[DjScribbles]

Frankly, I rather liked the design. Granted I have no idea what the old ones looked like. Nice, simple, and industrial. My assumption (due to the talk of pillars that fall off) is the old ones were the big gawdy trophies that every competition ever uses (I have a friend who races 4-wheelers, he has a gigantic pile of the things which you seem to get for showing up with pants).

I big gawdy trophy doesn't make the achievement any greater, the things are all cheap and mass produced anyway. If you want to give one to a sponsor, you can likely have one made for 20$ (just making up figures) that they could put on display and put their name on it to boot, or you could give one you have for a desk ornament.

These could be better, but I much prefer them to the generic trophy style that all sports seem to give out.