I actually hit on these and going to gift them to my brother as a surprise on his birthday. He was so disappointed that he didn't hit. It low key ruined his day. He surprised me with the Space Jams back in the day. So I've always wanted to return the favot, the moment, and the blessing. We're both hard core Kobe fans.

@JoshuaC923

7 ай бұрын

Super cool dude

@AljomarJularbal

7 ай бұрын

you the mf man 🫡 God bless you

@JustinD007

7 ай бұрын

That's a bro right there !!!!

@mon9409

7 ай бұрын

You the best man! More Ws for you!

@garsleezy

7 ай бұрын

I have a big bother and honestly that dude has given me the best gifts. Love that dude.

I just watched this and before the video was over I went to StockX, purchased a pair, and then my door rang and the Ja Christmas' arrived! What a sneaker day! I know how hard/good of a critic Chris is so when he gave this review I knew what these shoes were hitting on! Thanks Chris!!!

So happy I was able to get my hand on these! I was also able to hit on the reverse grinches. I'm looking forward to seeing more Kobes being produced.

I remember getting the launch colorway of the Kobe 4 back in '09. I really loved that sneaker...would like to get of Kobe 4's again hopefully next year.

Your knowledge of the history of shoes like these always amazes me. If there is a sneaker museum somewhere, you should be on their board of directors.

I’ve hit twice for Kobe’s on sneakers, first I got the V Chaos then just recently I got the Reverse. I get 10 times more excited unboxing Kobe’s than I do air Jordan’s idk maybe it’s because they don’t release as often. 10/10 for these!

“Thats Mamba” 😂 that was an awesome opening line sir

Thanks for the great review! Other reviews advised to go for +0.5 shoes size but your review made me convinced to go for my true size. Order on the way!

My first SNKRS hit in a long time. Struck out on the reverse grinch twice, still in shock I hit on these. I will definitely ball in them.

@noxtanagnes

4 ай бұрын

Is it snug to your size or its good true to size?

@blkheart96

4 ай бұрын

@@noxtanagnes true to size

@noxtanagnes

4 ай бұрын

@@blkheart96 i got kd16 sz9 and i always elite socks which is thick socks and feets snug but breathable. Is the kobe 4 same with kds fitting?

@noxtanagnes

4 ай бұрын

@@blkheart96 bro do you have a pair and played in indoor or outsole? How does it feels?

@blkheart96

4 ай бұрын

@@noxtanagnes I can't speak for KDs as I don't own any of them. I have JA 1s and Giannis Immortality 3s, and the Kobe's fit better than both of those IMO.

With these and the Reverse Grinches I can give Nike a tiny bit of benefit of the doubt for making them exclusive, cause they're "special" or whatever. But if the Philly 4s that come out later are hard to get then I know this whole Protro shit is a joke. Those kind of colourways used to sit in stores. This whole Protro thing was supposed to be so that everyone can still ball in Kobes but Nikes gonna Nike.

@D3L3T3

7 ай бұрын

Protro began 2018...it's been BS

That colorway is 🔥! Thanks for the review . God bless , and Merry Christmas .

Very nice pair for sure🔥🔥! It’s a travesty Nike doesn’t make enough for the people who actually want to wear and enjoy them. For my size, it’ll cost me $450 from a reseller which is a damn shame!!!

@zureai

7 ай бұрын

To be fair, any Dead stock Kobe is gonna resell for around that price unfortunately. I picked up a pair of DS Kobe 9.. $400 cad. Smh 🤦‍♂️. Definitely not worth it for a shoe. But it was worth it to me lol

@dcdread5983

7 ай бұрын

@@zureai I get it. Have to pay to play! It certainly it isn’t cheap

@captaindorsey

7 ай бұрын

I paid resell and these are worth every penny IMO!! I hate it but I couldn’t let these slip by!!🔥🔥🔥

@dcdread5983

7 ай бұрын

@@captaindorsey If you don’t mind me asking, which site and how much???

@captaindorsey

7 ай бұрын

@@dcdread5983 I went through GOAT. My size was $440 after all fees and tax’s.👍🏻

A moment of silence for everyone who took an L (including me)on both kobe shoes this month......

Impossible to get indeed! These really go hard

I played w/ those MJ 21 lows and they destroyed my feet. These Kobe 4's are dope, thanks for the review!

@jgonzalez78

7 ай бұрын

Jordan 4s destroyed my feet…not making that mistake again

The Minneapolis colorway remind of the Nike Air Mag from Back To The Future 2.

Hit on these! They should be arriving this weekend!

First off--- Review goes crazy!!! But it always does. Second-- I will be headed to the resale market to grab these seeing these details 😢.. 3rd The depth of knowledge you have makes me both want to do reviews and not at the same time lol . Hard to compare anything and anyone to this kind of depth wow

@Crnicelad

7 ай бұрын

Nah man, keep doing your reviews - they're awesome! Cheers!

