One thing that myself and many other AFOLs (adult fans of LEGO®) are getting really tired of is the increasing amount of stickers in recent sets. Back in the day, just about any special brick had printing on it, be it a road sign, computer terminal, or logo. There were a few stickers here and there, but most special bricks were printed. Nowadays, however, it’s the complete opposite. Printed bricks are few and far between, and those blasted stickers are everywhere! Even pieces that used to be printed (like the 2×2 round tiles with the Imperial symbol from Star Wars) now use stickers instead! This is irritating for many reasons, the most obvious being that stickers aren’t as durable as the original printed bricks. Plus, even for skilled modelers, the slightest misapplication of a sticker can make the resulting piece stand out like a sore thumb.

So what’s the cause? Laziness? Cheaper production costs? Probably a bit of column A and column B. Either way, we’re shit outta luck.