Down! “Year of the Dragon Limited Edition Nike” finally no one speculated, below the original price ….

The Year of the Rat, the Ugly Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, and the Pig.

Although “Rat” is the first, almost everyone, even if they don’t belong to the Dragon, definitely attaches first-class importance to the “Year of the Dragon”. (*Even the commemorative banknotes for the Year of the Dragon are several times hotter than those for other years)

The Chinese Lunar New Year “CNY” series has always been a must-have special for various brands, and Nike is one of the most active and prolific shoe sellers.

In previous years, Nike produced, if not unexpected, should be a group of Chinese may not be “quasi-foreigner” designers to manipulate, its own celebratory attributes of CNY, was sprayed by netizens to the “netherworld”.

Nike CNY = birthday shoes, almost become the player’s universal synonym impression….

And this year, the Year of the Nike Dragon, u1s1, not so netherworldly. See the Chinese designers also interfered a little.

And this year’s lineup is also unusually large, just the Jordan series alone, has been officially announced as many as 8 pairs, led by AJ1, AJ2, cold Jordan Stadium 90 and Jordan Spizike Low, etc. also gathered in the theme of the Year of the Dragon.

More shoes are lined up to follow, including the AF1, Dunk, JA1, KD4, and the cooler V2K Run, making for an excellent selection.

Only did not expect the Year of the Dragon series opening of the popular AJ1 low, just released on the limit has been collapsed broken… Definitely a good time for self-wear, the price is ironically not fired up.

This superhuman beast from the East definitely counts as a traffic code. The last 2012 Year of the Dragon, for example, had launched a number of shoes CNY items that old players will remember.

So while the Year of the Dragon in 2024 is approaching, let’s look back at the specific spectacle of the last Year of the Dragon CNY ~~

“2012 Year of the Dragon Shoes Inventory”

1. Nike Air Force 1 “Year Of the Dragon”

First of all, in 2012, Nike created three pairs of AF1 series with different themes, and among the posters that many old shoe fans remember, the black dragon of the S level will surely evoke the memories of that year.

The overall design is inspired by the black dragon robe, with a full shoe body made of understated luxury black satin material, accented with a spirit pattern in the upper, tongue. The insole as well as the heel are molded in the Year of the Dragon, which can be considered one of the classics of the year.

2. Nike Air Force 1 “Year Of the Dragon”

The second pair of AF1 was launched in the summer of that year, and unlike the luxurious and low-key black dragon, the overall green dragon as the inspiration for the creation of the overall specification is still quite high, the body of the shoe large areas of light blue + red as the main body, and attached to the dragon pattern elements.

And on the tongue. Insole position due to the same design language, the blue translucent crystal sole is also sublimated for the whole pair of shoes, but from the overall recognition, this pair of Green Dragon version will undoubtedly be more eye-catching.

3. Nike Air Force 1 “Year Of The Dragon”

The third pair of Year of the Dragon limited edition AF1s that year, this pair of “White Dragons” is probably the most non-existent pair, launched as Sportswear, in terms of specifications is certainly not as good as the S-level and separate release of the Black Dragon and Green Dragon.

However, it is not difficult to see from the dragon scale details of the shoe body, the whole is still quite texture, the heel has been changed to laser material, for the whole pair of shoes to add a lot of color. So these three pairs of the year of the dragon limited AF1, old shoes fans you got which pair?

4. Nike Dunk Low GS “Year Of The Dragon”

The Dunk Low, one of the classic shoes, also had a pair of special edition outputs in the last Year of the Dragon, with the overall upper created with black dragon scale pattern and gold stitching at the Swoosh.

The characters “20” and “12” on the heel are particularly conspicuous, and the overall black and red modeling can be said to fit the theme of the Year of the Dragon, but when put into the CNY series, which is heavily rolled up, the contrast is still a little less than sincere.

The Year of the Dragon color scheme is designed in the shape of red and green, and the heel position is a continuation of the special logo of the zoo, embellished with the pattern of golden dragons. And in that year’s domestic release of the use of the specification of the special shoe box, absolutely is the generation of memories of the year.

6. Nike KD4 “Year Of the Dragon”

Of course, along with the Kobe 7, there was also a pair of familiar KD 4 colorways, but the whole pair of shoes was built in blue-orange, with triple-structured Hyperfuse material paired with the iconic Velcro strap design, making it one of the iconic signature shoes of the year.

6. Nike KD4 “Year Of the Dragon”

Of course, along with the Kobe 7, there was also a pair of familiar KD 4 colorways, but the whole pair of shoes was built in blue-orange, with triple-structured Hyperfuse material paired with the iconic Velcro strap design, making it one of the iconic signature shoes of the year.

The heel of the shoe is printed with the KD Logo and dragon pattern, U1S1 Year of the Dragon elements are really not obvious enough, but very suitable for the year Durant where the Thunder team. However, this year Nike has confirmed that it will once again launch the 2,0 version of the Year of the Dragon, from the overall color scheme must have attracted a lot of attention from fans, right?

7. Jordan 2012 “Year Of the Dragon”

The last pair was launched that year Jordan’s 27th generation boots – Jordan 2012, from the hands of the legendary designer Tinker Hatfield has been extraordinary, the whole pair of shoes to the Nine Dragons Wall as well as the number “9” as the inspiration for the design of the design of blue and yellow color scheme to create and in the upper with a number of dragon elements embellishment.

This pair of Dragon Year limited is undoubtedly the most exaggerated supporting the huge three-layer storage box, and is still a shoe two wear switch liner configuration, the outer layer of the texture of the gold stamping as well as the elements are showing the top specification, so this pair of the last to the finale must be well deserved to be ~!

With this inventory, basically taking you back to the last Year of the Dragon release extravaganza, we can say that the number of CNY shoes in 2012 is indeed quite large, and the specs of each pair are indeed full of sincerity.

Compared to the CNY series in recent years, Nike’s center seems to be not in the design of the shoes themselves, but more inclined to engage in super limited and numbered gimmicks such as more hype.

But things go against our wishes, in the current cold sneaker market, once the almighty hype technique does not work. The same is with the number of a total of 5,000 pairs of Tiger AJ1 Low, are now broken state ……

Here to mention a mouth, this year’s dragon year AJ2 and early arrangements on the limited 2024 pairs of bad terrain, you sit and wait for the market price.

So this year’s much-anticipated Year of the Dragon limited edition has been fully revealed, and you guys think that after a whole round of 12 years of precipitation, which year’s shoe is better, 2024 or 2012’s CNY?