The small 3" vinylmation characters that belong to the Urban, clear or park series come in a solid box, no window, the vinylmation character inside is in a sealed opaque bag. you can not see what you get. It is a Mystery or grab bag like situation. People sell open ones on
ebay because they get duplicates. Nothing to worry about, you are getting a genuine. The only way to ensure you get one of the entire series without duplicates, is to by the entire sealed display box of 24 pieces that runs about $240.
this ensures you get 2 full sets, however.... you still will not know which piece in the series is in which box.
The larger one that is 9" and a newer series called "big eyes" are considered open edition series. There is a window on the box so you can see what you are buying. these are about $15 a piece where the other is about $10. I happen to think the big eyes are really cute! Goofydad you have the big eyes version on your FB page. It does not seem like they are bagged inside the box. The disney website has a vinylmation page with some cool info on it.
Hope this helps!