@robthedamian

7 ай бұрын

@weartesters He’s the only one YT who reviews with this much depth. The FootDoctor is actually pretty good too. Everyone else just reiterates the Colors of the shoe and say why they like it and/or don’t.

Nike gets an "A" for execution on the sneaker but yet again a "D" on release!! MAKE MORE KOBE'S!!!!!!!

@stevoncampbell2115

7 ай бұрын

Nike gets a long big fat F minus ➖ plus on the release availability of these KB's. Hell I got a rare in depth picture of Gigi with mom Vanessa at Mamba Sports Academy on court playing with my lil cousins and still can't get a blessing from SLIKE, shit just lame asf

@Kingrke1

7 ай бұрын

I think these was a limited release 🤷🏽‍♂️

@dzdiyos

7 ай бұрын

they're not going to lol. they know its a money maker. super cringe

@Spoofaged

7 ай бұрын

Rep factory's be firing up soon tho 😂

Love Little Monsters one of my favorites ever ❤

I got these on stockX and omg they literally came the next day I was amazed and these shoes are incredible

Lucky i hit on these and the reverse this month. I’m a huge Kobe fan so I’m gonna hold these for the collection

Yep another impossible kicks to get.

I can’t remember the last time I got a pair of anything and putting them on first day. I’m on day 2 😂 they’re like gloves on your feet so Comfortable 👏

that might be my 1st Kobe if i can get my hands on one, nice shoe!

The Little Monsters shirt is awesome.

Love y'all vids !!!!

Thanks for replying to my question on ig. The glue job on my Kobe 4 gift of mamba was not very good. Love the channel and reviews.

I come here for on court performance reviews, I am not a sneaker head like some of yall, but this might be the most beautiful shoe I have ever seen. This seriously makes me want to get into collecting shoes (but still using them of course).

My Kobe 8 protros have the same box too! I noticed it last night

The nostalgia of the “ after these messages, we’ll be right back” clips..I’m old 😅

That’s Mamba is hilarious 😢

LOL the beginning “..but hey thats mamba”

Not sure abt the shape/silhouette but I love the colourway! Wish they'd do that snake design on some Jordan 1s or Dunks or Blazers or anything on gr lol... Great review as always guys!

Three Things: 1. I got a W on SNKRS for these! First Kobe cop ever, and from the sounds of it, I was really lucky! 2. I was thinking the exact same thing as Chris: these are not only going to be a shoe I wear casually, but this teacher just found his new shoe for parent conferences and other formal occasions! :-) 3. That Little Monsters shirt? Stellar AF!

That Kobe 4 outsole was legendary

I'm personally waiting for the Venice Black Mambas to drop this summer.

You the man cheat chesmas! Merry Xmas happy new year! Yeah pumped for these philly n gold medal! 6 still my fav Kobe

These are so beautiful!!

Solid review...so mad i couldnt get my hands on these.

Shockingly hit for retail on SNKRS. Can't wait to hoop in them. Definitely throwing in some different laces though to give them a pop of color. Maybe the extra red laces from my Grinches. Thanks for the review, btw. I've never had 4s so was happy to hear TTS was the move! 🙌

At least Nike made 10 pair available to purchase this time

I'm glad you stated your opinion about what they look like, in the very end of the video. I also thought that they looked like dress shoes. And that your brother got away with it as well. Two thumbs up for me as well.

They really knocked it out ofthe park with the Kobe 1 protro….and maybe that set the bar too high for them, which is such a cop out. None of the other Kobe releases have truly lived up to the first release. I can understand why this one would be a limited release but why are all the other releases limited too? Just GR Kobes already. On another note, those look clean as hell….absolutely dress shoes , especially since thanks to Cole Haan…..a lot of dress shoes now have the look of a hard bottom but the feel of a sneaker.

Can you make a video on how to properly putting on your Jordan 1 High's and Jordan 1 Low's with Loose Lace on both.

Man... I am happy you got em... But dang.... Third time I tried to cop a Job via raffle... It just sucks to not have em available for anyone who wants to ball in them. Now imma enjoy your video and thanks for all your work over the years. Keep it up

Just grabbed these for 240 in my size. I’m pumped.

Just like you said Chris, there was a time that you could buy Kobe’s without all the markups. My size on StockX is $400. I’m good. I guess the best thing is you can’t truly be disappointed when you know you don’t stand a chance. Thanks Nike.

man, if the Ws on snkrs only went to ppl who intended to WEAR their sneakers, maybe there would be enough to go around?? Still prbly not, but it just kills me after these releases and then immediately on ebay ppl post their "got em" screenshots, selling for 3x retail 😩

i just took Ls on both the philly and camo yday so paid resale for these, so excited to play in my first pair of Kobes

i hope they keep the scales black and add different colorways, i would love to see different colorways.... also probably cause of the lighting, if they made the heel counter shine purple with the gold Kobe signature, 🤌🔥

I got a rare W on these. Looking forward to getting these on feet.

