Had a good look at the starter set today, the models are absolutely fantastic, especially the chaos stuff. If we can have a unit of flesh hounds just like the lead villains pet, i'll be thrilled. The book is pretty nifty too, nicely laid out with some gorgeous artwork.
Played a couple of games with the new rules, using High Elves vs Lizardmen. It's certainly different, monsters losing effectiveness as they get hurt is a nice touch, but there are a lot of things that could use more clarity. Shooting into and out of combat for example. We ended up houseruling that you could shoot into combat, but not out of it since the units would be too busy to aim.

And as someone who has always been about the narrative gaming, i'm not too fussed about balance. I'm not sold on the game completely yet, and i'm still frankly pissed about the destruction of the Warhammer world, but i'm also relieved that the rumoured fluff has be revealed as complete bunkum.