Yeah well if the dollar traded for more i would be happy. But 2 dollars to 1 pound(or whatever[probably more now]) kind of sucks. And espcially since ForgeWorld is UK based, it really puts off to People in North America.
All I can see is 'to bad, so sad'. Forgeworld isn't neccessary for our hobby, you can play awesome games of 40k without having any of forgeworld stuff. So basically, FW is a luxary item within a luxary item. So yeah, they're going to be expensive. Also: The brittish may "only" be paying 30pound, but that 30 quid is the equivilient to your $70, so everybody is in the same horrible expensive boat.
Now, if we're going to compare prices, it would cost me $100 to get in a squad of 10 DCoK in. So, unfortunatly I will never, ever have an army of DCoK anytime soon. I will have to make do with my Vostroyans and Carpicans. And my Baneblade.
So, with most things like FW, you'll just have to buy them up slowly but surely. It'll take a while, but you'll have an awesome army when its done.
I'm going to say No, squads alone are expensive enough, and a platoon will cost you as much as a new Baneblade. I doubt we'll see such a package deal when you can just make your own from their site with the squads.
And if a Platoon costs the same as a Baneblade, the Baneblade wins.