Actually FGS, one reason for "old school package" is it's more environmentally friendly....a good move!!! They can always make blisters hard to open and install a dectector alarm inside the blister and use paper that way its more environmentally friendly but hard to steal! Hehehe

I hate those blister packs, the're hard to open and cut you quite often

These 'Tumor' lamp is acutally aesthetically modified evacuated tip style.

i despise blister packs!

Is the tumor the "cold spot" for the tube? I've seen the "evacuated tip" on some larger CFLs toward the centre of the spiral as a way to provide the cold spot for vapour pressure control in the tube.

PS - they call them "blister packs" for a reason - you get a blister trying to open them.