"In general the mini figure series are purchased largely by AFOL's such as myself for their collector value. This series having unique figures fits that except it includes extra "play" pieces that do nothing for most AFOL's except drive up the price. I do support moving away from plastic packaging. Those complaining about opened and poked boxes should bring this up to the retailer selling the product as they should be monitoring their inventory better. As for not being able to "feel" what you want, I'm glad to be moving away from this as those of us who don't have time to feel every bag get left with the unwanted figures... It's a blind bag for a reason, do you try and check out collectable cards before you buy a pack also? Be an adult."