Ah, the minis are no longer pre-painted? I mean, I kind of get it, but it's a bit of a shame; some of the original HeroScape minis actually had some fairly pretty paint jobs, and the unique aesthetic between each army made them pretty easy to distinguish from each other. Just seems like they wanted to disguise a cut corner to me. The cards look updated as well, and admittedly I don't remember much of the moment-to-moment gameplay of HeroScape, but they look pretty simplified.
I'm with Lorcan on this one. It's tempting, but really I can't put down $250 for this. I'll save it for the regular set and some terrain packs later on down the road.