There was a stretch where 2nd wave eS was releasing some completely new models with a lot of hidden / subtle tech in slimmer silhouettes but they rarely seemed to make it past one season, so they started doing all Accel based things, and now are trying to capitalize on the bulky DC nostalgia trend. So complaining about their shoes being shitty reissues or all variations on a theme is because their more unique models didn't sell. But I wonder if their wave of more subtle tech was just slightly ahead of the curve and those models would do better now.