I'm glad they're making it more obvious now that Brendan's hat is not his hair, but I'm fairly neutral towards the new designs. I actually wasn't a huge fan of the originals, either (they were good, but not my favorites), but something about these new ones seem...off, somehow. They seem too skinny, and as someone pointed out May does look a bit like Serena now, which I'm not a huge fan of. If customization indeed returns, this won't be a huge issue, and sometimes characters don't look as appealing because of the pose they're in--so maybe it's just the way they're drawn that makes them seem odd to me.