I looked at the Animal section without loging in with my PC membership and most of the animals are rather expensive. Login with my PC membership and if not priced at PC $1.99, most were priced with the discount at $10 off or there abouts. so joining the PC membership, you will save on animal packs. I joined mostly for the animals also. I had to take out my calculator and figure over next few months how much I was going to have to save n pay for what I wanted. Then I did same with with PC membership and discounts, and it's a real savings. If you never buy a Mike or Vicki thing, you save a lot in the long run on animals and objects like furniture. I would pull out the calculator and see what the savings is going to be for ya over a year of buying just the things you want. you have a year full of discounts, plus new things only available to PC members. If ya didnt do it at discounted PC member now, it's going to cost ya $50 more later for PC at full price. my 2 cents. BTW the song bird at $1.99 and the map pack for $1.99 regular priced is $34.95 and $19.95. the savings over a year, are gunna be nice for me.