Yeah I dipped these and those old ones in water and kept it aside to test the durability. They are vinyl too and not paper but they do look like paper. The old ones were not embossed but they were a little glossy and these are matte, maybe thats why. Anyway those old ones are my benchmark and that is why I did not like them as much.
Those were more expensive too, almost 2-3 times. If I dont like any of the samples then will fall back to those. No compromise on quality even if there are less takers.