To be fair Jason discontinued printing stickers for a while so some members would of gone to the only supplier that was available. The inference at that time was that he was not going to resume printing them.
I could imagine that fading would be an issue for the more detailed coloured stripes of the Hx/z range but probably less prevelent for the solid black (or WTF with the white) stickers of the earlier models. The other suppliers are printing the stickers for those on quality 3M materials as well.
Mauser
Bookmarks