Mystery character hats and vinylmation jr help please!!

Hi everyone....

I have a concern that I have fallen victim to buying fakes....

Here is my story...

I bought these pin packs on a certain auction site that begins with an "E" (I know I know beware of the "E" site)...and they were not heavily discounted, only by a few $$.

Both sets of these pins came in sealed packs and disney parks price sticker (I have photo's)

The sets are as follows...

First set in question is: Pin 93701: Character Earhat - Mystery Pack
This set when I opened the sealed pack, the pins inside were in clear plastic baggies. Now last year when I bought a mystery pack like this (different set) they came in black baggies. The back has the mickey heads and I compared them to other ones I have (that were purchased at WDW) and they are the same, no signs of a border like a scrapper would show.

My questions for this set are: 1. Are they counterfieting packaging now? 2. Are the fakes becoming that good that you can't tell the difference? 3. Is Disney going the cheaper route on the bags?

Pin 92673: Vinylmation Jr #6 Mystery Pin Pack -Snow White (THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE SET - PIN PICS DID NOT HAVE JUST THE BAG)

Same thing, came in the sealed bag, price sticker but when I opened them, they were not in any type of baggies just loose. I remember my vinylmation jr's small world packs came in the black baggies. The back has the mickey heads and I compared them to other ones I have (that were purchased at WDW) and they are the same, no signs of a border like a scrapper would show.

My questions for this set are: 1. Are they counterfieting packaging now? 2. Are the fakes becoming that good that you can't tell the difference? 3. Is Disney going the cheaper route and not putting the vinylmation jr's in bags now?

I have gotten some pretty bad scrappers off cast lanyards so I do know what to look for, it's just these are sealed bags, and the inside baggies are throwing me off....are they now counterfieting the bags as well??

Also I asked around on some pin group on facebook and a lady said she was in Disneyland at the moment and that's how the hats come now and how they are now packing the vinylmation jr, just seems very strange to me that Disney wouldn't use the black bags anymore....unless they are going the cheaper route these days, which I know on some stuff they are,unfortunatley.

ANY HELP OR INFO IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.....THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

I bought ear hats at dlr and they did come in the little plastic baggies that were clear.

We just bought a pack of each at WDW on Thursday. Exactly as you found yours - SW vinylmation jrs loose in pack, hats in clear baggies.

Thank you for the replies...UGH WHAT IS DISNEY DOING TO US!! LOL I see those bags and just automatically think, well I'm sure you know...I just figured to buy them now so when we go to WDW it's one less thing to lug around the park and take home.

There have been a lot of crazy issues like that with packaging over the last couple of years. Last year I bought one of the Vinylmation Park mystery boxes from WDW, and in it was a pin that was from Park #1, and it was poorly made. AND, the set I was buying was like Park #7 or something. It came in all the right packaging and everything. I don't know how their quality control is doing, but I was surprised by something so terrible.

I wouldn't be surprised if they are cutting costs on their packaging or going green in some instances.

I am happy they are legit and I wasn't scammed.

I also got clear baggies in wdw. Glad it worked out for you.