It's Target, not Pampers. The smaller Target sizes have the stripe, the larger sizes may not. Pampers size NB and size 1 have Sesame Street characters on them. I am going through Pampers size 1 right now and had to put away the Target size 1s because they're a just little too big for her at the moment.
Makes me want to try Target diapers again. I thought they were rough/papery, and had no indicator when DS was in NB/1.
I bought a pack when we were on vacation last month and really liked them! I also had the same reaction as you when we tried them out for daycare in early 2013, so I think they changed something.