Welcome to The Weekly Sneaker Pulse — Deal Reaper's Sunday roundup for resellers and collectors. This edition covers Monday, May 4 through Sunday, May 10, 2026 (week ending May 10), with dates in Eastern Time unless noted.
Week at a glance
- May 5: Patta x Nike Mercurial Zoom Vapor 16 Elite FG "Waves" landed at 10:00 AM ET — a $320 men's football pack (plus a $150 grade-school Black/White pair) pairing Patta's wavy paneling with Nike's current Mercurial platform (Nice Kicks, Sole Retriever).
- May 6: Nike restocked multiple Stranger Things collabs at 1:00 PM EDT — including the Air Foamposite One "Vecna", Air Max 1 '87 "Steve Harrington", Dunk Low "Phantom", Converse Chuck 70 and Weapon, and additional Nike silhouettes from the capsule (Sole Retriever).
- May 7: adidas Anthony Edwards Believe That 1 "With Love" (JQ9478, $100) debuted on adidas channels — the budget-tier Believe That line in a black mesh / Acid Orange look tied to Ant's signature ecosystem (Sneaker Bar Detroit).
- May 8: Nike dropped the Rejuven8 Run OG "Jelly" pack on SNKRS — three women's colorways at $135 each with a translucent PVC exoskeleton over a removable mesh bootie (WWD, Nike SNKRS — Muslin / Pale Ivory).
- May 9: The Air Jordan 11 Low WMNS "Mother's Day" (AH7860-102, $195) arrived on SNKRS and major doors — white mesh with Metallic Gold patent, women's sizing through about men's 10.5, plus special packaging and heart "shoelery" details (Sports Illustrated FanNation, Sneaker News store list).
Releases & restocks
Patta x Nike Mercurial Zoom Vapor 16 Elite FG "Waves" (May 5)
Sole Retriever and Nice Kicks both framed May 5 as the global drop for the "Waves" pack: Noise Aqua and Black/White Mercurial builds with metallic heel paneling and iridescent pearl soles, priced at $320 for men's football sizing (Sole Retriever, Nice Kicks). Retailers called out SNKRS, Patta, and select soccer-specialty accounts.
For resale, cleat collabs are segmented: football-first buyers, streetwear collectors, and size runs do not always overlap the way they do on a Dunk. If you are buying to flip, prioritize size-level comps and shipping realities (cleats are bulky; international buyers can swing net margin fast). A quick pass through Deal Reaper's iOS app still beats tab-hopping when you are comparing StockX, GOAT, and eBay asks in one sitting.
Nike x Stranger Things capsule restock (May 6)
Sole Retriever's restock guide confirms Nike scheduled the capsule return for May 6 at 1:00 PM EDT, spanning Nike and Converse models from the collaboration. The Foamposite "Vecna" headline pair is the obvious aftermarket magnet, but the wider restock list matters for arbitrage: different silhouettes clear at different velocities once fees land.
If you missed the first window, treat this like any second-chance drop: early listings often overshoot before the curve settles 48–72 hours after fulfillment starts hitting doorsteps.
adidas Anthony Edwards Believe That 1 "With Love" (May 7)
Nice Kicks and Sneaker Bar Detroit logged May 7 for JQ9478 at $100, positioning the Believe That 1 as the value line under Edwards' main signature shoes — Dreamstrike cushioning and a simplified upper vs. flagship AE tooling (Nice Kicks, Sneaker Bar Detroit). Expect volume retail more than trophy scarcity; the play is usually fast turnover on tight spreads, not six-month holds.
Nike Rejuven8 Run OG "Jelly" pack (May 8)
WWD's footwear brief tied the May 8 SNKRS launch to the broader Y2K jelly trend, citing Nike's references to the original 2008 Rejuven8 Run recovery shoe and the removable bootie + PVC shell construction. Nike's own SNKRS launch pages list $135 for the Light Crimson, Muslin / Pale Ivory, and Light Lemon Twist / Lime builds (IR5726-600, IR5726-100, IR5726-700).
Women's-first sizing can skew secondary demand toward cross-size buyers — watch whether key men's sizes exist at all before you model liquidity.
Air Jordan 11 Low WMNS "Mother's Day" (May 9)
Coverage ahead of the drop emphasized Deloris Jordan inspiration, Metallic Gold patent on a white mesh base, and premium packaging with heart pendants (Sports Illustrated FanNation, Nice Kicks). Jordan 11 lows have been high-variance lately: some colorways stick near retail; others sprint when the story lands. Mother's Day weekend timing plus gold patent is a classic formula for gift-buyer demand — monitor kids' sizes separately from WMNS runs.
Resale market & pricing moves
Stranger Things restock: Second windows on Foamposite-grade hype tend to produce a two-wave chart — opening listings from flippers, then a stabilization wave once pairs are in hand. Use transaction history, not screenshot asks, before you chase.
Mercurial x Patta: Football collaborations often show regional gaps (EU football culture vs. U.S. street resale). If you are not already fluent in cleat categories, default to smaller ticket size until you understand return rates.
Jordan 11 Low: Gold patent + holiday story can front-load SNKRS wins into a Monday-Tuesday listing cluster; if you are holding, your edge is information on true sold comps across platforms, not headline sold filters.
If fee math is what slows you down on weeks like this, our StockX vs GOAT breakdown is a good reset on how seller fees change net on the same gross print.
Platforms, policy & tools
No major new marketplace policy filings surfaced in our scan for May 4–10 comparable to late April's Store at StockX launch (covered in last week's pulse). That does not mean nothing moved at the ops layer — shipping cutoffs, authentication throughput, and category-specific fee promos still change net week to week.
For day-to-day shoe price tracker workflows (especially when you are cross-checking a Jelly pack against a Foamposite restock), keep Deal Reaper for iOS in the rotation alongside SNKRS receipts.
Culture, collabs & headlines
Football x street continues to widen: MLive's retail write-up framed the Patta Mercurial pack as part of Nike's push on its most responsive Mercurial tooling — another signal that performance PR and fashion collaborators are sharing the same release calendar more often than a decade ago.
Mother's Day on-sneaker storytelling: Jordan Brand's Mother's Day 11 leaned hard into family narrative and packaging theater — the kind of drop where unboxing content can temporarily lift asks even when long-run supply is healthy.
What we're watching next week
- May 12 — Nike Ja 3 "Let Me Be Ja": Sole Retriever still has Tour Yellow on calendar — playoff windows can move sentiment fast on player shoes.
- May 16 — Air Jordan 3 Retro OG "World's Best Dad": Sole Retriever is tracking the Father's Day storytelling pair — watch early raffles vs. SNKRS concentration.
- May 16 — Air Jordan 3 "Brazil" (IV4871-400): Sole Retriever's release breakdown still points to May 16 at $225 — a World Cup-adjacent storytelling colorway; confirm SNKRS the morning of.
- May 22 — Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 4 "Brick After Brick": Sole Retriever's reveal coverage points to elevated interest on AJ4 collabs — not in this week's window, but it will pull attention from competing May SKUs.
- Macro checklist (ongoing): Tariff and freight headlines are still moving landed cost for import-heavy sellers — no new sneaker-specific policy tied to that this week, but keep your spreadsheet honest when you model inbound pairs.
For live cross-platform pricing on the pairs above — pull StockX, GOAT, and eBay comps in one workflow with Deal Reaper for iOS. New to reseller vocabulary? Start with the sneaker reselling FAQ.