New Balance # containment thread

[sadnocomply]

It looks like someone slapped an N on a lynx zero or something and they look really skinny. I get its runner/chiller inspired. But I think the 808’s and 1010’s have a way superior shape. Also $130 is insane in today’s world. Numeric is always on sale, I’ll try these out when they are $69 clearance in a few months 

[whale]

Lynx-max

[Daydream]

Lynx comparisons I don’t see at all - those things have a huge ass sidewall/misole. Cliff toe. Overall bulk including tongue. Nothing similar about the uppers… I’m lost but ok

[Mc89]

I don’t see lynx at all, but i do see Dyrdek 10 similarities with the toe cap.

Runner toe to me doesn’t automatically scream lynx

[WPG]

Heel of the outsole gives me Skechers vibes. Pass, unless they look better in person

[Mc89]

Not even remotely close.

[sadnocomply]

it’s just laughable but okay yall lol. Give me an 808 especially those Roland jawns all fucking day over that

[Atiba Applebum]

Finally looked deep and really liked them.   Using the inner shoe angle because it’s a flat perspective makes it pop a lot more than the regular angled perspective.

Based off the angles seen on Reynolds’s feet, I think the shoe will come to life for some when they see that size perspective because it doesn’t seem as big as the Lynx when we see on foot pics.   Also think it has a great look down design, especially on the wheat pair


Surprised that colorway is listed as Grey Day.   I thought the official grey was that heather/lighter grey, but kinda dig the darker   When I was zooming past, it looked Blue to me and in those Reynolds pics of him wearing them

[BeachChicken]

I hope for Reynolds' sake they do better than the reception so far in this thread.

[MusclesMarinara]

The Brown and Grey cw’s are the clear winners. The all Green is okay but the black/green is off with the all white sole. If it was black or even gum I’d feel like it meld better with those 2 cw’s.

[rikki]

I hope for Reynolds' sake they do better than the reception so far in this thread.

Dude this is Slap and an NB# fanboy thread. Most of the initial haters here are gonna buy the shoe anyway and later act like they were on the forefront of something great when the pics were leaked here.

[rikki]

Anyway, wheat colorway looks ok, but the other cw's are ass ugly. Why go full nuclear with the dadness?

I bet the shoe is gonna look great with some less mature colorways. Dads have the dough, though, so.

[swanronson]

Top down view sold it for me. Can see it’s gonna skate well. NB need to get some better photos out there asap cause those are terrible and ain’t doing the shoe justice.

[ScandiAndy]

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Does anyone know if the 440 High V2 Justin Henry model will be available in Europe? It’s been on the American NB website for a while now, but the German and Danish NB sites still don’t have it stocked. I need it!!

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Gently bumping this one. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!

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Sorry Andy, I blew it on replying to this.  We only made these for the US/Canada and not for EMEA.  Sorry!  Shoot me a DM though with your details and I'll take care of you.  SLAP special treatment.

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Holy shit that IS a Christmas miracle! You guys are unbelievable (shout out Mr Applebum). If I wasn't already an NB# lifer already that certainly sealed the deal. Will hit you up. Hope you're all having an excellent holiday over there.

Hi @rothdigga, I received a UPS package! My girlfriend couldn't believe it, "so a guy that works for New Balance, sent a pair of shoes from the US because they're not available over here... for free.. because you posted on a skateboard forum!?" Yup indeed, he did. Again, honestly speechless about the level of customer service here, unreal. You guys truly rock, thanks so much for doing this. The Henrys join my growing 440V2 lineup, amazing shoes. I've struggled with gout for two years and these work really well with my left big toe/joint situation. Looking forward to getting through all these when spring hits over here. I've only skated the two blue pairs so far (these are my popping foot, don't do switch, old dad fart) and they've been fantastic. Anywho, back to the scheduled Reynolds 933 talk

 

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

The only reason people are comparing it to a lynx is because of that little runner strip on the toe tip. This is a great design . That leak sites pics definitely don’t do the shoe justice. Because the shoe looks way better on the thrasher cover and you can barely see it.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Does anyone know if the 440 High V2 Justin Henry model will be available in Europe? It’s been on the American NB website for a while now, but the German and Danish NB sites still don’t have it stocked. I need it!!

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Gently bumping this one. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!

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Sorry Andy, I blew it on replying to this.  We only made these for the US/Canada and not for EMEA.  Sorry!  Shoot me a DM though with your details and I'll take care of you.  SLAP special treatment.

