I just bought a $33 fake, some things you pointed out the fake was missing, mine has, like the side stitch. Only thing I could find was the stitching at bottom of laces was missing and label looked like the fake pair you have, but mine had the texture around it like real ones.
If my air max doesn't has all 4 light reflection, and only has 2 lines that reflect light. Is it not original? I've checked the video and all of them are exist in my shoe, so I'm confident that it is original. But the problem with light reflection kinda worried me tho
Listen i know the originals are expensive , thats the way it is , its not for every sneaker head in the world, i saw air max 98 on my cousin feet in the end of the 90's i was 12 years old and i wanted them so bad, now iam 37 and have a pair of air max 97 it took 25 years for me to buy them , i was trying fakes but its a clown shoe, so my point is , make your child dream come true as an adult and shit on fakes whatever this is becouse the original is always the best