I wrote about this on my blog recently: while I think it's amazing to see what the Kroffts can do when they have actual budgets to work with, and there's quite a cinematic quality to their current work that was seriously lacking back in their olden days, at the same time, a big part of their charm back then was the cheap, campy look and quality of their, given they had very little money to work with - it really ended up defining their overall "Krofft Look" they became (in)famous for. It's not unlike what we've been discussing here in the past (something
@Drtooth has pointed out nicely) regarding how in making Muppets look for perfect and flawless in today's HD age, the characters are actually looking more artificial and lifeless as a result; the imperfections in decades past is what gave them an edge, warmth, and believablity because it was like seeing the artist in the art - you could tell if a character was built by Don Sahlin, or Kermit Love, or Ed Christie, or anyone else. Even Nick Park has said this is why they never bothered trying to smooth out fingerprints on their claymation characters, because it was a way of seeing the artist in the art, and made the characters all the more appealing and endearing.