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I know another forum member already touched on this subject, which I looked for already. My apologies moderators, move as necessary. On Nov. 6 I purchased a Tamiya Nismo R34 GT-R Z-Tune, as the price was good. The order was fulfilled by Amazon. Delivery was quick and it arrived the next day, hurray! This is the way it was shipped, booo! So I went on line to find an effective way to remove the shipping label. The suggested way was to apply high heat (hair dryer high, not heat gun high), and start at a corner and try to peal back the label. This worked, however after the label pealed off, the adhesive residue remained. Tamiya box lids have a glossy paper surface which is achieved by a plastic film layer laminated over the printed paper cover. With further research, I found out that the residue might be removed with something as mild as cooking oil, all the way up to something as aggressive as Goo Gone. I decided to go all in with Goo Gone, but first tested the durability of the plastic film on an end panel. Success, no damage to the corner of the end panel. So with a small amount of Goo Gone in plastic lid, I went to work dipping Q-Tips in the Goo Gone and then slowly rubbing away the adhesive residue. This picture shows the top portion cleaned off and the bottom portion still with adhesive and fuzzy bits. After removing most of the adhesive with Q-Tips, I moistened the corner of a piece of paper towel with Goo Gone. I used this to give the whole adhesive covered area a final wipe down. This was the final result. I lucked out this time, but I sure wish Amazon wouldn't use such a sketchy shipping practice.