Hey Mike. I think it's the angle of my picture that's making them look better. In person, they still look the same as the old pictures. The reality is that the rest of the figure is so freaking amazing that the inaccuracy of the shape of the boots becomes secondary.
The figure is superb! I'm not too worried about the boots. Aside from your pic, they actually look better than original pics in dordor's shot at a different angle. If that's how they appear in hand I think I can easily live with that. It'd be a shame to switch over to another pair and lose the spurs in doing so