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monstergrotusque wrote:

Botch the Crab wrote:

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.

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.

That's OK ... I think you just got caught in the crossfire while some of us were jumping to ReproLabels defense earlier today. I apologize if some of us came across as a little too aggressive with our comments at first. I think things have smoothed out.

Seibertron wrote:

monstergrotusque wrote:

Botch the Crab wrote:

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.

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.

That's OK ... I think you just got caught in the crossfire while some of us were jumping to ReproLabels defense earlier today. I apologize if some of us came across as a little too aggressive with our comments at first. I think things have smoothed out.

No worries. Good thing I tamed my post down a bit before i posted. My feathers got ruffled there a and i wasn't pullin any punches but thought better of it at the last second.

monstergrotusque wrote:No worries. Good thing I tamed my post down a bit before i posted. My feathers got ruffled there a and i wasn't pullin any punches but thought better of it at the last second.

Happens to the best of us. Amazing how passionate we can all be about a 27 year old toyline.

I'd be keen for Reprolabels for more than half of these figures, hope someone is able to help them out.

Wonder how they replicate the stickers that were not on the original sticker sheet but were factory applied? I guess they remove them from a figure and scan them in and fix them up?

I have bought many quality sets from Reprolabels, and plan to buy many more.

I even got a few choice custom sheets from him (Bluestreak with silver arm decals and Smokescreen-style headlights, a Decepticon symbol sheet in a darker purple than normal, and 2 recolored Laserbeak sheets for an Autobot made from the crystal blue KO Laserbeak -- Ask him about "Beatseeker"). Since my last order, I've been on a kick of buying unused vintage label sheets.

Of the characters on his list I have:

Hosehead
Horri-bull
Fizzle
Guzzle
Crosshairs
Repugnus
Slugslinger
Weirdwolf (sort of)
Fangry
Landfill
Vroom
Quickmix
Quickswitch
Ruckus
Getaway
Siren
Spinister
Squeezeplay

All boldfaced names are those I have the actual label sheet for.
I also have Sureshot's, and a original sheet variant for Hot Rod. (The variation is that all of Hot Rod's later sheets -- from about 1987 on -- replace the orange bits with red. TM and reissue Hot Rod's have 2 red and 1 yellow triangle on his arms and legs.) I'm sure it would improve the Hot Rod sheet he sells to everyone if I sent mine, but I bought it to use. I'm also sitting on a huge cache of Seeker label sheets (with both Decepticon symbol cut styles) for the same reason.

I can't wait until the Crosshairs sheets come out. No one applies the 4 leg/"animal control door" decals the same as I did.

Let me put it this way: Unless you want to spend $35-40 on a hard-to-find vintage Jazz sheet (with the original "Martinii" and "Porsche" logos), you're getting a humongous bargain as his Jazz sheets have the same details for much less ($6-7, I think). His Thundercracker and Skywarp label sheets are closer to the original sheet colors than the Takara and Tomy reissues. (I have all 3 versions of both, so I checked.) His Smokescreen sheet has a couple of the Diaclone-only decals (which is why some of SS's are blank compared to Bluestreak and Prowl) That's why I'm glad his service is still running strong since I first discovered it in 1999.

Ive just gettin in to these reprolables and love them hope they get plenty of help.

PS. i would like to see more Classics and WFC lables on the way.