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News Credits: 3642 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:40 am

Reprolabels.com is looking to greatly expand their selection of replacement labels for G1 toys.

If you have any unused sticker sheets, they're looking for scans of the ones listed below. They must be high-res, and they must be scans (not photos). The scans must be at least 300 dpi and can be in any high res format such as TIF or 100% JPG (no optimization applied).

Also, if you're the first one they receive the scan from for any of these, they'll PayPal $10 per scan right to you!

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Hosehead
Horri-bull
Sizzle
Fizzle
Guzzle
Crosshairs
Grotusque
Misfire
Repugnus
Slugslinger
Weirdwolf
Fangry
Landfill
Needlenose
Vroom
Roadblock
Skyhammer
Quickmix
Quickswitch
Ruckus
Scoop
Getaway
Chainclaw
Snarler
Siren
Spinister
Squeezeplay
Windsweeper

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:56 am

There are several figures on this list that I need new stickers for. I have several saved eBay searches looking for these sticker sheets so that I can make some of these figures look brand new for the site's galleries.

Hosehead
Siren
Horri-bull
Fangry
Squeezeplay

Crosshairs
Misfire
Slugslinger

Weirdwolf

Roadblock
Skyhammer
Quickswitch (preferably Sixknight's stickers which have different colors)
Getaway

Spinister (already have a gallery of Spinister but a few of his stickers need a little TLC)

Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:05 pm

10 whole dollars... :-?

.... hahah lolz... and 10min letter they make 100000 moolah :APPLAUSE:

Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:24 pm

g60force wrote:10 whole dollars... .... hahah lolz... and 10min letter they make 100000 moolah

Really I don't think they're gonna make a fortune off of labels for these characters. No doubt some people are looking for these, but I'd bet for a lot these characters they'd be lucky to sell a few dozen labels. I could certainly be wrong, but I just can't imagine some of these particular labels flying off the shelves. Seems like more of a good service to the community by them, and an effort to make their selection the most complete available.

Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:35 pm

You know, if these scans were available for free here on the interwebz, the fandom wouldn't have to pay Reprolabels anything. In fact, we could make our own custom sheets already. Don't be a pwn of & waste your money on Reprolabels. Like the great Mon Calamari philosopher, Admiral Ackbar warns...

it's a trap

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:02 pm

ReproLabels provides one of the greatest services there are out there for Transformers fans. These stickers are all pre-cut which is an absolute necessity for collectors that want to apply their stickers.

I just sent him the sticker sheet for Metalhawk and for Quickswitch.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:11 pm

Damn i think i have a couple of those but my scanners busted

Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:24 pm

Wat a rip off.$10 bucks only and they are making tons of money.Why not ask Hasbro or Takara and see how much they
are going to charge them.

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:26 pm

Kimmitron wrote:Wat a rip off.$10 bucks only and they are making tons of money.Why not ask Hasbro or Takara and see how much they
are going to charge them.

Are you guys nuts? They are NOT making a ton of money off this. And even if they were, who cares? They're providing a very valuable service to collectors of G1 Transformers toys. Do you guys have any idea what goes into making these sticker sheets or the molds that cut the stickers? I can't believe how rude some of you are being about this.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:35 pm

Kimmitron wrote:Wat a rip off.$10 bucks only and they are making tons of money.Why not ask Hasbro or Takara and see how much they
are going to charge them.

You realize that they are offering 10 dollars for <5 minutes of work, right?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:36 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Kimmitron wrote:Wat a rip off.$10 bucks only and they are making tons of money.Why not ask Hasbro or Takara and see how much they
are going to charge them.

Are you guys nuts? They are NOT making a ton of money off this. And even if they were, who cares? They're providing a very valuable service to collectors of G1 Transformers toys. Do you guys have any idea what goes into making these sticker sheets or the molds that cut the stickers? I can't believe how rude some of you are being about this.

