NIKE MACH RUNNER.

COMPANY: Nike
STYLE NAME: Mach Runner
ALIAS: None
COLOR: White/Sport Red-Black
STYLE #: 305952 161
SIZE: US 10
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Argentina
DATE MANUFACTURED: 03/05/2003
CONDITION: B-
OTHER COMMENTS: I really like the old school look of these kicks. Very simple and classic. No leather on it either. It's all fabric (either cotton, nylon or poly)...even the Swoosh and backtab are plastic. Which is probably why the shoe cost me US$19! I got these a couple of years ago in Argentina on a snowboarding excursion to the Andes Mountains. (A true head is always on the lookout!) I was very intrigued by the fact that they were actually made in Argentina! Were they bootlegs? How could they be so cheap? The logos looked kinda weird. But then, the store I got them in had some pretty official looking Nike POPs (Point of Purchase) displays. I got the confirmation when I asked my man Marcus at Nike. He said that certain countries and regions have the right to make their OWN Nikes using their own facilities. It's basically a self contained mini-Nike corporation offset in smaller markets around the world. Some reasons for this might be language/cultural differences, economic disparaities and geographical difficulties that would make shipments too expensive. I love the fact that these are "limited edition" for their own unique reasons (how many pairs you got made in South America?). But they definitely have their short comings. They feel more like Skippies than Nikes. I've worn them no more than 5 times and they feel like they're about to fall apart. And all the logos feel slightly "off". But I cherish these more so for the fact that I had to literally go the ends of the earth to get them. If anyone knows of other regions that has the right to do this, let me know...I wanna start collecting kicks from around the globe. That's that next shit.