Arcane Esoterica Packaging Question

[woodsroad]

Esoterica has gone through several packaging changes over time. Does anyone have a handle on when they stopped using the off-white "Butera" mylar laminate bag?

 

[misterlowercase]

I think it was last year? Sometime in 2013?
I'm not really too sure though.
Hopefully, someone can answer with a more precise date.
I haven't got one of the new bags yet.
The old cream bags seemed to have developed a bad rep for pinholes in the laminate where it crinkled or the flake tray ate through the material, and threads/pictures popped up all about 'em, like this famous flashlight gif...

...the new bags also seem to show up with integrity issues, look at the last photo in this thread, the flake tray can still rub through the material...

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/thoughts-on-esotericas-packaging
btw

Does anybody have a pic of the very earliest Esoterica 8oz. packaging? I thought they looked cool, saw a couple on Pipestud's shoppe a while back but failed to save the image.

 

[woodsroad]

Thank you, that is very cool.

 

[mrjerke]

I don't believe it was last year. I thought more like 2-3 years ago. I could be wrong.

 

[woodsroad]

I'm just trying to judge the possible age of this bag. The original purchaser bought in June of 2013.