>>9730642>The original purpose of the clamshell plastic packaging was that you were supposed to be able to pop it open and re-seal it without breaking or cutting anything so every toy could be open or MOC depending on how you felt.i want to call bullshit, because clamshells were only not sealed for limited editions and lines you could only buy online.
So when McFarlane had toys like this in sealed clamshells, companies like 4H were releasing their indie shit in clamshells that weren't sealed. Same shit with SOTA and Toy Biz.
I mean, i could be wrong, because i didn't really buy first waves (because most of them looked like shit) that came in clamshells, but i definitely remember sealed clamshells being a thing when indie lines and limited editions were coming in unsealed clamshells at the same time. But giving the original ML wave a quick peak, they were also sealed.