found a nintendo game - remove price sticker help

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So today i stopped at a local thrift store and found a few games, very common. But one of them is Bandit Kings Of Ancient China for the Nintendo. I didn't know it was sort of a rare game until i got home and checked ebay.

It's actually in nice conditions.. looks super clean.. it just has the price sticker right on the label.. what's the best way to remove it without damaging the label?

any help.

 
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okay

well here's a picture

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I would gently try to scratch at the corners and then use a piece of tape to remove it.  the clear strong tape.

 
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Use water lightly to slowly removed the edges of the price sticker. Once you done so, then keep doing it delicately and use clear scotch tape to remove the remains in a delicate manner.
 
I'd say start trying to remove it from the corners and see how intensely it has bonded to the actual label. That sticker looks really new so I'm thinking it should peel off easily.

If there is sticky residue, you're just going to need some kind of gunk remover but use it in extremely light qualtities so it doesn't soak through to the game label. Apply your remover to a paper towel - Light soap and water might work, or a very light application of something like Goo Gone will do the trick. Just dab and wipe or gently rub off any sticker residue.

If the sticker doesn't peel off cleanly, you could try to use a very light amount of Goo Gone. Again, put it on a paper towel then lightly dab the sticker. That should transfer a minimal amount of Goo Gone to the sticker. Allow the Goo Gone some time to work its magic on the sticker. When it looks like it has dried, try to peel it off, then repeat to dab or wipe away any residue from the sticker.

No matter the method the key is to go slow and use as little as possible so you don't ruin the label below.

 
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I just had a similar sticker on a copy of snowboard kids.

I got my sticker off without any damage to the label but it was time consuming. It took well over an hour of meticulously peeling the sticker with my fingernail bit by bit.

I personally don't use any type of chemical or water. I know in cleaning guides goo gone is mentioned a lot for stickers but I never tried it.

The most I ever had to do was use a hairdryer to heat up the stickers glue. The problem with that is the glue to the label softens as well so you have a greater chance of peeling up some of he label with the sticker.

As mentioned in a previous post that sticker looks fairly new and doesn't look like it sat on the label long enough to do damage. My copy of snowboard kids was like that. I knew before hand I had a high chance of fully getting the sticker off. Still a risk you can do damage to the label though.

 
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Very simple.
A hair dryer.

It melts the sticky crap when you heat it and you can gently peel it off. No chemicals needed.
FYI, don't just super heat one spot, wave the dryer, start lifting one corner and the aim the heat between that space you just made by lifting the sticker.

It's how I get every single price / barcode label off anything I get, no matter where it's at. I've never had any problems with the original label being unglued, I don't ever use a high heat setting, just warm setting.
 
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Dabbing it with Goo Gone on a q-tip would be my suggestion. Start at a corner, apply the Goo Gone (don't rub, just dab), and try to peel it with your finger. I've used Goo Gone for years and it hasn't damaged anything.

The hair dryer will probably work too but it's probably riskier as those labels are susceptible to warping. NES games weren't produced with the highest quality materials. The label also looks like it's started to peel off on the sides, which is another reason I'd want to avoid heat.

DO NOT underestimate the sticker because it's new and hasn't settled. Thrift shops and other stores that have to leave their items out in the open often use very strong adhesives, because people swap price tags. Additionally, some of those adhesives can also permanently stain the label, even if you do get the sticker off easily.

 
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I second the notion to avoid the blow dryer method. You risk messing with the label beneath too much since the heat is going to be distributed all over the label and not just the sticker.

 
wow thank you guys soo much for all the great suggestions. I will keep them all in mind for whenever i run across this problem again. Like most of you suggest the sticker most of been placed quiet recently since it was quiet easy to peel it off, thank god.

I plan on selling it now and using that money to try to finish my Resident evil Gamecube game collection.

Not bad, huh

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Nice. Looks like it came off clean.

On an unrelated note, I'm amazed that you have a store that sells NES games so cheap. I once brought this up with my local mom & pop store about why their NES games are so fucking expensive and they told me, "demand from hipsters and teenagers who want to be 'old school'". I thought they were full of it but a few weeks later, some kid (high schooler, probably 16 since he had his own car) bought Tetris for $28. The manager there smirked at me as the kid was leaving.

 
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dang that sucks.

at the thrift store where i got this game the highest price they sell games for is $2.98

they usually just have sports titles but occasionally i find few good games.

 
I love these sticker threads because everyone seems to have a different strategy.

You seriously never need to use Goo Gone. If a sticker leaves residue, just dab the sticker residue with the adhesive side of a piece of packing tape. The tape will pull up the excess residue and won't damage the case/label underneath.

When it comes to stickers, start at a corner and peel diagonally from it. With fresh stickers, this will usually result in a pain free peel.

 
Doomstink said:
I love these sticker threads because everyone seems to have a different strategy.

