Digital Editing... too far?

Barneys has released previews of a re-imagined Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck for their holiday line, and the reaction isn't very good. This is an example of how taking something classic and traditional, and using modern technology to re-imagine it... and failing. There is alot of backlash to these re-done characters, which are shown in the image below.

As you can see, they seem to have grown a couple feet... and lost a lot of weight. Of course, this is a social issue and is contreversial in that way, but in the same event we can look at how sometimes the ability to edit so much can be harmful. I'm all about being unique and coming up with neat things using Photoshop and other editing software, but sometimes the audience isn't so accepting. What do you guys think about this re-design?

Here is an article with more information:
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/skinny-minnie-mouse-inspires-petition-194641110.html