The New Jordans 2017 released on October 24th, 2009 and retailed for $150. The inspiration behind this Air Jordan 12 comes from Japan’s rising sun flag. Featuring a White upper with perforations that creates a rising sun pattern throughout the upper. For color, Red appears on the tongue and heel along with Black hits.The Air Jordan XII was originally released from 1996-’97. Five colorways were released and they were the first Air Jordan to feature Zoom Air. They were retroed for the first time from 2003-’04. The first run of the Air Jordan 12 Retro also included the first-ever ‘online exclusive’ release for Jordan Brand, the ‘Nubuck’ colorway. Needless to say, the site wasn’t prepared for this and the amount of traffic caused nike.com to crash.2009 marked the second run for the Air Jordan 12 Retro. Kicking things off was the re-release of the former online exclusive ‘Nubuck’ edition. Three more colorways would release after that, which included the ‘Rising Sun’ edition which was re-called due to its offensive insoles and released a couple months after their original scheduled date.
This Jordans For Sale is being called the “Rising Sun” AJ XII because of it’s perforated leather panels on the shoe’s upper. The inspiration comes from the Japanese “Rising Sun” flag. This Jordan XII features an all White upper with minimal hints of Varsity Red. The shoe’s inside is the only part of the shoe that will be Black.The clean all-white Air Jordan Retro XII releases at Foot Locker this Saturday, 11/21. The release date got flip-flopped back in October, so we wanted to make sure you were still on the correct date.The “Rising Sun” Air Jordan 12 was the first new colorway of its model to debut in 2009. During its launch, the model didn’t receive a huge buzz for sneaker enthusiasts but in todays era if released things would be a bit different. Let us know what you think of the “Rising Sun” Air Jordan 12 in the comments.The Air Jordan XII is once again the source of controversy, as a Korean publication reports that a local activist is upset with the sneaker's resemblance to Japan's Rising Sun Flag.According to The Korea Times, professor Seo Kyoung-duk penned a letter to Michael Jordan, Nike CEO Mark Parker, designer Tinker Hatfield, and six other unnamed Nike executives to express his concerns over the sneaker's signature upper design, which has drawn comparisons to the Japanese military flag.
2017 Air Jordan Shoes ins’t done regurgitating the 12’s yet; they have already brought back the French blue, the Flu Game, and have also managed to release in the mix three new colorways- the alternate, the black nylon and the wool.They were only available to ‘Team Jordan’ members (registered members of Jumpman23.com/NikeStore.com) who were mailed, yes mailed (not e-mailed) a special URL to go to along with a date and time to purchase the shoe. I was doing my routine scouting and came across an early footage of what looked like the Air Jordan 12 Retro Rising Sun. They originally released in 2009 and were inspired by the Japanese’s rising Sun Flag- the shoes feature and all white upper with black and red accents.The Air Jordan 12 “Rising Sun” was originally set to release today, October 24th. Due to the rising sun artwork on the insole Jordan Brand put a freeze on the release. We are aware that some of you were still able to score a pair with the rising sun insole still intact.We’re assuming the value will go up on pairs that have the original insoles. We can see it now, at the next sneaker event someone will have the kicks on their table with the rising sun insoles on display. Funny, but true!