Luke Styer Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Does anyone know of a third party who makes license plate stickers for mini-figure scale cars? Some official sets come with one or even two, but I'd really like to have decent looking stickers I could put on a 1x2 tile for my MOC vehicles or for official vehicles that don't come with the appropriate stickers. Quote
JopieK Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well, I would be able to help you, but it is quite busy at the moment with my normal job, I guess that making license plates is not that much work. We even have sold a standard set with Dutch / German / Belgian / Danish plates in the past (we might still have some). Quote
Bricked Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) I would just suggest print a design out on a small sticky label, then just cut it out, and BAM you have a license plate. I don't know a more professional way, but my suggestion could save you money. Edited January 5, 2014 by Bricked Quote
JopieK Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 well, a more professional way would be to use a vinyl printer ;) Quote
B Rick Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Well, you could try to get people pre-order a stickersheet with lots of licenseplates, cut out by the customers themselves to keep the costs to a minimum. (maybe even let them suggest some. different states. countries. periods in time. particular movie-related plates... etc.) Vinyl sticker-printing isn't that expensive nowadays and I'm almost certain it will be a safe investment going with the town-scale. Edited January 5, 2014 by B Rick Quote
El Garfio Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Play with this Open a powerpoint sheet and paste the image, crop it to give out the margins and print it - scale it until it fits on a 2x1 plate. When you have the scales, replicate these ones or keep the license plate border and edit the licence plate numbers. Once you have it, print it on a white sheet of paper and stick them with stick glue or look for adhesive sheets. Edited January 5, 2014 by El Garfio Quote
Luke Styer Posted January 5, 2014 Author Posted January 5, 2014 I think I saw a sheet of license plate stickers for sale once somewhere, but I have no idea if it was on ebay, or a specialty website or what. Those plates on the pic El Garfio posted are pretty much exactly what I am looking for. Quote
JopieK Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Well, you could try to get people pre-order a stickersheet with lots of licenseplates, cut out by the customers themselves to keep the costs to a minimum. (maybe even let them suggest some. different states. countries. periods in time. particular movie-related plates... etc.) Vinyl sticker-printing isn't that expensive nowadays and I'm almost certain it will be a safe investment going with the town-scale. Cutting is not a problem with the proper equipment, but there is an other problem: a lot of people have a lot of (different wishes) and time is always an issue of course. Quote
B Rick Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Cutting is not a problem with the proper equipment, but there is an other problem: a lot of people have a lot of (different wishes) and time is always an issue of course. True. But I'm guessing just a postcardsize sheet of different licenseplates is do-able... And affordable. Just go for what we think is very popular: a few tv-show plates and some regular. But not too realistic. I think plates in Lego-realism wit just a hint to real plates will do just fine, like the made-up octan fuel logo. With all the cars being build in townscale there could be a (non-profitable) market. Quote
JopieK Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 I have promised Luke to make some for him and will afterwards share the sheet. Quote
B Rick Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Are you talking about the design, or are you capable to produce just one sheet of stickers? I think it's cool either way. Edited January 5, 2014 by B Rick Quote
Rufus Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Play with this http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6637131587_61c2632c79.jpg I'm quite happy for people to use my picture, but you might be better off using the higher resolution version: here. Quote
L@go Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) I use the Exo-Force code tiles - they're readily available, not particularly expensive, and all unique. They also exist in lime, orange - and yellow, which I use for trucks. The downside is that because they're all unique, you can only have one plate on each car. I prefer putting them on the rear end. In the relatively rare instances when there isn't room to fit a 1x2 tile, I use one of those City stickers. Edited January 5, 2014 by L@go Quote
Luke Styer Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 I have promised Luke to make some for him and will afterwards share the sheet. Which, as I said in the private messages, is service way above and beyond the call of duty! Thank you so much! I use the Exo-Force code tiles - they're readily available, not particularly expensive, and all unique. I had never even heard of these. Neat! Quote
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