Gwensdad and duke-your awesome! I am going to collect eldar as of when I have money and a completed guard army!
Case closed
There is a simple reason to go for Eldar, every 'man & his dog' has a marine army.
Not only will you just be one of the crowd when you say you've got a marine army but know that everyone has prepared to fight to fight marines.
Don't get me wrong marines are very cool but...
You could play marines and be bland or you could play Eldar and be elite, realistically its that simple!
Have a go at playing them in Dawn of war as a tester.
I play both armies and enjoy the equally, they are to total different armies, which require two different styles to play. Just ask yourself what style for want to play
I agree complet;y with Duke, and also those who said that marines are a more forgiving army( easier to Play). But one 0ther point, Eldar are the paper to marines rock. And since about 70% of 40k player play a marine or version of army. Than you most certainly be different from the rest. I love my Eldar nearly as much as my IG. But my marines havent been touched in about 5 years. Kinda boring after awhile.
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the U.S. Armed Forces don't have that problem. R Regan