Nike LeBron Soldier 12 FlyEase "Arthur"
The Nike LeBron Soldier 12 FlyEase "Arthur" (AV3812-700) released Thursday, February 14, 2019.
Original retail (2019): $130 · Lowest resale ask: $371 on GOAT (Nov 6, 2026)
Colorway: University Gold/University Red-University Blue-White · Style code: AV3812-700 · Release date: February 14, 2019 · Lowest resale ask: $371 · Availability: Available now
Sources: GOAT's catalog (release date), Nike's product feed (original retail) · stores checked Nov 6, 2026, 4:24 PM ET
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About the Nike LeBron Soldier 12 FlyEase "Arthur"
The shoe exists because of a picture. In 2017 LeBron James posted an image of Arthur, the aardvark from the children's television series, with his fist clenched (a reaction image that had already been circulating widely), and Nike eventually turned the joke into a colorway.
The translation is literal, which is what makes it work. Arthur wears a yellow sweater, so the knit upper is University Gold. He wears denim, so the leather overlay across the toe box is blue. He wears red shoes, so red lands on the pull tab and on the FlyEase zipper that wraps the heel. The crisscrossing straps are checkered, copying the pattern in the show's logo.
Underneath the reference it is a working Soldier: strapped, slip-on, and built around the zip entry system Nike developed so that a shoe can be opened, put on and secured without tying anything. It is one of the few cases where an accessibility feature ended up carrying the punchline as well.
Written with AI from brand specs; facts checked against our catalog data on Sep 18, 2026.