Changing with the Times

What the hell is going on with the people that make Beanie Babies? They were never my thing, but way back when, I could see how someone else might have found them cute (especially if they were of the monkey variety).

But over the last several years there seems to have been a trend towards making these things with large, zombie-like eyes. Now this style seems to have completely taken over their product line (as , I guess, zombies will do).

Do kids "nowadays" really like them like this? Am I really this far out of the loop? I think if someone had given me one of these when I was a little kid, it would have given me nightmares.

Though, maybe if the eyes would light up, that might be kind of cool.