“Eventually, everybody who wants to get Yeezys will get Yeezys; adidas has promised me that,” said Kanye West in 2015.
Yeezys are probably one of the most sought after sneakers in the world today — some pairs are re-sold for $1000 over retail price. The reason for this, more than likely, is scarcity. There extremely limited amount of sneakers being released all over the world, adding to the hype that these sneakers are “it.”
As such, some consumers have resorted to using bots to get their hands on more than one pair of sneakers, which was made even more egregious when a video surfaced online of two alleged hackers of the adidas Confirmed app getting beaten up in China for reserving 80 pairs of the adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 ‘Zebra’.
This is a far cry from Wests’ words of calm and patience when it came to sneakers. “I just wanna make sure that we keep it safe. I’ve heard about people getting hurt for sneakers in the past, and I just want everyone to be safe and be patient — just be patient,” he told Ryan Seacrest in 2015.
adidas has been very secretive about exactly how many pairs of Yeezys are actually produced. Famed Yeezy leaker, Yeezy Mafia, released the following infographic on the amount of Yeezy Boost 350 V2s that were released. Mind you, the graphic does not include the original Yeezy Boost 350, the Boost 750, or the adidas Yeezy Powerphase — as well as any actual numbers, so take this with a grain of salt.
What is interesting to note is that apart from the three 350 V2s that were released on Black Friday 2016, the number of Yeezys being released is gradually increasing, as seen with the ‘Zebra’ re-release not too long ago. However, what is even more interesting is that, if this graph is correct, three more 350 V2s are scheduled to release by the end of 2017: the ‘Beluga 2.0’, ‘Blue Tint’, and the ‘Semi-Frozen Yellow’ — all of which are expected to release in extremely limited quantities.
If this trend is to be believed, the next three releases of the 350 V2s should have even more Yeezys available for purchase, which could be good news for the average consumer. In spite of that, there will, undoubtably, be more hackers and bots waiting to cheat the system and take some away from said consumers, which sadly, that is the nature of hyped-up sneakers.
Does the rarity of Yeezys add to the appeal or is it just fuel for more sneaker violence and bots? Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
bruh the picture you used for the article are fake yeezys look at the stripe lol