There were two releases by both Adidas and Nike that were awful in my opinion. The first one that was jaw dropping was the Predator LZ SL that looks like Adidas let a third grader pick the colors. At first, I thought it was the regular LZ and then I found not only was it the SL/concept version but it was a soccer.com exclusive which was even funnier. A concept boot should be a big point of difference on the market and should definitely stand out but many times companies can over do it and this was a perfect example. I have always seen Adidas as a heritage and classy innovative brand but this boot/color way is just off the planet in a bad way. Not sure why they would not drop the boot in a classy gold or platinum color way to grab boot nerds attention and make it glow/pop on the wall and the pitch. But this paint job is awful in my opinion and makes the boot look very cheap even if it is the SL version.
The other color way that I thought was very average was the blue CTR360 release. That color way is so weak and rather than a unisex color way it looks like only a girl would wear that release. Wait did they forget, the first release in the boot for girls was this boot color way. Even worse, the CTR360 has always been so unique because it had that infamous two tone paint job that really grabs your attention on the pitch. But this release all I see is blue and more blue. Would have loved them to drop a simple black and white two tone boot or a USA inspired CTR360 that has red, white and blue...
At the end of the day, color plays a big part of a purchase of a boot and with these two color ways I thought both Nike and Adidas shot themselves in the foot.