Any interest in getting Toyhax/Reprolabels through an Australian?

Hey guys,
i have become friends with the team at Reprolabels in the last few months, and they have mentioned that they are looking to expand their Austrailia Business with a local presence. In the short term, what that means would be a uch shorter wait on labels; The idea is they would wait till they had a batch of Australian Orders, courier them overnight to me, and i would send them out through local post. That would cut the wait time from 5-6 weeks down to 1 or 2.


they asked me to just do some research into whether or not that would make you more likely to buy labels from them or not. If not, is there anything that has held you back from trying their stuff up until now?

Lastly; Would Ozformers be willing to post local updates on the main page when new sets are announced?

Hell yes :D

Tbh, it would make it more likely for me as well

Would love to see the delivery time shaved down. In the tail end of last year it was taking almost two months for deliveries to arrive, so anything that would reduce that would be greatly appreciated.

I agree - shipping times are far too long. I wonder why it takes a letter sized envelope so long to come from Canada?

I've been wanting to buy more labels, but never got around to it. This would tip the scales into starting to buy more again.

Also, I'd be happy to post the updates on new sets

Yes, especially if they still have upgrade sets for older toys - my new toy buying has slowed right down but upgrading my existing collection would be fun.

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Yes, especially if they still have upgrade sets for older toys - my new toy buying has slowed right down but upgrading my existing collection would be fun.

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That is a big point right there. A lot of their old labels are not available anymore. Can you ask if they will make a come back?

Nice, would live to be able to get these labels faster :)

Nice. I don't buy many, mainly just faction logos. But I imagine that they're quite popular so as a suggestion maybe you could keep on-hand stock for some of the more popular sheets?

Will be much easier to support if sourced locally.

I'm a HUGE Reprolabels fan and buy from them as often as I can afford it. That said, 2 questions:
1. Would this new system add to the postage costs at all? The flat rate postage currently used is a good deal, especially for large orders.
2. Wouldn't the new system not necessarily speed up the process? Like if I order but they are waiting on other orders to be made before they send it out, meaning I may wait weeks/months anyway?
To be honest, the longer wait times for post currently don't bother me, as I'm very confident in Reprolabels customer care. I've never had an order disappear, and they are brilliant with communication and keeping customers in the loop. That said, the more they expand their business in Australia, the better off us Aussie fans will be so more power to them!

I would definitely order more frequently. At the moment I tend to group all my labels into one big order like twice a year.

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2. Wouldn't the new system not necessarily speed up the process? Like if I order but they are waiting on other orders to be made before they send it out, meaning I may wait weeks/months anyway?

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I was about to ask the same question, but also what happens if you are the only one that has ordered for a few weeks do they have a quota to fill before they send out a group purchase?

Don't get me wrong it would be awesome if they had a bigger presence in Australia, but I would be just as happy if stayed how it is now and as said before they are great to deal with.

Ive been interested in those diorama backdrops tjey do, but postage is more than the item. So if it offerec cost savings by going local then I'm in!

For sure!!! Would love to get them from here, as long as the prices are reasonable??

I've bought reprolabels before and the shipping can take ages. One time it took 2 months to receive my g1 Chromedome stickers + faction symbols, and I emailed the reprolabel crew to make sure they didn't forget my order. They were generous enough to send me a 2nd set in case my order got lost in the mail (which I also received). Nowadays I'll only bulk order stickers if there's more than 3 types that I desperately want.

If we can start to get reprolabels locally, I'll definitely be all for it :)

If it would see a reduced cost for postage then yes I would likely buy a lot. At this stage I would say the cost has been prohibitive for me. I would rather spend my money on bots than sticker sheets but if the prices came down (be that reduced postage or use of $A instead of $US) then I would definitely buy some.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

So I guess I can now officially say I'm going to be the Australian Agent for Reprolabels. Which means if you guys need any help with a Repro, you can email me (thescreamman@gmail.com) and I'll do my best to help you out.

The idea is that I would get a parcel from them to send out once a week. So the hope is to half the time it takes now (For me that was usually about 6 weeks) and get it down to 2 or 3.

Pricing will stay at a flat $3 for now, but they are going to look into changes in the future. Same with local pricing, though it should be noted that Repro prices have also never gone up; Prices are the same as they were when the items first went on sale.

