Ben, I did that and it's great...however, I am pretty sure discussing the methods are out-of-bounds on the forum. You can shoot me a PM if you want and I'll let you know what I used.
Very disappointing. I like RAH's suggestion, though I doubt they would do it - especially considering the relatively few people that will care. Sad...sad...sad. At least I still have the old one, and I am not above making my own hybrid. Still, how could Disney have botched this so badly? TLM...