Dynamics AX Model Store Import Incompatibility with SQL Server Replication

We are using SQL Server Transactional Replication (SQL Server 2008 R2) to replicate a subset of Dynamics AX tables to a separate instance for reporting. During monthly releases, we're encountering an error during Model Store Import that says a table
cannot be dropped because it is used for replication. However, this article states that Transactional Replication is supported:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd362068.aspx. So, is it, or isn't it? Right now, we have to drop the subscription, drop the publication, perform the import, then
recreate both the publication and subscription, and re-initialize the subscription.
Has anyone out there dealt with this issue?

Sounds like the issue is with the model store import portion. The problem could be with a single table. What I would do is trace the model store import to figure out what tables are being dropped as part of the import process.
Then put these tables in their own publication and only drop the subscription to these tables and recreate the subscription after the import is done.
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