I agree mate, thats why I dont particularly mind it, it makes for such a better game and now they do things in the plastic sets its simply not an issue any more.
No one can lambast a company for making money its what they are there for for christs sake but one can question motives surely?
Do let me know about fire storm armada though, I was looking at that myself and wondered after getting some of it after reading through the rules and such.