Jordan 5 Grey/Green vs. Jordan 5 3M sample
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This is a side by side comparison between the Grey/Green Jordan 5 being released to the public and the sample pair of 3M/Green Jordan 5s.The word from a Nike sales rep is that the 3M Air Jordans were canceled due to the material cracking and splitting after use. The concept is mind boggling, but a pair of cracked 3M kicks wouldn’t look so hot after a few games on the blacktop.
We have several side by side comparison thanks to our friends at kenlu.net. Release Date: 09/23/2006 |






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im getting these 5’s there hot
Comment by armandi — July 6, 2006 @ 10:26 am
Man da white/grey & green ones look way betta den da grey & green bean ones. They need 2 come out wit da whites & cancel da green bean ones fo real
Comment by Marq Lock — July 6, 2006 @ 10:31 am
“Man da white/grey & green ones look way betta den da grey & green bean ones. They need 2 come out wit da whites & cancel da green bean ones fo real” - Marq Lock
I think that the concept of doing an all 3M was an amazing concept. I am just not a huge fan of the color of the green with the grey.
After seeing the samples tho, I am in the hunt for a pair of those no matter the price. Definately a HG of samples!
Comment by admin — July 6, 2006 @ 10:34 am
they straight I just might buy a pair
Comment by E.G. — July 6, 2006 @ 11:42 am
they both tight but the one’s on the right is hard as hell man.
Comment by jermaine — July 6, 2006 @ 11:45 am
why did green have to be the accent color?
Comment by FS — July 6, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
those is sike wit it..
Comment by conner — July 6, 2006 @ 12:53 pm
I love the nice kicks on nice kicks.com
Comment by Cameron Banks — July 6, 2006 @ 1:05 pm
[...] Want to take a look at the difference between the Grey/Green Nike Air Jordan 5’s and the 3M Jordan 5’s? Then head over to nicekicks.com. The word from a Nike sales rep is that the 3M pair was cancelled due to the material cracking and splitting after use. The concept is mind boggling, but a pair of cracked 3M kicks wouldn’t look so hot after a few games on the blacktop. [...]
Pingback by Kickability » Blog Archive » Nike Air Jordan 5 Grey/Green vs. Air Jordan 5 3M Sample — July 6, 2006 @ 1:34 pm
Yep…. I’ll have a pair of these soon as they touch down!
Comment by S Dot — July 6, 2006 @ 1:48 pm
THESE 5′S HOTT BUT DAT LIGHT GREEN MESSED IT UP.
Comment by MJ — July 6, 2006 @ 2:08 pm
aaah.. dey both ugly.. green is not mah color!
Comment by moneymike — July 6, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
Tha 53m joints is hot they would b 2 sick if they released em. But they both is hot 2 me
Comment by Fr3ddy_P — July 6, 2006 @ 3:00 pm
I will get em but Im not gonna wear em. This color combo is a little too ugly for me to rock
Comment by Nino Flight — July 6, 2006 @ 4:48 pm
those V are fresh both pairs in the closet
Comment by biG diCc viCc — July 6, 2006 @ 5:29 pm
they look real dirty ya’ll need to stop puttin dirty sneakers on line!!
Comment by Mary — July 6, 2006 @ 8:02 pm
i aint even finna touch these ugly color 2 me
Comment by leon — July 6, 2006 @ 8:31 pm
im definetly getting those
Comment by Greg — July 6, 2006 @ 8:55 pm
dey ant dat qute c’mon now u can do better
Comment by kathy — July 6, 2006 @ 10:05 pm
these are crack
Comment by fr33m1nd420 — July 6, 2006 @ 10:45 pm
they r ugly but i rock them
Comment by kayla — July 6, 2006 @ 10:57 pm
yo those one on the left is rockin i gettin them…but the ones one the riight could sit down
Comment by kr33zYthInk — July 6, 2006 @ 11:09 pm
DATZ A CRAZY COLOR THE ONEZ ON DA RIGHT LOOK REALLY FRESH IF THE RELEASED THOSE THEY WOULD GET WAYYYYYYYY MORE MONEY THAN THE ONEZ ON THE LEEFT BUT THEY STILL REALL CRAZY!
