you might be right. there is only a sliver of time where rep batches might be actually 1: 1 and I think you'd have to know the right people at the right time. I have seen reps that are 1: 1 but the batches after are not comparable because the factories moved on from producing the near retail batches, but it all depends which factories and what time a rep is released, In My Opinion after years of collecting its better to just buy authentic pairs or not buy at all: Best Air Force Nike. reps are a waste of money considering they're almost priced retail and worthless on the 2nd hand market. Great comparison. However, there levels in the replica market. Without knowing the quality or having a better sample size of bothe original and replica it's difficult to ascertain how helpful this Blog is. Though enterta g.You got a sub and a 👍🏽.