Removing weird stuff ( graphics ) from Hot Wheels

[Greg Myers]

Used to be able to remove the unwanted graphics with alcohol. 

Not sure it will work now with their shiney graphics.

Any ideas? i want to keep the base paint intact.

[peteski]

They used to be Tampo printed (the dull ink). I have not bought any new Hot wheels for several years. So the graphics are now shiny?  I wonder if they have modernized from Tampo-printing to direct-to-substrate ink jet printing using UV-curable inks? That is what the model railroad industry is now embracing for decorating those models.  If that is the case, those will be hard to dissolve.