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With the colorful Samba release of the new Adidas adiPure 11Pro came questions from fans wondering if there would be a more familiar, traditional release coming soon. Well, here is your answer! Adidas has increased the value of the range with this toned down Black/Running White/Solar Slime colorway. Of course, the Slime detailing adds a bright pop, but the Black upper is sure to appease those with heritage taste buds.
Luckily, we have had the opportunity to test out the new 11Pro release, and there are certainly a lot of positives for players to take advantage of. The overall design, including cross stitching on the forefoot, takes the boot to a completely new level. Coupled with a new Comfort Frame and stud configuration, there is a definite level of comfort associated with them.
What it comes down to is this; the changes in the soleplate turn this boot from more a “graft” player option into more of a “craft” player option if that makes sense. Rather than being a boot geared toward the gritty, “get the job done” center mid, they are now more of a move the ball fast and create space boot.
You can currently find this colorway at soccer.com.
From initial observation, this latest release has the appearance of the Nike Tiempo Legend in the Black/Electric Green/White colorway. Although the performance of both boots is very different, visually they are eerily similar from the laces right down to some additional detailing on the heel. Even the stitching on the forefoot looks familair, although don’t be fooled as the stitching on the 11Pro covers the entire forefoot compared to just the outer site of the Tiempo Legend.
Again, you can currently find this colorway at soccer.com.
There are quite a few similarities between this boot and the Tiempo colorway, but it also reminds me of one of the early colorways for the previous generation of 11pro. In fact, it was the very colorway that was used in the review for the previous version of the boot.
http://www.soccercleats101.com/2012/02/20/adidas-…
Overall, I like the colorway. It's a nice black boot, but with a little bit of pop to it.
Good point – it has been a common colorway of late.
Seems like this might become a regular release colour for the 11pro and maybe in similar fashion to the black/white/red of Predator. A bit of sloppy blogging by comparing the look to the Tiempo when in fact the Tiempo looks like a previous 11pro.
In fact all of the color ways mentioned were based off of the black/volt Nike Tiempo ll colourway of 2008-2009 era. Owned a pair. I believe there were Diadora’s of a similar color before that
True..diadora were the originators of this color combo. So lets stop making out that every damn design started with Nike and accept that there's only so many colors in the rainbow and certain color combos will always work well together.
I love these cleats more than any in recent memory but now need a pair to play on turf. Should I go with adidas mundial team turf, or are there any alternatives?