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"My name is Yannis Mastoros. We are Café Lyria and this is The Drop Off."

"Café Lyria is a community-focused cafe I co-own with my brother Theo and Yu-Gi-Oh! had to be a part of it. Vividly, 2004 was the time when I noticed it on TV."

"I needed to have the cards immediately. I really wanted to get into the game. So legend, my grandma, took me to the game store. I bought my first starter deck. When I went back home, I found out my friends were into it too. And then we started dueling."

"We always had our decks on us, even to this day. Shout out to them. We still play. When I go back to the village we still play. It’s just so fun. It brings me back. It’s such a big part of my childhood."

"The first thing I noticed was it’s actually an exact replica and that doesn’t really happen."

"Joey had the most recognizable shoe in the series I would say. It's obvious it was inspired by streetwear back then. Even reducing the panels to three from four, the blacked-out bubble in the front, matching Joey’s..."

"Insoles, one of them featuring the Red Eyes and then Joey on the other side. And then the symbol of friendship above. It’s so spot-on."

"Good things take time, like Joey fighting to become a good duelist all these years and not be third-rate. So we had to wait for these and we finally got them. Joey Wheeler Air Max 95s."

"So many people’s inner child will be happy when they get these. Thanks for watching The Drop Off. The Air Max 95 ‘Joey’ drops on September 12 on SNKRS. Yu-Gi-Oh!"

The Drop Off

Air Max 95 'Joey'