I examined them more carefully now.
The standard soft white 60W here no longer has the tacky finish, but all other specs seem the same - 800l, 2700K, 79mA/9.5W. The packaging no longer unfolds, it's a single card with the same 2 piece clamshell, but I found 2 styles of packaging with the clamshell either on the left or right. The globe is smooth on the outside, but when you tap it, it is well damped, as if well coated inside with think "frosting" or perhaps not even glass. I think what I can see of the interior LED tower looks different.
The new TW 60W has the same specs as the old - 800l, 93CRI, 13.5W/112mA - and still has the tacky outer coating. But, as you say, they are no longer blue, and the packaging no longer says, "The breakthrough innovation in the Cree TW Series is spectral notching with neodymium oxide optics, augmenting LED light quality to show colors that are true and natural." My guess is that they figured it was cheaper to put higher CRI LEDs in, and ditch the glass filter. Now it's harder to tell them at a glance, you must look for the larger heatsink, or read the higher wattage/current on the top lettering.