Ditto. Reprolabels ROCK. The craftsmanship is unparallelled AND their prices are VERY appropriate. Sheesh...some people's children I tell you.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:50 pm

I am floored by the negative comments here. ReproLabels is so unbelievably handy, their quality is so high, and their prices are so reasonable.

If you are lucky enough to actually have the sticker sheets for these characters, $10 is a great price for taking 5 minutes to scan and email something.

Don't forget, also, that ReproLabels also provides the factory-applied stickers that weren't on the sticker sheets, and these they create manually by painstakingly reproducing the originals.

Anyone who is griping about "only" getting $10 for a scan, or thinks they can do these themselves, well have at it. I'd like to see you approach the quality that ReproLabels provides.

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:01 pm

Botch the Crab wrote:I am floored by the negative comments here. ReproLabels is so unbelievably handy, their quality is so high, and their prices are so reasonable.

If you are lucky enough to actually have the sticker sheets for these characters, $10 is a great price for taking 5 minutes to scan and email something.

Don't forget, also, that ReproLabels also provides the factory-applied stickers that weren't on the sticker sheets, and these they create manually by painstakingly reproducing the originals.

Anyone who is griping about "only" getting $10 for a scan, or thinks they can do these themselves, well have at it. I'd like to see you approach the quality that ReproLabels provides.

And here's another person that has done a very valuable service for the fandom. Botch The Crab has painstakingly pieced together the artwork from the Transformers boxes. If you haven't checked out Botch The Crab's website before, you should ... http://botchthecrab.com/archive/ and then check out some of the painstaking work he's done to recreate or fix missing artwork.

Fan sites and services provided by websites such as Seibertron.com, Reprolabels.com, TFwiki.net, and BotchTheCrab.com don't happen overnight and they're a ton of work. We do this because we love this hobby and want to give back. Please show some respect for the work that these websites do and for the people that are behind these websites and services.

Thanks for stopping by to throw in your support for ReproLabels.com, Botch The Crab.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:19 pm

Kimmitron wrote:Wat a rip off.$10 bucks only and they are making tons of money.Why not ask Hasbro or Takara and see how much they
are going to charge them.

Much like when you dis Dre, when you dis Reprolabels you dis yourself.

Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:29 pm

Isn't it possible to remove the stickers from existing figures for scanning?

I figure if ya pulled em off a beater figure with some if not all stickers intact and mounted them for scanning on a sheet of paper could they get what they need in a lateral sort of way.

I'm sure it would be next to damn near impossible to get untouched sticker sheets for these guys.

I'm thinkin if the cattle call for these stickers was posted for a number of weeks so that more people could see that Reprolabels are looking for help. That would offer the request for help enough time to be seen by more folks who may have these sheets.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:32 pm

I do agree that Reprolabels does fullfill a very big need/void which actually could be considered a community service in some ways, and we do need to not be so negative and try to be respectfull and grateful for what we have. I also do not think this company is making a killing - and they certainly won't for these stickers - I mean how many could they possibly sell?
However, with all due respect, I do feel that it is valid to question a business paying a paltry $10 for something that they are going to turn into a product that they can then turn around and sell infinitely. They are still a business and are trying to turn a profit not some kind of not for profit charity organization.

And while we are on the subject - maybe through no fault of their own, I see a lot of confusion on places like ebay when it comes to vintage labels vs repro and in my opinion while they are very good and much better than anything I could make, they still don't come close to the original.

Also, I for one have a very very hard time putting reprolabels created off of a scan on a vintage G1 figure that I paid a lot of money for. It's like putting new after market parts on a vintage car. It can be neat, but it's no longer so much vintage. Even if they looked exactly the same, it's still not right...and they don't look exactly the same.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:57 pm

JackStraw wrote:However, with all due respect, I do feel that it is valid to question a business paying a paltry $10 for something that they are going to turn into a product that they can then turn around and sell infinitely.

They are offering a price on a digital copy of a sticker sheet. They take nothing from you but a small amount of time and pay you for it. I see no problem what-so-ever. There is no one else in the world (business or individual) who would offer a deal like that...

