the icm german inf. team. still fought the ww2.

This is a set I'll definitely be buying. I bought a couple of their earlier German infantry in combat sets when they first came out so these will add to those. (I picked up a couple of boxes of Tristar figures in combat poses not long ago off ebay to go with my earlier MB ones). Masterbox is without a doubt the most interesting figure manufacturer about these days as their figure sets are consistently usable. I look forward to their releases as their growing reputation for fighting troops always makes you wonder what's next. I'll probably get a couple of boxes of these and build a decent sized firefight when added to the other German figures fighting in the stash. It's a shame that they don't do some British infantry in combat poses to give them an opponent. The advantage with doing a British set in fighting poses is as the uniform didn't change throughout the war they'd fit France 1940, the Greek campaign and any date post June 6th to the end of the war. The only thing that changed was the rifle. The one downside of MB's Germans is that they're all wearing jackboots which ceased to be issued in 1943 so if you wanted to have them fighting anyone but the Russians they'd be wrong. You occasionally see photos of Germans wearing the long marching boot post invasion but not that many so their use is limited to Russia as they've not go any other opponents Moan over, despite this I'll pick up a couple of boxes to put in the stash hoping someone eventually brings out some British troops I can use for the Battle of France

the icm german inf. team. still fought the ww2.

The pictures look like prototypes so don't count on the helmets or weapons being precisely as shown.

And the set is specifically labeled "early war" so jack boots and pleated pockets are to be expected. These are 1939-1943. They are even shown with the early war stone grey trousers. Hopefully there will be mid and late war types coming.

By the way the MB "Scotland the Brave" figures depict a specific incident in Normandy where a Scottish Regiment advanced with a piper. Not Pegasus Bridge. I read about it in the recent book Monty's Men.

They seem to have forgotten the guy pointing at something.

Following on from that I'd love to see some decent British infantry on a par with these and the other MB sets. British BD stayed pretty much the same throughout apart from minor changes like getting rid of pleated pockets, fly front buttons etc so you could use them from 1939-1945 just by changing the rifles. As far as I know there's only 4 sets of British infantry. One by MB "Scotland the Brave" where ones playing the bagpipes which while different is not much use unless you're modelling Bill Millin on Pegasus Bridge. three by DML. The Monte Cassio set which are reasonably animated and have one man firing his rifle from the shoulder The Normandy set has a Bren gunner and No2 in a firing positon while the other figures are on a "prepare to move" order and the really early DML set has one firing a sten and one firing a Bren from the hip. Oh almost forgot the Vickers team in overcoats. Why overcoats? You can't really use them in Italy or Greece in overcoats or in Normandy 44 either. MB have released some great sets of Germans in action which is a welcome addition. The problem is they've only got Russians to fight which is frustrating being a NW European campaign modeller. Bronco has just released two great sets of Paras in action which can be kitbashed to get more poses so it would be fantastic if someone did it with British figures. i know this is a bit off topic but I'm hoping a manufacturer (hopefully MB as they're the most innovative brand these days doing the most interesting and exciting poses) take notice and look into it as a possibility. I really want to build a dio of a firefight between British and German troops

Throw in a Dragon or Bronco StuG and you have something like this: http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g64/PoorOldSpike/Photos%20Two/Stalingrad-Ger-push.jpg . This figure set would also pair nicely with this one: http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/prodd.asp?pid=MAS3540 .