Bruce Tomlin Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 I got a Milton Bradley Flight Commander control in very good condition today (okay, so the box was in excellent condition, but I haven't yet tested if the control works right). Inside the box was the original sticker sheet cutout and backing paper, and all the stickers had fallen off of the controller itself. Including a very interesting one... a Spitfire Attack end label! (Sorry, no cart was in the box.) After looking through all the labels, it was obvious that they were all there, so I scanned the complete label sheet and the labels without the cutout, and I also scanned the instructions. Mine was missing the transparent gauges label sticker that goes into the lamp window in back, but otherwise is complete. Well, the mystery is solved. The reason so many Spitfire Attack carts are missing their label is simply because MB was too cheap to put them on themselves, and made the customer apply it from the label sheet! In addition, the glue wasn't the best, as shown by all but one having fallen off my controller, and I peeled that one of with no effort. flight_commander_stickers.zip flight_commander_instructions.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Well, the mystery is solved. I hate to tell you this but this mystery was solved many many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Survival Run is the same way. Both were available only in the large box with controller. And both required you to apply the end label yourself. This has been discussed before, but scans are always a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Indeed, it's sort of become fairly common knowledge. I still haven't scored a CIB Spitfire or Survival Run yet -- I'm still on the hunt -- but I'd love to find one with the sticker sheets still intact. I've seen them NIB on eBay -- dunno if there are any still available, but at least one guy has been selling them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Well then, let me give a tip for scanning that I came up with for this. All those little labels, kind of curled up, how are you going to get them to stay in place while you put down the lid of the scanner? Post-it notes. I tacked a bunch of small post-it notes to the back of the stickers and cutout to get them to stay together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Very cool to see the sticker sheet, I've never seen one of those before, thanks for scanning it. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark40oz Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 thats what that controller is for! sweet i picked one up a week ago for 1.25! man my cart is so mint only thing missing is that damn label. if you ever wanna get rid of that sticker sheet hit me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 It's not a sticker sheet. It's all the individual stickers taped together with post-it notes for the purpose of scanning. The glue on the stickers has long since d®ied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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