JackStraw wrote: They are still a business and are trying to turn a profit not some kind of not for profit charity organization.

Yes, they are a business. That is why they are paying for the scans.

News Credits: 226 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:59 pm

monstergrotusque wrote:Isn't it possible to remove the stickers from existing figures for scanning?

You'll have a hard time trying to remove stickers that have been in place for 25 odd years in one piece.

JackStraw wrote:However, with all due respect, I do feel that it is valid to question a business paying a paltry $10 for something that they are going to turn into a product that they can then turn around and sell infinitely. They are still a business and are trying to turn a profit not some kind of not for profit charity organization.

Yes, they're a business. And they're paying for assistance.

I think the great misconception here is that Reprolabels are going to make a lot of money out of this. I don't see that happening. For each sticker sheet scanned, I really couldn't see them selling more than $1000 worth.

Is anyone privy to Reprolabels financials? No? Thought not.

As someone said earlier, $10 for five minutes of scanning. $120/hr ... does that really sound poultry to anyone? Really?

Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:59 pm

although ive never ordered from them i think alot of people new to the hobby have it good in the sense that most figures come with some pretty good paint jobs already applied making the stickers a moot point (though there are exceptions)
for people who have older figures that have either original releases or bought them at a yard sale,ebay or othere avenues reprolabels gives every collector the chance to renew and restore figures that otherwise would look pretty average. to put it another way. to everyone who thinks this is a scam or ripoff where will you go when your shiny new or vintage figures need some updating or replacement pieces?
the fact is hastak is never going to make these sticker sets for the fandon so why not and truth is from time to time they will turn to the fandon for a solution they cant go to hastak for. so i say more power to them.

Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:41 pm

Burn wrote:
monstergrotusque wrote:You'll have a hard time trying to remove stickers that have been in place for 25 odd years in one piece.

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.

and yes i said rocket surgery.....

News Credits: 1 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:51 pm

monstergrotusque wrote: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.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:54 pm

^Have you ever attempted to take a sticker off of a G1 figure. I know the answer to that already, and it is NO. To take stickers off of the figure pretty much destroys them into unrecognizable crinkles of colored paper.

Most of you guys in this thread seem to be about eleven years old, and haven't a single clue of what you are talking about, and my newly repro'd G1 Starscream that I did last night would like to have a word with you.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:04 pm

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 decoder. It is super thin, and will slide under the sticker without damaging it. (my tip

)

News Credits: 3 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:09 pm

JackStraw wrote:Also, I for one have a very very hard time putting reprolabels created off of a scan on a vintage G1 figure that I paid a lot of money for. It's like putting new after market parts on a vintage car. It can be neat, but it's no longer so much vintage. Even if they looked exactly the same, it's still not right...and they don't look exactly the same.

Let's say they're not EXACTLY the same...what looks better? poopy, faded, worn, peeling up stickers (probably applied by a child) or a fresh set of clean, new stickers meticulously applied by a collector?

And I'll bet you if you put up on eBay two of the same figure in comparable shape with the exception that one has crappy, old stickers and the other with a fresh set of Reprolabels...I bet you the Reprolabeled figure sells for more cash. Even if it's clearly stated they're Reprolabels. Yeah, in theory one might prefer the original, unapplied set of stickers over a set of Repros...but you ever hear of someone applying 25 year old stickers to a figure and them not sticking worth a damn. I have...

News Credits: 7 · Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:10 pm

HighPrime wrote: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%

JackStraw wrote:Also, I for one have a very very hard time putting reprolabels created off of a scan on a vintage G1 figure that I paid a lot of money for. It's like putting new after market parts on a vintage car. It can be neat, but it's no longer so much vintage. Even if they looked exactly the same, it's still not right...and they don't look exactly the same.

This is not really true though. The overwhelming majority of collectors that I have seen do not even take into consideration whether or not the stickers are original or repros, in fact they put repros on their figs. I have yet to see an incidence where that is the case, although you may certainly be the first.