Adidas Thread [12] - Post info, pics & questions here!

I had a team mate who used the LZ sl and they don't look good in person either. The material looks like plastic and very slippery in wet conditions. I really don't understand why adidas have painted some of the zones on, would have been nicer if they just had made 2-3 zones with rubber and take the other zones away from the boot.

hope you guys understand what I am trying to say, not so good in English

 

I wore the last gen LZ SL for 30 mins and sold them off. The entire upper was this horribly sticky plastic feeling stuff that may have had more grip than the rubber elements themselves. I was tripping over my self trying to dribble in those things it was a mess. Rubber elements and the upper itself, especially, should not interfere with dribbling. They should be used as an aid for ball striking only IMO.

 

Adidas F50 adiZero 4. Set to launch in december/2013.

Solar blue/solar zest/running white





Solar zest/blast purple/black



Running white/solar slime/running white

 

those whiteouts look very nice!

 

*Sigh* blades...

 

Look, I know they're basically everything that people have come to hate about football boot colourways - but miadidas' new camo options look absolutely killer:

 

the miadidas predators that have been coming out have been great looking.

 

The black/vivid berry is a women's colorway, it's up on soccerdotcom.

 

I saw that on fb too, GrassRouteOne and I thought that is such an amazing colorway and then realized its a miadidas.

 

Weird on those new F50s how the stripes are placed differently on synthetic vs leather versions. Not sure which I prefer at first glance.

 

They really should re-release the predator accelerators....how awesome would that be?

 

Would rather have a Mania or Precision, truly amazing boots. For pure nostalgia sake, a re-released pair of electricity/black accelerators would be pretty amazing. Look at how nice that leather looks...



If they could just remake something similar to the Mania and cut some weight off of it - gold. It seems so simple. Sadly, those days appear to be long gone...

 

I had those pairs but in white. My favorite boots.

 

May I be wrong. But the Adidas Catalogue says:

"Predator LZ TRX FG W
glow orange/collegiate purple/running white
running white/night shade f13/solar slime"

So, if isn't "W"...

 

Why new ones already? I mean, I know why. Because people who HAVE to have the latest and greatest will buy them, but it's all getting ridiculous. I think a two year life span and a new colorway every 3 or so months is the happy medium. The majority of the boot buying public probably use a pair for the better part of a year, so unless a person buys a particular pair of boots at launch, by the end of the boots' life they will be several colorways old and the new version will be out as well. Again, I'm not someone who has to have the newest stuff, but even I see that as a little unfair. All the more reason for the companies to not give two craps about durability.

On a semi related note....that feeling when you put on a pair of well broken in Copas.

 

Every boot should come out in a Cyan/White colorway like the first adizeros <3 lol

 

At some point I have to think most people will just stop buying boots at retail price. Why pay $220 when they'll be $150 in a couple months? If you're going to wear "outdated" boots, might as well get them for a bargain. And adidas seem to produce more boots than there is demand for, so they will be available. There are still full size runs of just about every F50 MiCoach colorway out there for around $100. Nike, on the other hand, seems to produce very limited quantities because retailers always sell out of the common sizes before they even get a chance to be marked down. I don't know why adidas doesn't do the same but I am certainly no complaining because I don't like to pay retail and I don't want to start.

 

Luckily I live right next to an adidas outlet that always has good deals. Got my F50 MiCoach leather (lab lime/white) for $100 (full size run) and now they're marked down to $60 (although few sizes left). They also had/have LZ in blue launch colorway for $100, now $70 with fewer sizes left. The whiteout synthetic F50 MiCoach for $100, not sure what they are now. 11Pro in blue for $60. Funny because they also have a ton of takedown indoor and turfs that are basically retail price, when you can get them deeply discounted elsewhere.

soccer.com also always has discounted past adidas colorways. At least in the F50 and 11Pro ranges. Not sure about the LZ because I'm not a fan of sticky stuff on my boots.

 

Sports Direct have so many of the previous F50's in a good run of sizes, it almost seems like a mistake was made somewhere and they made twice as many. Nike seem to have it spot on in terms of stock levels.

 

found a nice little video about the NC Technology