing.
I had my chance: Finishline.com @ 6:00am still had my sizes (11.5 or 12) but I decided to take my chances and stand in line – wrong move.
As a told my twin brother, "I let all the young punks, thugs, and baby-mamas beat me!"
I agree Jedi_23, I remember back in 2000 when the OG's released, I was actually able to put money down on them at finishline and then just walk in the day they came out and buy them, no questions asked, the same with my 2001 retro Bred 11's. Its sad to see all these places getting trashed because ppl cant get something as simple as a pair of kicks, JB creates all this madness, they should be able to accomodate what people want.
Well camp out was crazy the mall was crowded with like 40+ people waiting out side, we stampeded inside and ran the security guards over got in line for like another half hour and got mine. Probably one of the wildest campouts i've had in a long. It was pretty damn fun.
I like the idea that it is essentially QS, that way less people have them. However, this sale was complete nonsense anyway you look at it. Half the purchasers just putting shoes up to make money off them.
@ Mac A. Roni Agreed.
got mine for 24% off…christmas special
me and my friend camped out all night at our mall for footlocker. we waited till morning in the low 30 degree weather just to get let in and watch the footocker employees buy there pairs before they opened. then they came to the gate and said their shipment didnt come with any size 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5. so there was a mad scramble to the next store which opened later to stand in line. And those f###ing footlocker empoyees took there break and stood by drinking starbucks and laughing at people in line like "we got ours"
i got mine retail in denver
had to wait 5 hours in the snow
was second in line got one of the two size 13s
dudes went mad crazy when these ran out
Hey withay, you sound like someone who collects dunks who ain't even down with jordans. I heard you're favorite pair is your omega 22s. I also heard you're 30, damn that sux
im so glad dat I got my hook ups in philly 4 sneakers cuz I couldn't c myself standing in line in this type of weather and not be able to get what I want btw I had these joints 4 about two wks now thanks villa
Campout was smooth, funny, but took FOREVER… they only let ten ppl at a time and they were lettin ppl buy other shoes. Along with that, dudes were taking their shoes out the box to look at them lik they had never seen jordans b4… I wore my yeezys and everybodys neck broke when I stepped up in line… haha classic
i got mine no problem 2 pairs my finishline got 2 shipments i got one pair at 6am and the sencond at 2pm the manager called me and told me to come and get it beacuse he told me he woud hold another pair for me
Waited 6 hours in the bitter cold in nyc and missed it by 20 people. people were walking out with 5 pairs each and there was a easily over 500 people behind me. We got jerked bigtime
Man it looks like Mac and Jedi need to take a business class. Jordan brand is business. If the market is flooded then the value goes down. Just like "Oh let's flood the market with diamonds" then what genius, surprise the value of diamonds goes down.
damn, its so easy to get them overseas…
just take a look @snipesshop….
WOW…this makes me soooooo happy that i got my pair on saturday from my manager friend at the shoe spot i shop at, retail too…no hassle, no worry, no headache = more sleep…
anyone who waited is a dumb f*** cause this was a general release not a limted release and second umm online shopping ever heard of it . i got mines at 12 in the afternoon "online " so i can sit back and relax and let it come to my house. that's what people get for beasting like feens in need of crack for these to me i love the 11's breds better than thes. thank god i bought 2 pairs of the breds my fav of all time
It went pretty smoothly when I got mine. There had to be over 150 ppl in line in the cold. It was a midnight release and they only let 5 ppl in the mall at a time. Your name had to be on a list in order to get in the mall. If your name wasn't on the list, then you had to wait until all the people were in line and then line up after them. The list had to be 15 pages long, luckly i signed up early.
mine went fine. walked into footlocker asked for the size & walked out the door with no problems
Got my 2pairs. nd my sons too.
Got mah size 6 yesterday mornin at 8 AM n Brooklyn,NY at FootLocker it waznt crowded but ppl were mainly lookin 4 men sizes n dat wat sell out quick so i waz lucky 2 get mah kidz size but dez r tru Jordan feenz 4 fitin 4 derr sneakaz ive wud hav also been goin krazy but i got mine wid no hassle n happy becuz datz mah xmaz present dunt worry sneaker headz u wud sum how get ur space jamz Happy Holidayz
sorry 4 ppl who cudnt get dem
well i had a hookup in a place, and i got my pair, but im pretty heavy (270) and to be reel, that midsole pisses me off. its gona get creases and leaning very easily, and i had a small scratch on the side of my pair, at least i didnt have to stand in line, but still kinda upset
didnt get mine in footlocker b.c dey sold out b4 i could even say spacejam, so had to get them in a local sneaker store for 275 >:o
I had to work wednesday so I had my girl stand in line for me. That's true love lol
i was surprised i got mine I WAS LAST IN LINE lol merry christmas to me
Waited for four hours for Finishline and Champs in Casleton Mall in Indy to open and was one of the first into the mall. 100+ people sprinted in and I couldn't get to the front of the line. Luckily the true sneakerheads that had been waiting for four hours with me let me in line a little farther up and I still got a pair in my size. Definitely gonna rock em in the spring though, not gonna cop out and flip em.
