I finally picked up the 6th edition boxed set (25% off sale on GW stuff at the LHS). Very cool!! I haven't had time to read through the rulebook, but my first impression from looking through all the materials and stuff which comes in the box, it's a big improvement from the 5th edition boxed set.
The templates are the plastic ones vs. the cardboard ones. The getting started booklet is a lot better. Goes into depth in how to assemble the figures. The Empire and Orc army are a better selection -- basic units, a command group, a general and artillery. -- seems like a better assortment of figures to start out with than what came in the 5th Edition box.
I don't know, the game seems a bit friendlier than before.
I have a ton of figures from before (extra skinks, lizards, brettonian archers, empire troops, etc) so I haven't bought any new units besides Lord of the Rings and a few blister packs here and there. I noticed with these new figures, there aren't any slottabases. Are they doing away with slottabases now? I think I like them without the slots.
The only complaint I have (it's minor), the Army books don't seem as full of material as the 5th edition were. I have to take another look, but the new Empire book didn't seem to have all the lore and didn't have all the characters the old one did. Oh well, it's kind of good it's not an exact duplicate of the prior edition. Gives me a reason for hanging onto pior edition books.
The only other problem was the box was missing the 3 boar figures. Not a problem though. A quick phone call to their Customer Service, told them what I was missing and they told me it would be in the post come Monday.
I want to say I'm glad I took the advice of demono69 and picked up the boxed set vs. just the rulebook. Thanks, demono69!!