Man, calling the new German Veterans a "monkey's paw" feels too accurate. I actually got a Pioniere kit at my FLGS a couple weeks before that new kit was revealed. I gotta say, it's not a complete replacement. The Pioniere came with their giant backpacks, a flaregun-turned-AT rocket, a Goliath mine, a mine detector, arms with grenade bags under them. It's got a lot of details that this one doesn't, but this one will include 6 AT rifles, flamethrowers, and AT-grenade launchers per kit. It feels really excessive in that department. And yeah, it's missing some things that feel like they should be standard. I'm relatively new to Bolt Action, but I found having prone models from the Pioniere kit (based on Blitzkrieg Germans) was eye-opening for possibilities! I had a whole new range of poses that I could use. I'm tapped-out when it comes to infantry anyways. Maybe once I finish with both of the armies I have started I'll see if they start selling individual sprues from this kit and will pick one up. I think that will do me more good than a whole new box.
Man, calling the new German Veterans a "monkey's paw" feels too accurate. I actually got a Pioniere kit at my FLGS a couple weeks before that new kit was revealed. I gotta say, it's not a complete replacement. The Pioniere came with their giant backpacks, a flaregun-turned-AT rocket, a Goliath mine, a mine detector, arms with grenade bags under them. It's got a lot of details that this one doesn't, but this one will include 6 AT rifles, flamethrowers, and AT-grenade launchers per kit. It feels really excessive in that department. And yeah, it's missing some things that feel like they should be standard.
I'm relatively new to Bolt Action, but I found having prone models from the Pioniere kit (based on Blitzkrieg Germans) was eye-opening for possibilities! I had a whole new range of poses that I could use.
I'm tapped-out when it comes to infantry anyways. Maybe once I finish with both of the armies I have started I'll see if they start selling individual sprues from this kit and will pick one up. I think that will do me more good than a whole new box.