Today, the Hoyas are turning Georgetown pink in honor of the inaugural Men Against Breast Cancer Game. Fans will receive custom Jordan tees for the event, while the Hoyas will wear special edition Melo M10’s. We’re proud to be a part of this incredible movement. – Jordan Brand
Take a look at the special edition colorway in detail down below and let me know what you think about them.
I still don’t like the fact that they replaced the carbon fiber plate with a plastic heel cup.. Also I think these are the first pair of signature shoes that uses another person’s signature shoes’ sole.. I do like the upper of these more than the upper of 28 SE, but other than that I just don’t think these are qualified to be a pair of signature shoes.
no the crazy quick rose 4 and howard 4 uses the same sole and traction
Their midsoles and outsoles are completely different, go find yourself some pictures.
Air Jordan 28, Air Jordan 28 SE, and Melo 10, on the other hand, share the exact same midsole+outsole
Woah! I don’t know about completely different but I do think there are differences.
they have similar outsole design, but their traction patterns are different. The midsole setup are different as well (micoach and adiprene+).
Rose 773 2 and D Howard 4 share extremely similar soles though, but there’re still minor differences in the midsoles.
I do believe Melo 10 is THE only pair of signature shoes that uses another guy’s signature shoes’ sole.
So I guess the Air Jordan 1 isnt a signature shoe since they used the same traction pattern as Nike Dunks lol. Jordan brand has always put alot of focus on performance so they like to use things that has been proven to work. They did the same thing with the Jordan 2011s and Q flights and countless other shoes.
You clearly missed the point and have to improve your reading skills, I said “the first pair of signature shoes that uses another person’s signature shoes’ sole”. Dunk is no signature shoe, and its outsole is slightly different from AJ1’s outsole, thank you. Q flight is just a different version of Air Jordan 2011.
Melo and Michael Jordan are two individuals, and Melo’s newest “signature shoes” used Michael Jordan’s signature shoe’s sole without even changing a little bit, this is what bothers me.
Well you said they shouldn’t be considered a signature shoe I said nothing about copying a signature shoe. I honestly think the shoe is very different aesthetically from the 28s except for the traction. I was just talking about what Jordan Brand does with there models. It’s still called the Jordan Melo M10 so technically they should be able to incorporated features from a Jordan shoe if they want to and put it on the Melos. WHICH they have done in the past with the Melo 1.5s which were inspired by the Air Jordan 1. I have a right to disagree with your argument so maybe you should improve manners please.
And if you still dont like it then maybe you should ask Melo why he approved the Melo 1.5s and the Jordan M10s. The reason is obvious he respects Michael Jordan and was probably one of his favorite players growing up and is honored to have a signature shoe with Jordan Brand and doesnt mind putting the Jordan Logo on all his signature shoes.
“except for the traction”?, the sole(midsole+outsole) is the EXACT same one. If you think they are “very aesthetically different” then congrats, you are the perfect costumer that every company wants. Jordan Brand should keep use this sole on every single one of their models, because clearly tons of people like you won’t care and still buy it.
The Melo 1.5’s sole are inspired by the AJ1, not directly copied from it. Using these models as your examples to support your “argument” wouldn’t make any sense because they are not even related to the topic. Name any one pair of signature shoes that simply copies another guy’s signature shoes’ sole without changing it, then we can talk.
CP3 got a pair of brand new signature shoes, every element in the new CP3 7 shows me how much effort Jordan Brand puts in it.
Then when Melo gets a pair of shoes that use Michael Jordan’s signature shoes’ sole that hasn’t been changed a bit, people like you jump out and say “they are perfect, they look so different, I like these so much, Jordan Brand is doing a great job, melo loves MJ so he wants to just to have a knockoff version AJ28 as his signature shoes and it makes perfect sense to me.”
Why make any change to Air Jordan 28 after all? It’s the perfect basketball shoe to everyone, why don’t we just change its upper and make several editions of it, and name them Kobe 10, Lebron 12, CP3 8, Melo 10+11?
Dude you don’t seem to get my point, I don’t really care that they are aesthetically different I care more that they are a good performance shoe that have unlocked zoom and that they use raw materials which justifies their price point. People who buy a shoe because they are aesthetically different will buy them regardless of the MIDSOLE or TRACTION lol. The reason I buy signature shoes is because they usually have best tech and comfort, something that lower tier models tend to lack. But its kinda hard fault them for using the same midsole and traction from the 28s since the setup was so highly praised.
Then you just proved my point, Jordan Brand can use this sole on every pair of their signature shoes, all they have to do is to change the upper and people will still buy it.
There’re many great signature shoes in the past, but what happened to the Melo 10 has never happened before. It matters because it shows how much a company cares about their products’ creativity and their costumers.
If Melo wants AJ28’s setup in his shoes, Jordan Brands can create a new sole that consists more Melo elements (like what they do to other signature shoes), and fix the problem of the forefoot unlocked zoom. Instead of doing that they chose to just copy the sole from AJ28. I don’t know what it means to you, perhaps you don’t really care about it because AJ28 is so good, but to me it means that they didn’t really put efforts in it.
Funny thing is, CP3 6 and CP3 6 AE look more different than how Melo 10 and AJ28 SE look like. In addition, Melo didn’t even get playoff version signature shoes last season. I think Jordan Brand just doesn’t focus on Melo that much anymore.
Yeah your right I’m not arguing with you on that. Who cares about the soles of shoes, people care more about the upper… We can only hope they fixed the durability issues but who knows if they made changes to the flightplate in the Melo M10s or if in the next flightplate shoe that they would have fixed the Zoom air issues. You wouldn’t know unless the popping happens again. They only way to know if they fixed it is if they actually say that have fixed it regardless on how the next flightplate systems looks like. No company talks about the durability of their shoes and that can come back to haunt them when no one buys them because they are known the durability issues.
Why change it when it’s freaking perfect
simple, because of two reasons.
First, AJ28’s midsole has a huge durability problem, the forefoot unlocked zoom could be popped in a short amount of time, you can find many complains online.
Second, this is a great sole, we all know it. But why don’t they simply add some melo elements in there, change them a little bit to show their sincerity? The simple answer is that Jordan Brand wants to save cost, and they foreseen that nobody would care about it and still buy these shoes.
I agree with you that the durability is something that should have been changed in the Melo M10s and if isn’t then that would be a legitimate reason they should have changed the flightplate system of the Melo M10s. But the cushioning of this shoe is internal so you can’t know for sure if if was fixed unless you dissect and can compare the differences between the M10s and Jordan 28s.
Fight fight fight oh snap crackle and pop
I really want these
Man, so much hate over the choice of a freakin’ mid/out-sole. That’s what’s wrong with the sneaker game, so much hate.
The unlocked zoom set-up and decoupled heel is amazing. The only point that I’m going to agree with you on is the durability issues.
So how bad are the durability issues? I’ve wanted a pair of shoes with this midsole setup for months, just not sure anymore because of the durability issues. It would be a pain in the ass to have to send these back to the US if the Zoom Air units pop.
For the record, I agree with Wuke. Jordan brand should have at least looked at the durability issues of the shoes and changed the design somewhat. Unless Melo himself requested the same exact midsole and outsole setup, it seems like Jordan brand is getting really lazy with Melo’s shoes these days. It doesn’t seem like they want to put anymore effort into them. I wonder if it’s because the Knicks suck and they don’t give a crap about him anymore.