A picture is worth a thousand words. The picture above is worth exactly $1,500.

Despite the fact that Athletc Propulsion Labs currently doesn’t ship outside of the US, Japanese sneaker hunters have still managed to get their hands on pairs. Many pairs. Such as the Japanese buyer above who scooped up five pairs of the $300-a-pop APL Concept 1 shoe.

While APL is looking towards offering International shipping sometime next year, it definitely isn’t the first time pairs have leaked outside of the United States. Kevin Hung, who resides in Hong Kong, told CounterKicks that he had his Concept 1 shipped to a US address and then re-shipped again to China.

More Japanese-buyer taken images of the NBA-banned APL Concept 1 follows below…

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Images via newinbox and gallery2