Personally, I think that it is a good buy and different enough from the original to warrant buying it, even at the higher cost. If I had to compare the paint scheme to anything in the current repetoire of KC I would say its a sharper version of the Wittman's Last Tiger paint job.
The commander matches almost identically with the commander from the King Tiger with his black hat and camo smock and while the tank's scheme is more closely matched with the Wittman Tiger, it blends nicely with the King Tiger, so it does go well with the Berlin theme in both commander and tank itself.
I feel like this version is more weathered than the initial version, appearing muddier on the bottom of the shurtzen.
One interesting point I found is that my gun on the new stugIV is frozen unlike the moveable gun on the first version. It doesnt detract, I actually like it more because it is frozen at a higher elevation than the gun rests in the first version.
Hope some of this helps
Bill