sparta,
PLEASE let me know when you have created a toolbar with the old icons! I have very bad vision and the shaded colors of the new icons are VERY hard to see (without massively magnifying my screen)! The 'flat' look of the old icons was much easier on my eyes.
I'm sending you a private message too (as you requested), but post the information in the forum as well, I'm sure I'm not the only one with this difficulty. Thanks!