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Holy shit that IS a Christmas miracle! You guys are unbelievable (shout out Mr Applebum). If I wasn't already an NB# lifer already that certainly sealed the deal. Will hit you up. Hope you're all having an excellent holiday over there.

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Hi @rothdigga, I received a UPS package! My girlfriend couldn't believe it, "so a guy that works for New Balance, sent a pair of shoes from the US because they're not available over here... for free.. because you posted on a skateboard forum!?" Yup indeed, he did. Again, honestly speechless about the level of customer service here, unreal. You guys truly rock, thanks so much for doing this. The Henrys join my growing 440V2 lineup, amazing shoes. I've struggled with gout for two years and these work really well with my left big toe/joint situation. Looking forward to getting through all these when spring hits over here. I've only skated the two blue pairs so far (these are my popping foot, don't do switch, old dad fart) and they've been fantastic. Anywho, back to the scheduled Reynolds 933 talk

 

Oof gout sucks.   But easily manageable if you get the right prescriptions

[munchbox]

neither the og/numeric 993 do it for me
but then again, i frown on cosplaying fatherhood
may the dads enjoy

[moonordie]

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Does anyone know if the 440 High V2 Justin Henry model will be available in Europe? It’s been on the American NB website for a while now, but the German and Danish NB sites still don’t have it stocked. I need it!!

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Gently bumping this one. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!

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Sorry Andy, I blew it on replying to this.  We only made these for the US/Canada and not for EMEA.  Sorry!  Shoot me a DM though with your details and I'll take care of you.  SLAP special treatment.

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Holy shit that IS a Christmas miracle! You guys are unbelievable (shout out Mr Applebum). If I wasn't already an NB# lifer already that certainly sealed the deal. Will hit you up. Hope you're all having an excellent holiday over there.

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Hi @rothdigga, I received a UPS package! My girlfriend couldn't believe it, "so a guy that works for New Balance, sent a pair of shoes from the US because they're not available over here... for free.. because you posted on a skateboard forum!?" Yup indeed, he did. Again, honestly speechless about the level of customer service here, unreal. You guys truly rock, thanks so much for doing this. The Henrys join my growing 440V2 lineup, amazing shoes. I've struggled with gout for two years and these work really well with my left big toe/joint situation. Looking forward to getting through all these when spring hits over here. I've only skated the two blue pairs so far (these are my popping foot, don't do switch, old dad fart) and they've been fantastic. Anywho, back to the scheduled Reynolds 933 talk

 

Stoked for you!
I'm still suffering about those 480 Natas never coming to Europe. When they came out I checked everywhere in the EU just in case and no luck. Ordering from the US was way too expensive and as usual I already had way too many NB# shoes. I still do but you all know how it goes

[fulfillthedream]

got a used pair of the grey day 1010s... i love the 1010s so much im afraid that the 933s won't be the same :/

[rothdigga]

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Does anyone know if the 440 High V2 Justin Henry model will be available in Europe? It’s been on the American NB website for a while now, but the German and Danish NB sites still don’t have it stocked. I need it!!

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Gently bumping this one. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!

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Sorry Andy, I blew it on replying to this.  We only made these for the US/Canada and not for EMEA.  Sorry!  Shoot me a DM though with your details and I'll take care of you.  SLAP special treatment.

[close]

Holy shit that IS a Christmas miracle! You guys are unbelievable (shout out Mr Applebum). If I wasn't already an NB# lifer already that certainly sealed the deal. Will hit you up. Hope you're all having an excellent holiday over there.

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Hi @rothdigga, I received a UPS package! My girlfriend couldn't believe it, "so a guy that works for New Balance, sent a pair of shoes from the US because they're not available over here... for free.. because you posted on a skateboard forum!?" Yup indeed, he did. Again, honestly speechless about the level of customer service here, unreal. You guys truly rock, thanks so much for doing this. The Henrys join my growing 440V2 lineup, amazing shoes. I've struggled with gout for two years and these work really well with my left big toe/joint situation. Looking forward to getting through all these when spring hits over here. I've only skated the two blue pairs so far (these are my popping foot, don't do switch, old dad fart) and they've been fantastic. Anywho, back to the scheduled Reynolds 933 talk

 

I'm just glad those finally made it to you.  I kept getting UPS messages and honestly thought they were spam/phishing ones cause they went to my gmail and not my NB account.  But I shipped those back in early Jan so it only took a month...ha.  Stoked you got some.

[Made In China]

Yeah those Lynx look nothing like the 993s. They sound similar on paper, but the paneling is completely different and even the soles are fairly different shapes.

