Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
I'm not a fan of stickers on contemporary toys. It's such a crude and cheap way of adding more detail to a toy as opposed to just paint apps or tampos that became standard practice since Beast Wars. Just yesterday I brought my original BW Rattrap to school, and some of the kids marvelled at the detailed sculpting and lovingly airbrushed paint apps on that toy. Having said that, considering that Hasbro have been increasingly holding back on paints and tampos, I'd rather be given stickers than just having a bear bones bland figure. It's as if Hasbro's pre-emptively giving us reprolabels, which is preferable to nothing at all. But paints and tampos over stickers any day (one reason why I prefer say Hasbro's TFPRiD Vehicon over TakaraTOMY's AM Vehicon).
I think that labels can be good way of adding the detail while (presumably) keeping the cost lower. Of course, beautifully applied paint apps would be great, but having them "lovingly applied" would cost time and money that would be passed on to consumers. I'm not sure how they managed to do them so much better in 'the good ol' days', but it seems like those days are past us. If stickers means more affordable toys, then great. But they have to be done better than Roadbuster's stickers. Considering the detail, quality and amazing fit Reprolabels.com's stickers are, and that they are a very small, 'backyard' operation, then Hasbro's efforts are exceedingly poor.