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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 20:59:24 GMT -5
I suppose I should elaborate a bit for the OP. Personally, since there's no good way to repackage them, I cut them to where you can still save the cards. How I do it is to use an X-acto knife and cut only through the bubble (outside plastic part), but not the tray (inside plastic part). That way, you'll get less resistance and have more control over your cutting path. I keep a good distance from the card, because that part comes later, when you've got more control. After you've gotten the entire bubble off, you can use your X-acto knife again to go along the pieces that are left and cut it down to where it's even with the card, carefully trimming off any excess plastic. Do it right, and you're left with a card with only the part of the bubble that was glued on. I've been doing this since the Hasbro/LJN days (well, when I was a kid in the '80s, my dad did it for me), and it works like a charm. If you want to try to display them in their packages later, you can also use an X-acto knife to cut a hole in the top (assuming that's the wide end) of the bubble that's big enough to slide the tray up and out of, but that's a pain in the neck and hardly ever works like it should. don't do this, terrible idea. Read my post and you can save your card and bubble in tact.
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Post by The Madness on Sept 7, 2013 14:04:14 GMT -5
I suppose I should elaborate a bit for the OP. Personally, since there's no good way to repackage them, I cut them to where you can still save the cards. How I do it is to use an X-acto knife and cut only through the bubble (outside plastic part), but not the tray (inside plastic part). That way, you'll get less resistance and have more control over your cutting path. I keep a good distance from the card, because that part comes later, when you've got more control. After you've gotten the entire bubble off, you can use your X-acto knife again to go along the pieces that are left and cut it down to where it's even with the card, carefully trimming off any excess plastic. Do it right, and you're left with a card with only the part of the bubble that was glued on. I've been doing this since the Hasbro/LJN days (well, when I was a kid in the '80s, my dad did it for me), and it works like a charm. If you want to try to display them in their packages later, you can also use an X-acto knife to cut a hole in the top (assuming that's the wide end) of the bubble that's big enough to slide the tray up and out of, but that's a pain in the neck and hardly ever works like it should. don't do this, terrible idea. Read my post and you can save your card and bubble in tact. It'd work if you don't mind having a bubble with tape all over it instead of a clean-cut card.
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JWC
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Post by JWC on Sept 7, 2013 15:16:34 GMT -5
You know you don't keep the packaging...
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Post by Squid: The Anti-Hero on Sept 7, 2013 15:53:05 GMT -5
You know you don't keep the packaging... lol this
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