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[JackStraw]

As for not telling the difference between repro and original labels; back to my vintage/classic car analogy: If a vintage car seller rebuilds a car and uses new parts or parts from different cars and no one notices, isnt the integrity of the "vintage" distinction still compromised?
I consider myself a purist when it comes to collecting and I sincerely hope we can agree to disagree on some of this stuff.

That's why is said that it isn't really true. Although I see what you're getting at, the vintage car community is quite different from the transformers community. Car collectors prefer original. In my experience this does not apply to TF's. Reprolabels are not frowned upon at all in this community, with very few exceptions. Not arguing your preference which I very much appreciate, just saying your comparing apples to oranges.

Makes sense. I guess i'm in the minority on that.

[Seibertron]

As for not telling the difference between repro and original labels; back to my vintage/classic car analogy: If a vintage car seller rebuilds a car and uses new parts or parts from different cars and no one notices, isnt the integrity of the "vintage" distinction still compromised?
I consider myself a purist when it comes to collecting and I sincerely hope we can agree to disagree on some of this stuff.

That's why is said that it isn't really true. Although I see what you're getting at, the vintage car community is quite different from the transformers community. Car collectors prefer original. In my experience this does not apply to TF's. Reprolabels are not frowned upon at all in this community, with very few exceptions. Not arguing your preference which I very much appreciate, just saying your comparing apples to oranges.

I get what JackStraw is saying about car collectors. As a pretty die-hard Transformers collector who owns just about everything Hasbro's dished out over the past 27 years and loves his G1 Transformers very much, I'm not a purist in the sense that I have to have the original G1 Smokescreen as well as the reissue Smokescreen. The reissue was fine for me, and in many/several cases the reissues are better than the originals (such as reissue Star Convoy for example which had several improvements over the original, not to mention all of the reissues that have working springs in their weapons whereas the original US versions do not). I prefer original stickers, but repro stickers aren't a deal breaker.

Now if someone is a "true purist" and must have original everything, that's awesome, and a different type of collector than I am (doesn't make any of us right or wrong or anyone's collection better than someone else's). I'd be just as impressed checking out their collection (and very envious of the TLC that went into such a collection) as many of you would be at the sheer volume of a collection that some of the super collectors here on this site have.

[Geekee1]

I get what JackStraw is saying about car collectors. As a pretty die-hard Transformers collector who owns just about everything Hasbro's dished out over the past 27 years and loves his G1 Transformers very much, I'm not a purist in the sense that I have to have the original G1 Smokescreen as well as the reissue Smokescreen. The reissue was fine for me, and in many/several cases the reissues are better than the originals (such as reissue Star Convoy for example which had several improvements over the original, not to mention all of the reissues that have working springs in their weapons whereas the original US versions do not). I prefer original stickers, but repro stickers aren't a deal breaker.

Exactly!

[JackStraw]

I get what JackStraw is saying about car collectors. As a pretty die-hard Transformers collector who owns just about everything Hasbro's dished out over the past 27 years and loves his G1 Transformers very much, I'm not a purist in the sense that I have to have the original G1 Smokescreen as well as the reissue Smokescreen. The reissue was fine for me, and in many/several cases the reissues are better than the originals (such as reissue Star Convoy for example which had several improvements over the original, not to mention all of the reissues that have working springs in their weapons whereas the original US versions do not). I prefer original stickers, but repro stickers aren't a deal breaker.

Exactly!

AGREED!

[Seibertron]

I get what JackStraw is saying about car collectors. As a pretty die-hard Transformers collector who owns just about everything Hasbro's dished out over the past 27 years and loves his G1 Transformers very much, I'm not a purist in the sense that I have to have the original G1 Smokescreen as well as the reissue Smokescreen. The reissue was fine for me, and in many/several cases the reissues are better than the originals (such as reissue Star Convoy for example which had several improvements over the original, not to mention all of the reissues that have working springs in their weapons whereas the original US versions do not). I prefer original stickers, but repro stickers aren't a deal breaker.

Exactly!

AGREED!

Civil discussions FTW! Hot damn.

[Hal7300]

Applied stickers are not hard to remove.

In fact, they are easy as pie. I will pass on to you what I learned from Heroic_Decepticon. All you need is Zippo lighter fluid... yes.. you read that right.. Zippo lighter fluid.

Read on here:

http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/20 ... -from.html

I've done this a few times already and works like magic. If you want to be extra careful, remove with an old G1 tech spec decolder. It is super thin, and will slide under the sticker without damaging it. (my tip )

Interesting, although that solution is still not 100%

I agree. The first couple of figures I tried it on, I felt like I was using magic. It was amazing. But the honeymoon feeling ended very abruptly when a sticker ripped right in half on the very next figure. I had difficulty with all of the stickers on that figure. Perhaps I used too much of the lighter fluid so the paper had become so saturated that it easily tore apart when I tried peeling it off? I haven't figured out what the magical time frame is for waiting for the stickers to become loose to how much lighter fluid to use.