You seriously never need to use Goo Gone. If a sticker leaves residue, just dab the sticker residue with the adhesive side of a piece of packing tape. The tape will pull up the excess residue and won't damage the case/label underneath.

When it comes to stickers, start at a corner and peel diagonally from it. With fresh stickers, this will usually result in a pain free peel.
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That has always been my theory. There is no need to use a chemical to take a sticker off of a label. I wouldn't even use water. I wouldn't put any type of liquid near or on the label. Specially if it's a expensive game. If someone told me to use goo gone to take a sticker off a earthbound cartridge i'd tell them to piss off regardless if they say they always use it and never ruined a label.

The only time I ever use any form of liquid substance is when the stickers are on plastic cases like much of the modern games. Nothing that is cardboard or paper label from retro.

 
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So many childhood memories of exhaling on the stickers from boxes / cartridges / CD security stickers while I peeled them back, I can't be the only one who used to do that (even though it sounds weird when I type it up).

Great find by the way Barney, I've yet to come across anything NES-noteworthy in my years of thrift shopping.

 
Doomstink said:
I love these sticker threads because everyone seems to have a different strategy.

You seriously never need to use Goo Gone. If a sticker leaves residue, just dab the sticker residue with the adhesive side of a piece of packing tape. The tape will pull up the excess residue and won't damage the case/label underneath.

When it comes to stickers, start at a corner and peel diagonally from it. With fresh stickers, this will usually result in a pain free peel.
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The reason to use Goo Gone isn't because it takes off the sticker residue (even though that is one of its many uses), it's because you don't know how strong a sticker really is. A sticker could come off easily because it has a weak adhesive but could also come off easily because you actually started to peel off the glossy finish.

I don't get why some people in here are acting like Goo Gone is like some kind of corrosive acid (it's just citric acid)... I've never had anything damaged by Goo Gone in the 5-6 years I've used it on various cart labels, discs, soft boxes (GB games, SNES, etc.) or hard boxes (PS2, GC, PS3, etc.), Jewel cases (PS1), or even on cloth surfaces (tags on clothing). I even spilled a a ton of it on shirt I was wearing while working with it and it didn't even leave a stain after it dried up while sitting in my laundry hamper to be washed.

 
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Vinny said:
I don't get why some people in here are acting like Goo Gone is like some kind of corrosive acid (it's just citric acid)...
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Maybe some people are using wrong brand name association for Goof Off, which is stronger and can easily damage the surface underneath. I've never had any problems with Goo Gone myself, though I use it as a last resort and / or clean up after I get the bulk of the sticker off.

 
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I tried to use Goo Gone on a DVD case back in 2007 and it left worse residue than what was previously there - it may have been Goof Off, I'm not really sure. It was orange and smelled citrusy. I just haven't run into any stickers that haven't been completely removed with a careful peel from the corner and a piece of packing tape. I've been incredibly apprehensive about using Goo Gone since my first experience with it.

 
I discovered there's two formulas of Goo Gone out there. One that's a really orangey liquid and one that is yellow. The orange one, only available in the spray bottle, is in my opinion way inferior to the yellow mix. The orange liquid leaves a weird residue and it wasn't effective at actually removing goo. The yellow stuff is great though. They sell it in a bottle where you can squirt out a little bit (which seems to be best for cleaning multimedia) and a full sized spray bottle.

Goo Gone is great for plastic cases of all types. Just remove the artwork (and the game and the manual). It gets off sticker residue, dirt and other crap, and it leaves the case smelling with just a slight hint of citrus. It's a lifesaver if you buy a lot of used games/DVDs. There's a lot of shit on those used cases. I usually use a little bit on the covers of used books I buy. You'd also be surprised how much dirt and grime is on used book covers. People are really into handling their books with crud all over their hands.

 
Doomstink said:
I tried to use Goo Gone on a DVD case back in 2007 and it left worse residue than what was previously there - it may have been Goof Off, I'm not really sure. It was orange and smelled citrusy. I just haven't run into any stickers that haven't been completely removed with a careful peel from the corner and a piece of packing tape. I've been incredibly apprehensive about using Goo Gone since my first experience with it.
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That sounds more like one of those layered price tag (usually has a plastic layer, then a paper layer, then another plastic layer, and then the adhesive layer). Those take forever to take off even with Goo Gone. I use the tape trick too but only on plastic surfaces... no way in hell I'm taking tape to a manual, case insert or a soft box.

And yes, the orange and yellow Goo Gone are indeed two different formulas. I believe the orange one is meant to be used as surface a cleaner, rather than a adhesive remover, but I'm not sure. But really, you'll never notice that regular Goo Gone isn't orange unless it's pointed out to you.

 
Illinois is probably the worst state for good, cheap game deals. Most goodwill stores in the Chicagoland area as well as the city itself price even the most common nes/snes/genesis games in the $8-$25 range.
 
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