Hot Toys used to use these really ****** thin flimsy black plastic for their figure packaging. Different than the ones they use now. It was super thin and would scuff up with the slightest touch.
Here comes the DX line which were suppose to be the definitive representation of said character. Complete with this perfectly cut foam packaging that you see when you open it for the first time. It was such a great feeling opening up DX figures. They also always had this distinctive smell to them.
I've always associated foam packaging to be higher quality because of this, even though it was probably cheaper.