Managed to hit on S N K R S on release day, very excited to wear these

@BatMobile23

7 ай бұрын

Cap

@weartesters any chance you have a hi-res photo of Kobe wearing and posing with the undefeated protros? Would love to use that as a wallpaper 😊

I hit on the SNKRS pass here and picked them up yesterday

Needed this review before release 🥲

I missed on this one but l hit on the reverse grinches so i really can’t complain, but definitely wanted this bad boys too

Why are shoes so impossible to get now? I missed on these and the reverse Grinch's.

“That’s MAMBA!” 🐍 I like what you did there. 😮

Yes Sir is a dress shoe thank you for the review! I just got my! It cost a bit but we only live one time besides is my favorite color! And I ordered true size! So yeah like you say is limited so you can’t go wrong!❤

Reminds me of the Kobe 8 YOTS colorway.

Which one of the reverse grinch and these would you recommend to own and to hoop on Sunday basketball league?

I couldn’t believe I hit on these with how low the stock was, I wore the grinches 3 years ago straight out the box to hoop in and can’t wait to do the same with these

@bread4228

7 ай бұрын

exactly what they were made for, ball out mane.

These are fire! I'm gonna call these The Batman Kobes.

Chris select one Kobe 4 gift of mamba or Kobe 6 Reverse Grinch? Happy New Year man! :)

Great shoe and awesome tshirt Chris!

Good Morning! ❤

Can't wait to hoop in these

I was lucky to copped this on footlocker raffle.❤

Man I need to be close to phenom because sneakers is a Mitch! I haven’t hit on anything in 8 years bruh.

Go go gadget REPS! Since I can't get these in-hand when I want

Not the biggest Kobe 4 fan, but these are tough as f*ck...any time you murder out a Kobe, it's gonna be a banger...mine arrived yesterday and I love em...top 5 shoe of the year for me.

Somehow, I hit on these on the SNKRS app. One of 3,000 size 10.5.

O/7 on this and 0/7 on the reverse 6s. The last Kobe I was able to buy are the Kobe 4 Snakeskin in 2019. I passed on the Kobe V chaos in 2019 thinking the 6s would be next to release in 2020 which is what I've been wanting since I was 18, everyone know what happened next. I hope Nike does something for all the real Kobe/basketball fans who were not able to get his shoes then.

These are 🔥🔥🔥

Can somebody please explain to me why Nike supposedly doesn’t support the resell market but makes shoes like this so limited. Fine you want to make the Gift of Mamba limited but the Grinch and Reverse Grinch are shoes every sneaker head/ball player wants in their collection. Why won’t they just keep restocking the shoe?

@JoshuaC923

7 ай бұрын

To keep up the hype, artificially create demand for it

Kinda disappointed that I didn’t cop. Wanted them to ball. Hopefully in the future they come out with the 8s and 9s

These are so fire

Is the time to buy now? These aren’t going down right? Any help is much appreciated

Had to go down half a size, missed out on mine by three people. Gonna have to play in thin socks 😬

What sizing would you recommend for Kobe 5 protro bruce lee’s?

I also got my pair, and one of my co workers got his as well but it apparently included a large poster of each championships that kobe got. Is there a special edition??? He got his pair from new york.

Hey Chris have you tried Cole Haans, for dress shoes?

"That's Mamba" 🐍🐍🤣🤣🤣

Love the shoes.. unfortunately already spent my budget on AJ11 DMP.. 😅

So question for you.. after the New Year I will be sourcing either these or the Original Grinches for about 400-450$ ..which one would you go for if you were me?

Titan 22 thank you 🎉😊

I hit on these on SNKRS and was thinking of selling them for the money but after thinking ,these Kobe’s are so hard to get for retail that I might as well beat them to death at my high school basketball games since I will regret later in my life and I needed new basketball shoes 🙃

The snake pattern on the suede will fade away after a couple cleanings. 😢 I got an L on this release, but I have the FTB which has the same pattern. Btw, it is a great balling shoe!

Didn’t get lucky in grabbing a pair. Would have loved to have a pair to play in.

They dont necessarily need heat for that pattern they can press the sued and it will mash the fibers together into a leathery gloss. However, kinda hard to tell what technique they used

@WearTesters

7 ай бұрын

They use heat during the moulding process to ensure the design stays within the materials. They've been doing this with footwear for decades with shoes like the Air Jordan 6 and 8 rear panels and ever heel counter gets heat pressed for its shape. Not only do they need heat, but they use it almost 100% of the time.

Dang I hit on a half size up. Hopefully they fit right over time

@xrondog6x

5 ай бұрын

How did it fit? .5 size was the right choice?

Do a review on the Judah 1

GOAT #MambaForever

How do you guys get Kobe’s in raffles in Canada??? I’m not trying to pay resell prices or stock x prices lol…

Mic is a lot better brooooo👌

Your great review made taking a L even more devastating 😂

man how i missed that ABC cartoons stinger when there was a transition to commercials

Idea. Nike/JB should manufacture and sell the polyurethane insoles for specific sneakers separately. I mean they should obviously be placing them in the shoes themselves as they were once in their original forms.

Little Monsters! Awesome movie! lol