f o o d 4 t h o u g h t: a j v i "i n f r a r e d s"

I don't know bout you but there was a lot of hype in the latter part of 2009 surrounding the AJ VI Infrared rumoured release. As the months passed, JB announced that the AJ VI's would see a Varisty Red release instead and left many Jordanheads disappointed and heated. This decision left many to forgo this purchase as they didn't want to buy a "cheaper" alternative to the real deal. This was apparent with all online retailers having a full size run available even to this day for this colourway.

So we know 2010 is the year of the VI and JB has decided to be so kind and rob bless us with the re-release of the beloved Infrareds in a two pack (Black/Infrareds & White/Infrareds). With a tentative release date of June of this year, many Jordanheads were anticipating images of this release to quench their hunger for this iconic colourway. Most recently, a lot of the sneakerblogs have posted images of the infrareds from the pack which have left a lot of sneakerheads asking themselves what the difference is between these and the varsitys that dropped in January.

In my opinion, I don't really see a major difference between the two with the exception of the shade of red being only a smidgen lighter than the varsitys. I don't know about you but I know many ppl will be coppin these based on the fact that their the infrareds and nothing more. If you ask me, if you already copped a pair of the varsitys I'd save your money for some other retros like the XIII's, XI's or IX's.

What do YOU think? Will YOU be coppin?

P.S. Can you tell if the image posted here is the Varsitys or the Infrareds?