Comment by C — July 6, 2006 @ 11:11 pm
the lighter one that look white looks best but the is still ugly
Comment by dequentis — July 7, 2006 @ 12:46 am
best green js ever
Comment by fatlife — July 7, 2006 @ 2:25 am
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly
Comment by jhette — July 7, 2006 @ 7:57 am
omg those 5s are so sexy
Comment by hasan — July 7, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
THE 3M/GREENS WOULDN’T LOOK SO HOT AFTA A FEW GAMEZ ON THA BLACKTOP? U RITE… CUZ DEY DONT LOOK SO HOT IN DA FIRST PLACE. THE 3M/GREENS KNEW WAT THEY WAS DOIN WEN THEY CRACKED. THEY WAS TRYNA COMMIT SUICIDE!!! I WOULD TOO IF I LOOKED LIKE DAT! ITS ALL ABOUT THE GRAY N GREENS TO THE LEFT. HaNdS DoWn!!!!! ILL ROCK THOSE SO MEAN.
Comment by jordanmiss dae — July 7, 2006 @ 4:47 pm
im gettin those 5’s they throwed i dont have green and i don’t have and green but i’m coptin those already what you know about p.a.t. already dem texas boyz.hahahahahahaha
Comment by willi b — July 7, 2006 @ 6:37 pm
u gotta be really thirsty to buythese shoes and thats a shame cause NIKE make these whack azz colors just forpeople who said they would buy them!!!SAD!!!!!!
Comment by jchild — July 8, 2006 @ 2:19 am
these shoes is hot!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by dustin — July 8, 2006 @ 12:19 pm
man da grey/bean green r de the best 5
Comment by coalton — July 8, 2006 @ 7:18 pm
These 5’s are not the truth. Gray and green bean just sounds ugly. They could’nt come out with anything better? The colorways their coming out with are just getting more ridiculous.
Comment by 10 plus — July 9, 2006 @ 3:50 pm
It Dont Matter These are UGLY!
Comment by Cchhaad — July 9, 2006 @ 11:04 pm
*****HELL YEA MOFO THEY IS FRESHHHH AZMIZ*****
BEST B’EVE THAT*****
Comment by DiAMOND — July 10, 2006 @ 1:00 am
these sneakers are not that hot how you thought they would be they are ugly if you think about it!!!!!!
Comment by charae — July 10, 2006 @ 10:42 am
Damn those iz s0 nice i see why nice kicks got these !!!!!!
Comment by A.C — July 10, 2006 @ 12:07 pm
These are ugly who ever like these they gay
Comment by Cchhaad — July 10, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
These are so ugly michael jordan probably wouldn’t get em’
Comment by Cchhaad — July 10, 2006 @ 1:29 pm
YALL DONT KNO ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING….HOW MANY TIMES DO I GOT TO SAY IT….STICK TO URE REEBOKS AND CHUCK TAYLORS….STAY AWAY FROM RETROS UNLESS YOU A TRU J WALKER AND EVEN YALL KNO YALL AINT….QUIT DREAMIN PEOPLE YALL AINT GOT NO MONEY!…ILL BE ROCKIN THESE THO BELEIVE THAT DONT GET MAD YALL KNO THESE J’S TOO HOT FOR YALL WANNABE’S
Comment by ya boy be eazy — July 11, 2006 @ 11:45 pm
ya boy be eazy……… n*gga stop being a hata
Comment by Tahjari — July 12, 2006 @ 12:05 am
numba 40 wow u gotta lotta mouth only dees j’s is only $135 i don’t mean to sound cocky but who can’t afford dees
Comment by JaJuan — July 12, 2006 @ 12:11 am
a Jajuan ya boy be eazy cant number 40 shut the hell up
Comment by Tahjari — July 12, 2006 @ 12:14 am
Damnnn! These are clean don’t matter what color the shoe is these are the retro 5s a classic only true j walkers will have these boys foreal.And once again you already know what i am about to say about these DAMNNNN!AND CHURCHHHHHHH!.J Walker.
Comment by J walker — July 14, 2006 @ 1:12 am
yo the one on the left is better, ive had material like the one on the right before and its not good.
Comment by gstreetz — July 14, 2006 @ 4:35 pm
THE 1 ON THE RIGHT R BETTER BUT BHOUT OF THEM SHOULD COME OUT
Comment by jordanxiv707 — July 15, 2006 @ 6:20 pm
IF ANYONE COPS THESE. I WILL SMACK YALL,PERIOD
Comment by Kevin — July 15, 2006 @ 11:16 pm
they alight
Comment by i stay fresh to deaf — July 16, 2006 @ 12:47 am
these ishes r ugly!!!!!! as hell 4 real!!!!
Comment by boomsheka — July 16, 2006 @ 3:42 pm
The 3M version looks tighter IMO but I understand that there were to many quality issues so I’ll settle for the Nubuck version instead. These Retro V’s look insane!!!!!
