mollyfamwatLate morning on Tuesday April 30, just an hour or two after the Kobe 6 Protro was formally unveiled, Vanessa Bryant left Twitter with the following message: “I just wanted to reach out to the world and say this shoe is fire !!” With her husband, Kobe Bryant, watching, Bryant then posted a message on her Twitter feed highlighting the shoe’s colorway and design features.
This is the third installment of a series that seeks to provide answers to questions Nike has been receiving across social media platforms. Some of the questions are about the Kobe 6 Protro, which has a release date in the US of this Friday. Here are the answers to some of the submitted questions: The Protro is a new series of Nike Kobe 6 that was launched in Europe in November, and later came to America. The sneakers are designed to feature a thinner rubber sole and a more dynamic look.
Vanessa Bryant, the General Manager of Nike Basketball, recently had some important questions for Nike about the release of the Nike Kobe 6 Protro shoe.
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Nick DePaula Vanessa Bryant revealed in a series of social media posts earlier this week that she was completely surprised when she saw a photo of the shoe she helped design – a special black and white version of the Nike Kobe 6 Protro Mamba Forever model from her late husband Kobe Bryant’s signature series. The specific color scheme, with subtle gold accents, was created as a tribute to his daughter Gianna. He should be called MAMBACITA, like the exclusive color of her father’s black and white shoes, she wrote in a post. I chose colors in honor of her uniform, the number 2 she wore as well as her uniform, the inner pattern, Kobe and Gigi on the back in gold instead of Kobe’s signature, the details of the inner shoe [butterfly, wings, halo], etc. The sneaker, which was developed in collaboration with Nike almost a year ago, was originally supposed to be released this summer, but was postponed indefinitely after Vanessa and Kobe Bryant Estate decided earlier this year not to renew their contract with Nike. 
The heel features Kobe and Gigi’s names on either side of the shoe, as well as the Mamba M logo, which is 100% owned by Kobe Bryant’s estate. Kobe Bryant Estate has also filed trademark applications in the field of footwear and apparel for other terms such as Mambacita, Mamba League, Lil’ Mambas, Kobe Bryant, Play Gigi’s Way and others. @brandon1an According to Vanessa Bryant, the shoes were meant to raise money for the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation and to support sports initiatives for young girls following the helicopter crash on Jan. 26. 2020 that killed Bryant, Gianna and seven other passengers. MAMBACITA shoes are NOT for sale, she wrote. I was going to sell them in honor of my daughter and donate all proceeds to our @mambamacitasports foundation, but I didn’t renegotiate my contract with Nike and decided not to sell these shoes. (MAMBACITA shoes have not even been approved for production yet). Nike did not send any of these pairs to my daughters or me. I don’t know how anyone else managed to get hold of the shoes I made in honor of my daughter Gigi, when we don’t have them. I hope these sneakers weren’t out of stock. @nike The confusion surrounding the sneaker’s potential release is due to several calendar quirks from the shoe manufacturer, detailed contract terms approaching the deadline, and a crucial delivery error to and from Nike’s official UK retailer. The shoe has not yet been officially released, as Nike does not plan to do so until a new deal is reached with Vanessa and Kobe Bryant’s estate, sources said. Nike representatives were unable to comment when contacted by ESPN. Vanessa Bryant, contacted for comment, was not available. This weekend she celebrated her daughter Natalia’s graduation from high school. Kobe Bryant’s initial contract extension with Nike was for five years and went into effect the day of the Lakers star’s last NBA game in 2016. She’s at 13. April has expired. The Kobe Mamba Forever sneaker was designed almost a year ago and launched between 10/28/20 and 13/1/21 at Nike’s factory in Vietnam, as indicated by the Kobe 6 Protro label. These deadlines fall well before the expiry of the contract. The release was supposed to be in the summer, but contract negotiations stalled and plans were halted in April. Typically, sneaker samples in specific colors are created about a year in advance for future retail sales in size 9 and receive final confirmation about eight months in advance so that subtle changes can be made and implemented before going into production. The first week of production (IPW) begins in the brand’s partner factories in Asia five to eight months before the release date, and production of a full batch of pairs takes a few months. For branded sneakers, which also require an endorsement agreement between the partner and the brand, a clause in each contract allows the company to put the sneaker into production before expiration if there are already retail orders for the model, and to resell the shoes after the expiration of the contract. While this is rare, there are a few examples in the industry, such as. B. when John Wall’s Adidas JWall 2 sneakers were made available to retailers in the fall of 2015, after his contract with the company expired in October of that year. Although Bryant’s contract expired in April, another version of the Kobe 6 was released overseas in May, with a U.S. release date of May 11. The month of June is expected. The white, black and yellow model, dubbed the Playoff Pack a decade ago, is the original color combination Bryant wore at the end of the 2010-11 season. It was expected that the POP version would be the last Nike Kobe release in the near future as contract negotiations continue. The shoe’s brand label shows a production date from 11/11/20 to 1/30/21 at Nike’s factory in Vietnam, which is also the period of Bryant’s previous contract. The 23rd. In April, 10 days after her contract expired, Vanessa Bryant posted her pair of white POP 6s with the words 2 More Drops. Vanessa Bryant says 2 more Kobe releases