Well, after some thought I am out. I am glad they brought back WFB and hope peeps enjoy it, but I am not falling for this crappy business model. I already have most of the Bretonnian and Tomb King models anyway, but if I didn't, and wanted to get into multiple armies, each starter box,which I already think is going to cost a lot of money, is going to include a massive hardback rulebook I do not want, and are being charged for. I don't know if subsequent starter armies will have the book, I can see it being either way, but hope GW comes to their senses to the benefit of the players. I mean, how many players only collect one army?!?
Then its the same model used for 30k, which killed my interest when they released the loyalist and traitor books (along with minimum unit sizes of 20 models for some units). Another set of giant books for opposing forces. So if I did want to collect a 'good' army, and a 'evil' army, I have to buy another set of giant books. Maybe its cheaper for them this way, as opposed to releasing 9 army books, but its just too much for me to justify buying. And if they are going to release pdfs or something for rules for Skaven and Chaos for veteran players, they certainly could have just released a Ravening Hordes mk III. GW is just exploiting a system here. I know there will be a peep here who will say 'I like what GW is doing' but I suspect this game will be about as popular as 30k is because the entry to play for new players is really high. It will no doubt draw in a bunch of veteran players initially, but then what? I don't see many new players dropping the amount of cash that seems to be needed to get started. This is my theory anyway, as GW seems to replicate how it releases things across different games.
I think I am just tapped out on GW too I guess. I am done with 40k forever (not with what I own, just future purchases), and I already have a ton of WFB minis. I can't see my buying anymore.