I think the question is a fair one. If GW is saying "this is the year" of 40k, yet first quarter only shows 1 release of 40k kits and those were only long overdue , I fail to see how the hype = reality. We also know the tail end of the year is likely to be dominated by Hobbit releases.
However, April supposedly sees release of additional waterslide transfers (decals) for additional SM chapters. That may be a bit of harbinger of things to come. Maybe it indeed is more like "Summer and Autumn of 40k".
Or maybe we got the announcement wrong and its "the LAST year of 40k".