[masada3336]

Thought i'd post my solution for 4.4.1:

This is the product variant table as I have it setup thanks to some direction from the board:

{* Determine if product has variants *}
{if $variants}
    <table class=inlineSpec width="100%">

    {* Build table header *}
    <tr class="specHeader">

    {* Loop to handle multiple variant names *}
    {foreach from=$product_options item=v}
        {if $v.is_modifier eq ''}<TD>{if $usertype eq "A"}{$v.class}{else}{$v.classtext|default:$v.class}{/if}</TD>{/if}
    {/foreach}
       <td >{$lng.lbl_price}</td>
    </tr>

    {* Build table rows *}


    {foreach item=variant from=$variants}
        {assign var=exception value="0"}

        {foreach key=ExceptionKey item=exceptionList from=$product_options_ex}
            {assign var=found value=0}
            {assign var=total value=0}
            {foreach item=classException from=$exceptionList}
                {math assign=total equation="x + 1" x=$total}
                {foreach name=l1 item=variantOpt from=$variant.options}
                    {if $variantOpt.optionid eq $classException.optionid}{math assign=found equation="x + 1" x=$found}{/if}
                {/foreach}
            {/foreach}
            {if $found eq $total}{assign var=exception value="1"}{/if}

        {/foreach}
        {if $exception ne "1"}

            <tr class="specItemHeader{cycle values="1,2"}">
            {* Loop to handle multiple variants *}
            {foreach name=foo item=variantOpt key=key from=$product_options}
                {if $variantOpt.is_modifier eq ''}
                    <TD>
                    {foreach name=bar item=varOpt from=$variant.options}
                        {if $varOpt.classid == $variantOpt.classid}{$varOpt.option_name}{/if}
                    {/foreach}
                    </TD>
                {/if}

            {/foreach}

                <td>{include file="currency.tpl" value=$variant.price}</td>
            </tr>
        {/if}
    {/foreach}
    </table>
{/if}