So glad I got mine, for retail. Easy, walked in Finishline, bought my 10.5, and had a little conversation with the workers, then left.
this did not happen because of the release….I think it happened a couple of days before the release and it is part of smash-and-grabs that has been happening in the Atlanta area
gotta love having a friend in the NBA and especially when hes signed to Jordan Brand and we wear the same size, im loving it i had these 3 weeks ago and also ill have my 6's in about a week and half. feel sorry for all the people who waited and didnt get them it trully sucks but i also would not be camping or waking up in the wee hours of the morning.
if jordan came out with more sizes then this wont happen. how can he sleep at night after all he has done
I agree with the comments about how limited they were. JB could have produced 2x what they did and still sold out instantly. Here in Australia we got less than 500 pairs (for the entire country) & apparently Japan got 0 pairs. That's ridiculous – JB is just creating disappointment.
While I got to my regular spot to find the line full of people wanting my size, I lined up a couple of blocks away and was the only 10.5 in the line. So I walked away with both of their 10.5s (snared one for a buddy).
thats just sad
young…had to the same, my girl sat out in the cold since 3 to make sure i got a pair. had 2 gett'em but couldn't get off work, so she hooked it up!
2000s jams=priceless. 2009's=overated low quality, over priced hype. Jordan brand knows what people want, so they skimped on every level possible except the hype and presentation of the shoe. merry christmas haters and hypebeasts. I will defend my DS pair of jams over the lame repo "jumpman jordans." A salute to all that have the 2000s, im sure you can agree on the quality. **** the haters, Im sure the hate will be be brought! Merry Christmas.
Got mine from the Nike employee store in Memphis, $104
I feel bad for the kids that didnt get a pair, and to all the ******* employees who jacked mad pairs **** you! Also all the **** wads on ebay who jacked mad pairs **** you! All to make a profit, go invest in something else your making what maybe your money back, you pieces of ****. Hate on me, but **** you, you spoiled someones day maybe even holiday. you selfish pricks. and to all you hypebeasts keep your shoes in the closet for a year or two then bring them out. you guys are a bunch of pussys. wow you have space jordans, not even jams, get the **** out of here. you aint ****. Yall mofos are a bunch of scrooges some ****** lames. Who in their right mind needs 5 pairs of this same ****** shoe. Yall can eat a ****** ****, share the wealth, not the greed you punk *** *******. and to all the lames that fucked up that store you fuckers are insane and a bunch of deliquent *** mofos. merry christmas *******.
ghost you a lame *** ***, no one gives a ****! props to 2000 for keepin it real. Now one cares about your $104 you bullshittin as motherfuckerin piece of ****, you can kiss my black ***. You just rubbin it in peoples faces, you ***.
I didnt even sleep the day before they came out. Left the house at 4 A.M. got in line by 4:20. Once they let us in the mall had to run to finshline. But everybody lined up at footlocker. Cuz some super fine broad works there. Mad dude thought they had the hook up. Waited in line at finishline. Got the last size 10. And coped a size 3c for my son. One dude asked me if he could by em for $400. but i said NO. never selling my jays!!!!!!!!!!!
LICK THE C-U-M OFF MY ****!!!
In a earlier comment that stated in 2000 for the OG ones they got them like a day later. For me where I'm from u had to be on it to get them, luckily I had a hook up to get mine. But cats wasn't spending the night and waiting in line for days to cop Jordans. I believe it's just more sneakerheads than back then and that Nike is just not increasing the numbers made. But you have to look at it as would u rather have less number produced and be only a couple of heads seen with them or have them produce large amounts and see everybody on the block rockin the same kicks
I work at a local Champs here in the Bay Area, so I was able to get mine, but damn if I woulda camped out for these as much as I love Space Jams. No dout I woulda been pissed if I woulda missed out on 'em, but really tho it's a DAMN shame stupid *** people gotta do stupid *** **** like break into stores and cause riots for a pair of J's. I know it's slowed down a bit but back in the day up to the 13's, it was always crazy like this, luckily no one was hurt this time around.
wow i waited 8 hours at Staten Island mall i was the 6th person to get em they were very organized 25 people at a time and they sent me to finishline and got my pair mad cops there the biggest hype for a pair of kicks jus like back in the old days running to the shoe store im gunna keep my pair for a gud 10 years i put them in a safe with my first pair of js i ever bought (and people dont wear them now i beg u becase the salt from the floors destroys the out sole and that wat makes the shoe soo listen
got mine 30% off…..nothing to complain about from me
2000's vs the 2009's Space jams. Why do you guys care about the quality of the shoe if you don't plan to wear them? Plan STUPID!!
I didnt wait at all.. I gave my friend the money and he waited for me.. but i gave him a lil extra cash… Like $10 lol
Got mine only because I was able to convince a manager at a spot to hold a pair for me. Im like everybody else, I had to cop these. All I could think about that past couple months is the release of these ****in shoes. LOL. It is truly an addiction.
ya i waited in line at 10 pm for the midnight release and got assed out… didnt get them… so i went to flight club n copped the og space jams instead
. i got my jams and i got the better quality one…. it cost more but its worth it man.