Your not wrong it is hard to get into the hobby. If my sons become interested I'm not sure how I will get them armies, ebay and trade possible. That being said I'm a fluff guy so love all the new stuff.
You just need to find guys you enjoy playing with where honestly getting tabled is something that you laugh about. It's about the process to me (except painting that process sucks) playing with people I know I will have a good time with and if my long fangs get wiped out from 30 hits from another long fang squad it goes in the awsome file.