I agree you do see them in use late on. I'm working on some Germans in column at the moment and have done them as a mixture of the ankle boot and jackboot but obviously with the jackboot in the minority. My gripe, well not so much a gripe but observation, is that they are all wearing the long marching boot so all of their combat figures are wearing the same long boot. It would date them (all wearing the same) as a unit to pre 43 when they switched over the issue. It would be like in reverse if they were all wearing the ankle boots you couldn't use them for the early war period. It's a bit of a Catch 22 situation really. Mind you in the their Signals set one figure is wearing a smock over his tunic and wearing gaiters so he's an odd one out as he's late war. If however they did one set in jackboots and another set in ankle boots you could cover both periods by doing mix and match. All; in long boots 39-43, Short boots 43-45 Long and Short 43-45...Karl

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

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.

Ya gotta love it!!!

"Scotland the Brave" !!! What a COOL SET!!! I have one of these, and the subject matter is GREAT, and different!!! Steve, did you ever buy the MB "BANZAI!!!" and the US Marines vs Japanese Infantry "Close Combat" figure sets? They're GREAT, too!

DITTO!

FOR SURE!!! MORE TOMMIES, PLEASE!!! AND ANZACS!!!

Yes, ABSOLUTELY!!!

I am glad MB used jackboots on this set. While the new figures by Qing-Yi are incredible, their late-war footwear limits my diorama potential.