I've seen more interest in 8th edition since the stores got their preview copies in that ever before in my own gaming circle. Even some of the younger members who previously scoffed at 40k are interested, and some of the older scoffers as well.
For me, I'm not sure whether to go with Dark Elves or High Elves. DE have more girls, but I'm not one for the whole violent destruction of Elven civilization thing.