If anyone wants this as an object in their projects, here’s a mesh I made from the SVG file:
https://www.roblox.com/library/4517278780/New-Currency-Icon
I couldn’t name it ‘New Robux Icon’ because that was ‘inappropriate’
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I really feel that Roblox lost something very iconic with this change. I feel that this is another attempt by Roblox to become more “modern”. For the previous R$ icon it was obvious that it was a currency, however with this new icon if I was a knew player I would have thought it was a membership icon or something. I know that one of the reasons why Roblox did this change was because R$ is the Brazil currency, but R$ is also recognized as being robux (and I think more people associate R$ with being the roblox currency than the Brazil currency), and even the wikipedia page (R$ - Wikipedia) says that it is the virtual currency used by Roblox.
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As an idea (which I think was stated earlier), the modernized icon could be green so that it stands out more. The shade of green in the example below is quite bright, but I’m sure that a slightly darker shade would look great on the website.
I also liked your idea w/ the coin aesthetic.
I’ve seen users stating that the “$” sign is an American currency symbol, but there are 10+ countries that incorporate the dollar sign so using it wouldn’t be “Americanizing” the currency. As an obvious example, Brazil uses the dollar symbol in their currency.
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I really like the design, but the colors differency between the PC and mobile version should be changed to a standard color.
I agree. Green looks so much better and recognizable.
This icon doesn’t fit with the name “robux”. I somewhat liked the gold (
) icon, can I use it for my in-game currency?
You probably shouldn’t use the new Robux icon for your in-game currency for two reasons: 1. People might get confused and think that it is robux. and 2. Roblox might think that you are scamming if you use the robux logo and then try to sell the currency for robux.
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Im honestly unsure why they decided on this. The Robux Icon was fine as it was, and to be honest it is part of what made roblox iconic. Without the Ro- what is roblox? I understand it would make sense in different countries, but honestly I am more confused by this thing, now. It will definitely take some getting used to.
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I agree, Roblox seems to be removed what made them iconic. As you mentioned without the Ro-, Roblox is just blox and they are getting rid of that part too. Roblox also doesn’t seem to care that a majority of their player-base is from countries like Canada, The United States and Australia which all use currencies with the dollar symbol, and most people in European countries also associate the dollar symbol with a currency.
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Why not just have a circle with an R inside? It makes more sense for currency than a bolt.
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In my honest opinion, I feel as though the new icon seems rather bland, a bit modernized.
The old ROBUX icon was something all of us grew up with for many years, it was an symbol for currency, everyone knew what it was when they saw it. Making the icon look relic doesn’t really fit the title “ROBUX”.
Perhaps a simple color change would do, or adding an “R” into the icon would make sense, and would make it pop out more.
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I miss being able to put “R$” into a textbox and calling it a day. Now, what do we call it? is it still robux, because most new players won’t know what its called.
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This is probably done on purpose. If a kid looks at the page for robux and sees £8.99 for 800 robux he/she will think “Well, 800 robux seems like its worth more than £8.99” even though it is worth £8.99 this is a psychological trick used on a lot of free games.
I’m sure somewhere up the pipeline there was an explanation for how the art team reached this particular design. But to me, it looks like someone got bored in Adobe Illustrator using the Shape Modes menu.
I look at this and I think “futuristic gun reticle”, not “currency”. I’m not bashing the update; I’m just confused that out of all the possible concepts, you settled on this.
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Looking at the logos 
they are just a bit… ugly also on the Windows 10 app it just isn’t fitting in
EDIT: I just came back and I found out this is the second last reply.
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If you are changing the robux icon, then I think you should change the Robux name to Rotoken.
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