I've used lighter fluid to remove stickers from a few of my TFs, and it's worked a charm every time.

I discard the old stickers and buy new sets from Reprolabels - my recently acquired G1 Hardhead is the latest to be restored.

I only wish i had the means to help them out with a few scans as a way of saying 'thank you' for the excellent service they provide.

[JackStraw]

I get what JackStraw is saying about car collectors. As a pretty die-hard Transformers collector who owns just about everything Hasbro's dished out over the past 27 years and loves his G1 Transformers very much, I'm not a purist in the sense that I have to have the original G1 Smokescreen as well as the reissue Smokescreen. The reissue was fine for me, and in many/several cases the reissues are better than the originals (such as reissue Star Convoy for example which had several improvements over the original, not to mention all of the reissues that have working springs in their weapons whereas the original US versions do not). I prefer original stickers, but repro stickers aren't a deal breaker.

Exactly!

AGREED!

Civil discussions FTW! Hot damn.

[Seibertron]

Applied stickers are not hard to remove.

In fact, they are easy as pie. I will pass on to you what I learned from Heroic_Decepticon. All you need is Zippo lighter fluid... yes.. you read that right.. Zippo lighter fluid.

Read on here:

http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/20 ... -from.html

I've done this a few times already and works like magic. If you want to be extra careful, remove with an old G1 tech spec decolder. It is super thin, and will slide under the sticker without damaging it. (my tip )

Interesting, although that solution is still not 100%

I agree. The first couple of figures I tried it on, I felt like I was using magic. It was amazing. But the honeymoon feeling ended very abruptly when a sticker ripped right in half on the very next figure. I had difficulty with all of the stickers on that figure. Perhaps I used too much of the lighter fluid so the paper had become so saturated that it easily tore apart when I tried peeling it off? I haven't figured out what the magical time frame is for waiting for the stickers to become loose to how much lighter fluid to use.

I've used lighter fluid to remove stickers from a few of my TFs, and it's worked a charm every time.

I discard the old stickers and buy new sets from Reprolabels - my recently acquired G1 Hardhead is the latest to be restored.

I only wish i had the means to help them out with a few scans as a way of saying 'thank you' for the excellent service they provide.

Lighter fluid removes the stickers ... but if you're careful enough, you can actually remove the full sticker, intact, and reapply it. The lighter fluid dries quickly and the sticker retains its adhesiveness. I used this technique to transfer a sticker from one G2 Dreadwing to another.

[Rated X]

Wow before I went to work this thread had about 5 comments and when I return it has like a zillion !!!

I must say this, I love reprolabels and have spent around 300 bucks on them so far mostly for G1 figures. I was sold when I had bought some at Botcon in Orlando. One was deffective and I contacted the company who was selling them on reprolabel's behalf at Botcon. That company hooked me up with their e-mail and I sent them a pic of the defective set. A nice lady by the name of April answered back and sent me a new set, no questions asked. Ive been buying ever since.

Now I admit, some of the sets are a little overpriced (like G1 Trypticon and Octane) but I bought them anyways. I mean, how many of yall got a complete G1 Trypticon and Octane ??? I had to pimp them out and even bought the Full Tilt upgrade. I wish I had the time to apply the Trypticon labels, I been so busy.




Now I do feel that for the larger sets they should find a standard price instead of all these odd and even numbers which differ by character even though the size of the sticker sheets are the same. I also feel maybe it wouldnt hurt to bump the price they pay per scan to maybe 25 bucks since it is highly unlikely any one person is gonna have more than 1 or 2 on their want list.

But Whatever I think about the prices, their quality is great. And I really love their upgrades for 3rd party figures.





In my last order , I had asked about a set for G1 Slugslinger. So It's good to see they are trying to get them. So I gotta show love to reprolabels and I highly recommend them to anyone who is a skeptic.

[monstergrotusque]

Agreed that it is not the easiest solution to the problem but it's certainly not rocket surgery either.

Removing a sticker from a figure is possible and could be a viable solution if these sets don't show up.

Spoken like someone who has never tried to remove stickers from his G1 toys, much less removed them in a condition where they are scannable. I can tell you from much experience that your G1 stickers will not come off easily or nicely, much less in a useful form.

Yeah i've had a couple come off with relative ease and others have fallen to pieces and turned to crumpled shreads. Nevertheless.....the small success i've had is were my logic originated from that maybe it could be a viable solution. EXCUUUUUSE ME!!

I don't know that this was such a touchy subject with some folks. I'm all for Reprolabels and have given them a good chunk of my change to spruce up my G1 collection.

I was just throwin out an idea.