Personally, I like this way of doing things - instead of paying 750 (WAY over the price for a normal starter) just to end up with a passion-eyed burmese blue or a pink ice-eyed siamese seal
This way, everyone can get one of the new eyes - it worked fine with the Lazy Dayzies, and I am sure it'll work fine again. Not everyone will actually breed them, and of those that do, some will focus on putting them on a particular fur, some on another, some with this or that trait etc.etc. Maybe the eyes won't be worth a fortune in themselves, but they will keep having some value once these kitties grow old, as the eyes are then retired and won't be in starters.
I am just sorry that only the ambrosias carry the new shade. -Even if I have an ambrosia myself, it doesn't seem very fair. Some people spent 30-40.000 lindens (!!!) without getting ambrosias, and some got one or even two in their first try, and now make a fortune on re-selling them. The word "Starter-lottery" keeps coming to my mind...