yeah.. i know the cheeze is most of the charm, but it wouldnt hurt to have a creature that doesnt look like a scary toy ..

Now that you mention it... They do kinda look like those toys that you squeeze and the littl eguy's eyes ears and tongue pop out... Only evil.
http://scaredyet.net/pics/kids/itsalive.jpg

it was more the mechanical way it wiggled ..

you half expected to see a big wind up key sticking out of its ass ..