Salvage peeling stickers?

[Syphar]

I snapped up a cheap pair of Zoid 2 models, a Saber Tiger and Claw Liger. I'm very excited, they are so shiny and I love Zaber Fangs. I don't have any Shield Ligers so the Claw is brilliant to have too. The Saber's actually a kind of pinky silver. They are missing a couple of pieces and are rather dirty but I am hoping after a good clean they will look ok. I will put up a Wanted thread later once I've had a closer look at them and worked out what parts are missing.

I have 2 questions though:
1. Is it ok for me to wash the Saber's parts that have the stickers on them? I have been washing them in a small container with dish washing liquid then drying them in the sun.
2. The sticker on the top of the Saber's head is peeling a bit on either side, is there anything I can do about this?

Here's a link to their pictures: Clickie

Also, does anyone know what the blue & black models are? They are Tomy but I doubt they are Zoid related; I've no idea what they are or what I should do with them ^^;
Thanks!

[Falcarius]

Those humanoid models are from the European Z-Knights line. The blue one is a Boot (Nilas in the original Japanese line) with missing chest armour, and the black one is a Shutdown (Vigace in Japan) with missing pincers and horns. They're pretty rare, so they could still be valuable despite being incomplete/broken. Also, there is apparently some backstory linking the Zoids and Z-Knights lines (for instance, the Armoured Titans contain Zoid Cores and can only be piloted by half-Zoidians), but I just can't find where this info comes from.
As for the other questions, I'd also be interested to know!

[Snowflake]

I always loved those humanoids.. great designs and such great custom potential

[Syphar]

Re the Claw Liger, I've given him a wash. His caps are a bit dirty-looking, I scrubbed them but I am wondering if I should try bleach? Is it ok to bleach white caps?

I haven't disassembled or washed the Sabre Tiger yet, I am still worried about the stickers.

Oh wow, I've never heard of Z-Knights before, thanks for the info. I'm unsure if I should try to clean them up a bit (they also have peeling stickers and one supposedly has a leaking battery stuck in it but I have no idea how to tell what's in the backpack or if it's possible to get it open) or if I should just throw them back onto eBay. If anyone wants them I might pop them up into the sales forum later.

Otherwise I'm unsure how to go about touching them up, they are in need of a little TLC but I doubt I'd be able to get spare parts for them.

[Syphar]

Just letting you all know that I washed the Saber Tiger and his stickers are fine, one of the side ones is peeling but I still have yet to figure out the best way to deal with that. I am currently thinking a thin layer of super glue would work, but he's such a rare model and I do luff him muchly so I don't really want to try it out for fear it won't work, so I'll probably just leave him as is.

Unfortunately when assembling him after the wash I snapped the pipe from the top piece, but frankly idk how it was supposed to go in because it doesn't look like it would have fit anyway. I remember having a lot of trouble getting my yellow Zaber Fang assembled with that particular piece, so am not too distraught about the chrome one since it was a clean break that don't look too bad.

[rhasputin]

Don't use super glue!!!!!!!!!

Use regular elmer's school white glue! Super glue may ruin the plastic, or the sticker, turns yellow with age, and turns brittle and cracks.

Basically, with the elmer's glue, if you mess it up, no harm, it's totally harmless and water soluable.
You'll just have to hold the sticker down for a bit.

[Maethius]

I switched from Elmer's to Aleen's Tacky Glue; very strong and easy to use.

[rhasputin]

Tacky glue is fine with me too, just for the love of all things holy don't use super glue.