I'm no the same boat. The building pieces look a lot more usefull that what i first thought. I love the bat exhibit and all the customizable options (i just hope there is more improvement to be make to this system before deciding this is the way birds will be done).After watching Rudi's video on the new pack, I'm definitely feeling the hype. Animal-wise it is still my least favourite selection so far, but in a lot of other ways this pack is truly amazing.
Firstly, I am positively surprised at how versatile the new habitat is. Sure there's looped animations, but I'm already very pleased that we can change the box and even get a null barrier. This makes me also hopeful we will get that option for standard exhibits. In general, there's a lot of space to add foliage and rocks so even if we were to get birds in this way I wouldn't be too mad with the exception that 20m is too wide for most aviaries..
The decorative wall pieces look much more realistic and less cartoony than I thought and I am definitely gonna use them to create a cool-looking Indonesian-inspired forest (it looks very much like the lava stone walls in i.e. Borobudur).
Foliage-wise, the new pack is also great and we finally have fungi, which means that we may also get more mushrooms as well as kelps or even corals in the future (which bodes well for the Foliage Wishlist).
I disagree about the foliage though... i mean yes they are great pieces but not enough of them. I was a bit dissapointed about the lack of cuantity for foliage.