Comment by JayFear — July 20, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
jordan doin his thang
Comment by anna — July 21, 2006 @ 12:39 am
These are on my MAYBE list, the other 5’s are DePHInites those might be nice wit a pink polo with a light green jocky on em lol….And I will rock it….
Comment by Prettyboy3 — July 21, 2006 @ 3:59 am
ONLY A REAL G CAN PULL THESE OFF N IM JUS DAT TYPE OF DUDE
Comment by RAY — July 22, 2006 @ 6:27 pm
anna black and ugly!!!!!!!! hahahahaha(lol)
Comment by leandra .G. — July 23, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
Them hard i would get them if they was white
Comment by Tipp — July 23, 2006 @ 10:46 pm
Not all that- I wont buy these. I got my eyes set on the military blue IV’s
Comment by Ashley — July 24, 2006 @ 2:55 am
MJ keep it pimpin, these kicks are church! Will be made for true players and hustlers.
Comment by T-Shake — July 28, 2006 @ 2:14 am
man those shoes are fresh
Comment by chuy — July 28, 2006 @ 3:01 am
ugly!!! green and grey, what are u thinking JORDAN BRAND???
Comment by 23fan4life — July 31, 2006 @ 1:29 am
i like da crome ones even more …i wud crush dos aye!
Comment by kix r breakin necks — July 31, 2006 @ 3:57 pm
ashley sit on my face wearin these
Comment by Plips — August 2, 2006 @ 1:09 am
i would just get air jordan 5 3m
Comment by sneakerfreaker — August 3, 2006 @ 8:21 pm
yo i would get this 5s there hot
Comment by jony — August 5, 2006 @ 11:37 pm
3′m ishot+they look way better
Comment by 27dub rr — August 7, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Them shoes got it going on hell yeah im going to get them hoes
Comment by jesus — August 18, 2006 @ 11:09 am
are this shoes goin to be on sale in all the stores like foot locker
Comment by ecua — August 26, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Sale these kicks at NIKE FACTORY NOW. CAUSE, THESE WILL NOT SALE OUT, RIGHT OFF THE SHELVES, RIGHT THE WAY. “HULK” SHOULD WEAR THESE.
Comment by nike1428 — August 26, 2006 @ 11:57 pm
omg……damnnnnn!!!!
Comment by luis — August 28, 2006 @ 12:58 am
Man im grabbin em period just cuz they’re V’s and im grabbin all the V’s but that 3m material shouldnt be used because as it says above it craccs easily and its bright as hell!!
Comment by J. Sligh — September 1, 2006 @ 6:47 am
too sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!
Comment by BJ — September 4, 2006 @ 12:11 am
@re this shoes goin 2 be on sale at FOOTLOCKER
Comment by HOMIE — September 4, 2006 @ 4:40 pm
those jordanz are crack im waken up at 5 2 go get thode 5z
Comment by caleeb brown — September 14, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
They are not coming out in 3m material.. They are being released in a reflective material similar to 3m but not as bright when the light hits it. “General Release”.. meaning that they are gonna be in just about every sneaker store.. so it wont be so hard to find them……… reflective material only for mens sizes.
Comment by DONER washington heights NYC — September 19, 2006 @ 2:07 pm
Maine I love Jordans and thats what that is and gon always be 4eva
Comment by Lil NEE-NEE — October 2, 2006 @ 5:27 pm
the green should be red..=]…lol ummmmm green to birght
Comment by yo mamy — December 27, 2006 @ 6:02 pm
i got dees on my feet right now
Comment by Desi boo — January 15, 2007 @ 11:12 am
CAN U EMAIL THAT AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH WILL IT COST FOR THE JORDAN 5 GRAY AND GREEN
Comment by TONY — January 21, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
MAN THESE JORDANS R HELLA CLEAN MAN
Comment by 0$(@R — March 7, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
green is the best
Comment by sky hi — March 18, 2007 @ 8:40 am
2 ME THA 5′Z R THA ILLE$t
Comment by KENNY B. — June 23, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
HOLLA BACK!! mah girl got these on.. they hot as fuxx.
Comment by robbyharm — November 26, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
YEAH I GOT DA ONES ON DA LEFT DEY SO COMCOMFOTABLE
Comment by LIL-CED — February 25, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Baby its cold outside ringtone.
Baby its cold outside ringtone.
Trackback by Baby its cold outside ringtone. — May 29, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
Beb8.
Beb8.
Trackback by Beb8. — May 31, 2008 @ 7:23 pm