Initial impressions of these is Star knocked these out of the park. I have not hooped in these yet.
Fit: They tweaked or improved the forefoot volume. I can’t point my finger on what exactly they did but they clearly are not doing copy and paste from previous releases. Almost feels like they are a few mm lowered height from others.
Fit is perfectly snug on initial try on, no hot spots or feeling like I need to break them in. I have multiple pairs of Star 5’s and I can tell you small differences between the ones that I have. They all felt really snug some tighter than others but these are different and some took way longer to break in. These do not feel like them
Midsole cushion: More springy/bouncy than I am used to for first wear prior to breaking them in. Noticeably improvement in step in comfort.
Lace length: Star on some colorways have short laces these are not short perfectly long enough to double knot
Looks: I mean they look close to every retail photo I have seen. The shape is close to me nothing worth nick picking over. Mine have no bad or excess glue stains