That's what I'm sayin'.
BMX bikes are always worth more as original. Really anal group of restorers.
If there are not replacement decals available for a specific bike, the decals need to be present in order to potentially be replicated in the event a guy want's to bring it back.
I'm not saying for sure that a Mongoose Decade is going to ever be restored, but one might say that about a low rent Hutch Wind Styler, too. In the case of the Wind Styler, they'd be wrong. There is a tremendous following of those bikes, though I am clueless as to why.
Tell us the types of bikes you stripped naked?