I would bet money that once on feet pictures and footage come out of the 993s, people will start switching up their opinions on it.

[DCLOVE]

Did anyone end up recording the Reynolds/ Jeff mikut talk from that show?

[Atiba Applebum]

Did anyone end up recording the Reynolds/ Jeff mikut talk from that show?

Hasn’t happened yet

[rothdigga]

Did anyone end up recording the Reynolds/ Jeff mikut talk from that show?

Still a couple of weeks away.  Slow Impact is Feb. 21-23 in Az. 

[ScandiAndy]

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Does anyone know if the 440 High V2 Justin Henry model will be available in Europe? It’s been on the American NB website for a while now, but the German and Danish NB sites still don’t have it stocked. I need it!!

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Gently bumping this one. Hoping for a Christmas miracle!

[close]

Sorry Andy, I blew it on replying to this.  We only made these for the US/Canada and not for EMEA.  Sorry!  Shoot me a DM though with your details and I'll take care of you.  SLAP special treatment.

[close]

Holy shit that IS a Christmas miracle! You guys are unbelievable (shout out Mr Applebum). If I wasn't already an NB# lifer already that certainly sealed the deal. Will hit you up. Hope you're all having an excellent holiday over there.

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Hi @rothdigga, I received a UPS package! My girlfriend couldn't believe it, "so a guy that works for New Balance, sent a pair of shoes from the US because they're not available over here... for free.. because you posted on a skateboard forum!?" Yup indeed, he did. Again, honestly speechless about the level of customer service here, unreal. You guys truly rock, thanks so much for doing this. The Henrys join my growing 440V2 lineup, amazing shoes. I've struggled with gout for two years and these work really well with my left big toe/joint situation. Looking forward to getting through all these when spring hits over here. I've only skated the two blue pairs so far (these are my popping foot, don't do switch, old dad fart) and they've been fantastic. Anywho, back to the scheduled Reynolds 933 talk

 

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I'm just glad those finally made it to you.  I kept getting UPS messages and honestly thought they were spam/phishing ones cause they went to my gmail and not my NB account.  But I shipped those back in early Jan so it only took a month...ha.  Stoked you got some.

Hehe, yeah the UPS tracking list was crazy long when I finally received a link. My bad for not providing an e-mail in the first place, that was pretty stupid. I really do appreciate it a whole lot. Super stoked for these, they look and feel sick, gout and all!!

[Sila]

I'm always overly concerned about people's eye for detail here once the shoe comparisons start. How do get a Lynx from looking at the Reynolds? It's just that tiny piece on the front of the toe that's similar

[Atiba Applebum]

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Did anyone end up recording the Reynolds/ Jeff mikut talk from that show?

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Still a couple of weeks away.  Slow Impact is Feb. 21-23 in Az.

Anyone going to talk about the move in apparel/soft goods?  Curious about move in terms of how the company planned on that next step of the program and why it took until now to give it a shot

[fakiefs180]

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Did anyone end up recording the Reynolds/ Jeff mikut talk from that show?

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Still a couple of weeks away.  Slow Impact is Feb. 21-23 in Az.

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Anyone going to talk about the move in apparel/soft goods?  Curious about move in terms of how the company planned on that next step of the program and why it took until now to give it a shot

Maybe they didn't see the demand for a numeric branded apparel line. Or some conflicting interests with clothing sponsors? If you ride for New Balance Numeric, can you also ride for Huf for example? I don't know how that all works. And the numeric apparel seems to be a bit more specific for skateboarding, stretchy pants and all that. And that the clothing line has the # after the NB branding which is cool but also not that much of a difference. Did anyone already got some Numeric apparel in hands? Should be the same quality as the regular NB line, right?

[Mongo Lloyd]

I'm always overly concerned about people's eye for detail here once the shoe comparisons start. How do get a Lynx from looking at the Reynolds? It's just that tiny piece on the front of the toe that's similar

Thickness of the sole, and the shape of the sole/shoe. Upper isn’t similar, but the foundation of the shoe is.

[mindfuzz]

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I'm always overly concerned about people's eye for detail here once the shoe comparisons start. How do get a Lynx from looking at the Reynolds? It's just that tiny piece on the front of the toe that's similar

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Thickness of the sole, and the shape of the sole/shoe. Upper isn’t similar, but the foundation of the shoe is.

The shape is similar in that they're both shoes. DCs are just so clunky and boxy in general but especially the Lynx. The 933s just look like a simplified version of classic NB dad runners which I assume is exactly what they were going for.