I love my accuquilt. I have found that the dies I use the most are my 2.5 strip and my shaped ones for appliqué work. I have several of the squares and triangles and have not use any of them yet. I like the idea of them but most of my patterns are more strip piecing. I promised myself to try and use them this coming year and if I either don't use them or don't like them by summer I'm going to sell them and and get some more of the shapes for appliqué I keep looking at the train. I'm also thinking getting more of the strip dies like the 3.5 and 1.5 I find thoses are sizes I use a lot.
Before you buy check overstock.com they often have pretty good prices on them.
Conrats and have fun with it