Old decals (or stickers) replacement

[tonydusud]

Hi everyone!

I'm currently rebuilding my Technic collection for the third time, since I had to sell it twice in the past to pay for my sons' tuition. Anyway, I got most of it back (around 40 of them), except that the older sets have all their decals installed, crippled or absent. I'm a "do not apply sticker" defender, and getting hold of all the stickers sheets I need thru BrickLink adds up to a subsantual and unreasonable amount. I know that copyrights prevent anyone to sell duplicates of Lego sticker sheets and that type of service may not to be found in the Internet - please correct me if I'm wrong on that. If it's the case, I thought I could ask where I could get exact measurements of the originals sheets I need so that I could print them for my own use. I undestand I could measure one of the applied sticker and extrapolate the size of the whole sheet and use that to zoom in the image of the sheet available online, but that seems cumbersome, time consuming and unpractical. Also, what type of blank sticker sheet paper would you recommend and what type of printer would I need?

Here are the sets number for which I need the sheet exact dimensions : 8043, 8053, 8069, 8110, 8250, 8258, 8285, 8295, 8297, 8408, 8421, 8431, 8448, 8458, 8459, 8462, 8466, 8479, 8868, 8880 and 9398. I know that's a lot, but any info would be immensely appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any help on that matter!

[TechnicRCRacer]

I bought nice replacement stickers for my copy of the technic Williams formula 1 car off eBay. They weren’t very expensive.

[tonydusud]

Hi! I did not check on eBay because most of the time Lego Technic sets cost more than on BrickLink, Facebook MarketPlace or Kijiji. I'll look into it and compare with BL prices. As you read in my original post, I have quite a few old set stickers to buy and I did not list any 42xxx series I have, some brand new with no stickers applied and quite a few used with stickers applied. I'm not concerned with the prices of the latter on BL, but I am with my old sets. As I wrote, I'll definately check your source too. Custom prints on stickers sheets form JPG images seem costly also, because there is no bulk savings when you order to a specialized print shop all different sheets with on or two, maybe three stickers on each.. That's also somethong I'll check thoroughly in the near future. Anyway, thanks for your input!

[TechnicRCRacer]

No problem! Here are the ones I bought. They are quite inexpensive compared to the original ones which are very rare.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CUSTOM-sticker-for-LEGO-8461-Williams-F1-Team-Racer/302354739252?hash=item4665bf3034:g:7~IAAOSwpONZR~-T

[grum64]

I had a local graphics company make me some replacement stickers for my Lego 8461 Williams F1 Team Racer. They came out really well (after a slight misunderstanding with the size meant they were A2 sized!) and were die cut so we’re easy to apply.

Just in case of problems I bought a ‘backup set’ from ZacParis on eBay. They’re great quality & even with delivery are reasonably priced and are quick to arrive (UK). Since then I’ve had many stickers from him and had nothing to complain about. You can find his 8461 stickers here.

Williams 8461 Replacement Stickers

If you have any problems with the link here’s the item number: 131673430707

 

[tonydusud]

Thanks to all for their encouraging comments!