Just to add something to PsychTau and sugar and spice's comments, you'd be surprised how many people outside "the black community" are VERY familiar with BGLOs and the revenue they can bring in. Look at the AT&T commercials with "Alpha Theta Theta" stepping. I'm sure the bigwigs at Converse, black or white, have a direct line to what's hot and profitable, and 'nalia is definitely close to the top of the list.
On another note, I've never seen the infamous shoes in a store, but I did notice that Nordstom had pink/green, and purple/gold Chucks, sans the year. I would imagine that they probably have blue/white, black/gold, and red/white too, since those are common color combinations. I wonder if they're trying to still capitalize on the market without putting themselves at too much litigation risk this time?
At any rate, I have the light pink/green Kangaroos and I just got my mom some AKA sneakers, and both cost less than the Converses. They're not that cute anyway.