I picked one of these up, if nothing else, because of the different art in terms of 'filler' as Mel coined it. I agree with this assessment.
It's not breaking any artistic molds, but the new art of classic 80s characters with the original title font/design makes this a great addition to my 80s horde. While the art direction on it is just OK, it is nowhere near as bad as Bertmer's or Doyle's stuff. Their work literally annoys me, an emotion I don't like to feel when looking at art. I dig this piece because it doesn't try to be anything other than what it is, which is what the glory days of 80s posters used to be in the first place.
I give stuff from this decade a pass, need be, design-wise if a particular poster evokes certain memories of the Happy Childhood Decade, that is all that matters. (See: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...the best Hughes film, IMO with a poster that can be written off as just OK but I think its perfect...it makes me so happy just to look at it).
I don't think the work on it can be downplayed though, especially since we don't know the process and time it went into it. Determining what is art and what isn't is a waste of time, art is supposed to polarize folks, that's the beauty of it.
As you have said before, Ari...if you like it, buy it...if not, that's cool too.