I asked Alex about older sticker sets, and he replied with this: " As for the older sets... we've only discontinued a few. And only because they literally stopped selling all together. Files are long gone or too degraded now to get back."

So looks like unless there is a big demand for it, you won't be getting those anymore :(

I hope this works out guys. if they see a big upswing in Australian sales, they may look into giving me actual stock to keep in Australia, which would mean me filling orders locally and hopefully even more quickly. But that's still a ways off and depends on you guys.

Lastly, this opportunity came up after i spoke to Alex here, on my Podcast, The Repacked Podcast. There is a lot of background info on how the sets are made, and on the price and timing etc. Give it a listen to learn more about them!

So where would the buying take place? Still on their website in US$? I have been considering a purchase since the dollar jumped last month.

Id be keen, sure :)

Colour me interested.

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Originally Posted by The Scream Man

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

So I guess I can now officially say I'm going to be the Australian Agent for Reprolabels. Which means if you guys need any help with a Repro, you can email me (thescreamman@gmail.com) and I'll do my best to help you out.

The idea is that I would get a parcel from them to send out once a week. So the hope is to half the time it takes now (For me that was usually about 6 weeks) and get it down to 2 or 3.

Pricing will stay at a flat $3 for now, but they are going to look into changes in the future. Same with local pricing, though it should be noted that Repro prices have also never gone up; Prices are the same as they were when the items first went on sale.

I asked Alex about older sticker sets, and he replied with this: " As for the older sets... we've only discontinued a few. And only because they literally stopped selling all together. Files are long gone or too degraded now to get back."

So looks like unless there is a big demand for it, you won't be getting those anymore :(

I hope this works out guys. if they see a big upswing in Australian sales, they may look into giving me actual stock to keep in Australia, which would mean me filling orders locally and hopefully even more quickly. But that's still a ways off and depends on you guys.

Lastly, this opportunity came up after i spoke to Alex here, on my Podcast, The Repacked Podcast. There is a lot of background info on how the sets are made, and on the price and timing etc. Give it a listen to learn more about them!

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Awesome! Thanks Scream Man. I'll be giving it a go for sure.

I've always found their shipping incredibly cheap and reliable, and envelope orders come through in a matter of four or five weeks. That's speedy to me, and still faster than many USPS parcels I receive. But hey, if they think there's s business case for it and it doesn't push up shipping prices much, sure.

But I really love the dirt cheap shipping, and if they offered a CHOICE I'd go for the envelope price everytime.

For now, shipping wont change up or down, and prices will be in USD. That may change if they start getting more orders.

prices will remain in USD for now, bu they hope to have that change as well down the track. If I became a local seller for example it would change. But we'll see how we go for orders first.

Do we order through the website as usual, or is there/will there be an alternate ordering system in place?

I'd be interested - have a quite a few on the list to buy when I get the spare cash

Order thrugh the website as usual.

To confirm, is this official as of now?

Has anyone ordered the G1 Sunstreaker or Wreck-Gar sets before? I've noticed the colours are different to the originals. Sunstreaker's shoulder labels are a flat red whereas the original was metallic red while Wreck-Gar's labels have the red background colour on most labels as a purple on the repros. Is this typical of the repros or did I score a dud batch?

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To confirm, is this official as of now?

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Yep!

Will this have an impact on the shipping costs of some of the bulkier items? For instance, the TR Galvatron set with the facemask? Those pieces push the shipping cost up from US$3 to US$11. I'm holding off for now until I have a bigger order to justify the extra cost.

Good question, I'll ask.

Another question I would ask, how long would they wait before sending? Say if I was the only aussie to order in 4 weeks, would they still wait for more?

Nope! looks like they will be sending them to me every week/fortnight.

Ok, that is awesome. Time to start buying up then. Thanks for all your help so far, and for for future help

First batch should be going out from me tomorrow.

can't wait for this to happen soon enough, I ordered labels for Downbeat when they were announced back around 14th Jan, still waiting for them now >_> (just on 2 months now :( )

Question: Are there any vouchers being sent our (Aus) way?

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can't wait for this to happen soon enough, I ordered labels for Downbeat when they were announced back around 14th Jan, still waiting for them now >_> (just on 2 months now :( )

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2 months is way to long. email me the order details and your name and address and I'll look into it

thescreamman@gmail.com