coming pic.twitter.com/fJA9zraPPg – Nick DePaula (@NickDePaula) April 24, 2021 Less than a month later, the gold and purple glitter Kobe 5 protro was released the week of the 2020 Hall of Fame ceremony which has been moved to mid-May 2021. The shoe was originally developed over a year ago and was supposed to be released in the fall of 2020, but was then delayed due to a new Hall of Fame dedication date in 2021, when Vanessa spoke on Bryant’s behalf at the Hall of Fame dedication ceremony. Days before the recent Hall of Fame ceremony, leaks appeared on the 12th. The first images of the Kobe 6 Mamba Forever model have leaked. User @Brandon1an posted images of the black and white sneakers, clearly showing the Gigi and Kobe lettering on the heels and #2 jersey, and revealing the expected summer release date and $180 price tag. Over the past month, a series of shipping errors have led to a small number of customers in the UK mixing up and buying the Mamba Forever edition of the Kobe 6 model. Footpatrol London, the UK’s leading sneaker store, accidentally received several copies of the Mamba Forever Kobe 6 over a month ago. Normally, the sneakers are shipped to retailers in boxes of 12 pairs a few weeks before release. The shipment would include a white POP color, which Footpatrol planned to sell through a general lottery system in mid-May. The style code for POP is CW2190-100 and the style code for Mamba Forever is CW2190-002. The retailer then mistakenly sent a pair of Mamba Forever sneakers to the winners of the raffle. After noticing the error, the store contacted customers via email with the following message We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen circumstances, an error occurred in your Nike Kobe VI Protro order and you received the wrong item. If you wish to return an item, you can do so free of charge using the return label included in your package. Please accept our apologies, thank you. TEAM FP Apparently, none of the sneakers were returned to Footpatrol because the buyers immediately recognized what they had taken. Footpatrol did not respond to a request for comment or confirm the accident on social media. Miles Lomas, a 22-year-old British sneaker collector, immediately tried to get his hands on a pair after noticing a delivery error in mid-May. It was a photo of Lomas posted on his Instagram page @Milo_Sneakz that went viral this week and was eventually spotted by Vanessa Bryant, who shared it along with her textual statement in a two-image post on Instagram. At one point, Vanessa’s post contained over 9,500 user comments, most of which criticized Nike and felt the shoes had already been released. Comments have since been disabled and are no longer visible. Bryant also posted on his Instagram a screenshot of a comment from a user stating that Footpatrol London had accidentally sent the wrong shoes to customers who had won the lottery. She drew attention to the comment by circling it in pink and putting a question mark next to it. I didn’t win the Footpatrol lottery, Lomas said in a phone interview with ESPN. Someone won the Footpatrol lottery, and I’ve seen people writing about it in UK buying and selling groups. Three weeks ago I paid £420 [about $600] for my pair. I knew something was wrong. Of course, when Gigi’s name was on it and the fact that Vanessa has all the characters from the logo on the back, I thought something was wrong. I thought so: I wish I had bought some. He confirmed that the Mamba Forever sneaker label in his possession shows a production date of November 2020. After purchasing his pair, Lomas arranged for the purchase of another pair for a buyer in the United States for $900. As a former shoe salesman, he believes that two or three boxes of shoes were sent to Footpatrol in error, which inadvertently put dozens of pairs of shoes in the hands of customers, even though Nike had no intention of distributing them. After the shoes appeared sporadically online at sneaker markets, Milwaukee Bucks star Chris Middleton bought a pair and wore them in Game 4 of the first round against the Miami Heat on the 29th. May. 
I really don’t understand why my photo has caused such absolute chaos, said Lomas, who also mentioned that Middleton was in the photo. I was scrolling through Instagram and saw my right hand in seven of the 15 posts [in a row]. An avid NBA fan, Lomas has collected Kobe Bryant sneakers for many years and travels to the United States to attend NBA games in person. He even managed to attend a Lakers game in Brooklyn late in Bryant’s career. His brother’s son was named after Lakers star Kobe in 2019. After seeing Vanessa’s message stating that she had not yet received the shoes herself, Lomas said he had written her a direct message offering to send her a pair, but that she had not yet responded. I just wanted people to know they were there. I felt sorry for Vanessa. I’d like to send him my pair. Since the 14th century. In May, 51 pairs of the Mamba Forever model were sold on the sneaker resale market StockX. Prices initially hovered around $1,000, but rose immediately after Vanessa Bryant’s Q3 announcement. June. A size 10 pair recently sold for $3,300. By Friday afternoon, 26 pairs of shoes in sizes 8 to 13 had gone on sale, with prices ranging from $7,500 to $15,000. Some pairs were offered for sale for $141,274 and $100,000. Just before 8:00. StockX removed all sneaker ads on Friday, eastern time. The GOAT app currently has no listings for this shoe on the market, limiting users to creating a sales page for this particular colorway, although dozens of other Kobe 6 colorways have active listings. eBay is actively removing listings for just the Mamba Forever colorway. According to brand sources, there are currently no plans to officially release the Mamba Forever colorway for the Kobe 6. Although thousands of pairs have already been produced, production of the shoes has been suspended indefinitely and will only resume if a new contractual agreement is reached with Kobe Bryant’s estate. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin contributed to this report.
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