[scarrviper]

Hallelujah!

I was hoping regular window packaging would return someday, I'm surprised it's happening so soon. I hate the windowless packaging because in store you can't see what you are buying. I gave up on finding a tiger force Recondo or Bazooka because every single one I ever saw at Target had horrible quality control. Now I'm skipping Tiger force all together.

The only Hasbro product I collect these days is classified series. I've seen too many issues to blindly trust the windowless boxes. Sloppy paint, misprinted eyes/faces, missing or damaged parts, etc. If I'm buying something in store, I have to examine everything carefully. Of course, some of my classified series have come from online orders and that's been a gamble. But at least I can return it if what I get is no good. So far my luck has been mixed.

Windowless was just a horrible idea. Between not being able to see bad quality control, theft and swapping. We'll probably never know why they changed course so soon, but it is fun to speculate. Customer backlash/feedback? Decreased sales? Retailer complaints? All possible.

I personally think this plastic free packaging mistake was less about the environment and more about PR and chasing ESG money. I also wonder if the plastic free packaging saved them any money to produce it.