The second wave empire releases really puzzle me. I understood stuff like the VC releases, they reduced the number per box, slightly reduced the box price, but vastly improved the models. This made for skeletons that were superb, and cost slightly more (per skeleton) than what they were.
Stuff like 10 plastic greatswords going for 42 USD just makes my brain hurt, especially since they don't even look terribly different from the metal minis. Then you look at the new archer box set, which is also plastic and has 10 figures, which is going for 25 USD (and is a huge improvement model-wise).
Its as though GW is also trying to make us pay extra because its a "special" troop, and not a core, which is rediculous. It also doesnt make sense because the plastic chaos knight box is also only 22 USD.
I hope that this was just a temporary case of insanity and not a new trend on GW's part. I hope our range goes the way of VC, where the plastic models become fantastic, but only slightly more expensive. Just in case though, I plan on buying up all the TK stuff I could possible need before the new army book comes out.