I am an Austrophile. and have been for 55 years! I didn't know this project was "on", as this is the only forum I read. Had I known about it I most probably would have taken part.
Totally agree with the comments about Hat's "fixations". If they are serious about "multi choice" options, why not sell boxes with just torsos attached to legs, in multiple poses, then a box of heads, then a box of arms? Most of us would be happy with figures which we can cut off the sprue and paint?
Several years ago, Hat bought out sets of 7YW Prussian Infantry, I'm still waiting for their worthy Austro-Hungarian opponents.[I suspect not in my lifetime?]
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