I've noticed that the newer models seem to look as though they were inspired by World of Warcraft.
And I don't like that at all...
For example, Wood elves were a complete failure in my eyes... I was on the verge of buying an army, even got some old characters, a dark elf dragon, and then I saw those new models. Great quality, awful design if you ask me... Right now I'm on the lookout for the old metal Eternal guard (and I HATE metal figures).
The only recent thing I've liked were Nugle releases. They look suitably disgusting and scary. The rest of the releases was just mediocre.