LEGO Art Sunflowers announced!

Not that interesting to be honest. There is better art sets on the market.

I like the finished product. It's perhaps not obviously Sunflowers, but I prefer Art sets that are more transformative than simply trying to copy the original in Lego. Usual problems put me off, though - £170 is still a lot of money and dusting Lego is a nuisance

They should of done it in a different colour I think

@LegoMike said:
"Coming soon!
Lego Banana and Duct Tape set, 214 pcs, £369.99"

Can you eat it?

Viva Miami!

Interesting they’ve gone for a more realistic interpretation instead of a stylistic one using the botanical type builds, will definitely check this out though.

@LegoMike said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @LegoMike said:
"Coming soon!
Lego Banana and Duct Tape set, 214 pcs, £369.99"

Can you eat it?

Viva Miami!"

No, but you get a second banana in the 214pcs to make it extra value for money ;-)"

And more tape?

@Duq said:
" @Mister_Jonny said:
"It’s a gorgeous model, but my first thought with these kinds of sets is “this is going to be a nightmare to keep clean”."
Make-up brushes are great for dusting Lego ;-)
"

Good idea! Well that will be my excuse next I'm buying a lot of make-up...

@Zordboy said:
" @Duq said:
"Make-up brushes are great for dusting Lego"

Aren't they, though? A few years ago, I pulled a couple of paint brushes out of a kid's art set (an art set for children. I didn't specifically steal some paint brushes from a child who was in the process of opening a new art set. I imagine some will be disappointed at that...). The brushes are absolutely perfect for dusting Lego. They're soft enough to not scratch the Lego, but solid enough to dust wonderfully.
"

" @Rimefang said:
"...I need to dust my Clone Wars era sets...""

I prefer canned air and an espresso grinder brush for my Clone Wars sets.

I guess it looks much better in real life than on photos.
Don't know if it can repeat success of Starry night, because colours are more dull but it's good idea.

Oh heck yes. So glad I didn't get another brand's version now

@Duq said:
" @Mister_Jonny said:
"It’s a gorgeous model, but my first thought with these kinds of sets is “this is going to be a nightmare to keep clean”."
Make-up brushes are great for dusting Lego ;-)
"

I actually have a similar brush for this purpose, but I also tend to cycle out my Lego sets so nothing is on display for that long. Having a picture out like this long-term means longer exposure to dust (and a lot of nooks annd crannies for it to hide in…) and past a certain point you’ll probably need to give it a good wash as well.

Again, it’s a remarkable model - but ultimately I suspect I’d find it a little too high maintenance to justify displaying it long term.

No thank you. I'll stick with my original.
;-)

@Ridgeheart said:
"I like it! But do I like it two hundred Euros much? No, I do not. But I for one, cannot wait for the reviewers to butcher the pronunciation of Van Gogh's name some more in their reviews. You're so consistently disappointing! It's like a warm blanket. A warm, wet blanket, in the middle of the night.

Respect to this dude, who manages pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iKNfaUCI-8"

Sooooo... the correct pronunciation is, 'fun rooster'? (only he didn't say 'rooster').

[Cough, cough]

That's a fun name for sure. Kinda want to change from StyleCounselor now. Maybe that can be my new bar nickname?

Much better than the disaster Mona Lisa was!

This theme has really evolved.

The real one is cheaper.

Absolutely phenomal set! The aesthetic is so well translated into lego, I really didn't expect that

I’m usually positive about the art sets, even Frankenlisa, but this is really not to my taste. It looks like a 1970s era carpet print.
I guess I have been spoiled by Starry Night and the Great Wave.
I’m not knocking the skill of the designer or its fidelity, but have to agree with 560heliport on this, to me it seems a bit of a dull choice from his sunflower paintings and the Legofication hasn’t helped.

My mum and I are big Van Gogh fans, so it's disappointing how they kind of butchered it. It looks faithful to the original for sure, but the overuse of yelloe does work so well for a LEGO set.

And for $300 Australian?! Tell 'em they're dreamin'

@Murdoch17 said:
"Needs a tile that says "For Amy"... just like Starry Night needed an exploding TARDIS add-on. (Which I'm surprised nobody's done yet!)

If you've neve seen the episode entitled 'Vincent and the Doctor', you need to, just for the ending sequence alone. And bring tissues."

Hey, I referenced it, just not as directly.

@Steven_076 said:
" @Zander said:
"The article quotes Rob Groot, Managing Director of the Van Gogh Museum as saying ‘It was wonderful to see how LEGO Group and the experts..’ but all I saw were the words ‘I am Groot’."

Haha, Groot means Big or Large in Dutch. (Which makes it kind of weird for Dutch people hearing the Marvel character constantly saying "I am Big". Dude, we know, we can see you.)"

So people call Rob “Mr. Big”? HBO owes him royalties.

Also, another vote for makeup brushes. The larger ones are perfect for dusting even the most intricate models.

I love these art work sets - really pretty frame on this and the gradation of colors are beautiful. This one is probably not for me, but I have the Hokusai and am still eyeing Starry Night and the Mona Lisa set. These definitely spark my creativity thinking of other ideas for what to put in the frames.

It seems that the thiccc frame and the background will take over 1500 pieces, and the actual "painting" aka the Sunflowers consists of no more than 600-800 pieces. A terrible value in my book. I'm not opposed to Lego Art per se, but they do need to pick better subjects for Legofication, something that has a lot more depth, subjects, detail that would actually warrant the 3D effect. Still life like this gains nothing from being made into Lego, a simple 20$ puzzle would do the job.

Just as with the previous Lego Van Gogh I really wish I could afford this one. I like it, but too expensive for my budget.

I'm not sure I need another one (Starry Night is great), and not sure where I'd put it if I did... but this looks fantastic.

@fakespacesquid said:
" @jenanjenan1980 said:
"So many pieces to build the frame. It's like the other day with French cafe set. Half a bricks spent on the base. "

How many mosaics have you made without a frame? Especially at this size

@Mister_Jonny said:
"It’s a gorgeous model, but my first thought with these kinds of sets is “this is going to be a nightmare to keep clean”."

Weird how no one ever has these complaints for things like Star Wars, even though I know none of y'all are out here swooshing the Sail Barge on a regular basis. "

I don’t own the most recent sail barge myself, but I’d argue something like that isn’t an entirely fair comparison. Most of its surfaces seem relatively smooth, so I imagine cleaning it wouldn’t be as laborious compared to something like this. Especially if you’re not displaying a particular model all the time, as is my personal policy.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Ridgeheart said:
"I like it! But do I like it two hundred Euros much? No, I do not. But I for one, cannot wait for the reviewers to butcher the pronunciation of Van Gogh's name some more in their reviews. You're so consistently disappointing! It's like a warm blanket. A warm, wet blanket, in the middle of the night.

Respect to this dude, who manages pretty well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iKNfaUCI-8"

Sooooo... the correct pronunciation is, 'fun rooster'? (only he didn't say 'rooster').

[Cough, cough]

That's a fun name for sure. Kinda want to change from StyleCounselor now. Maybe that can be my new bar nickname?"

I don't hear a 'k' sound at the end of 'Gogh' for the Dutch pronunciation, but then I am Dutch, and I've heard that it can be hard to distinguish sounds if you are not used to them. It is a hissy 'g' sound, like the start of 'gastronomy' .

And while we are at it: 'oo' is 'like 'ohm' or 'roam', not 'room', but 'oe' is pronounced like 'room'. And 'ij' in Dijkstra (or anywhere else) is much closer to 'right' then 'reap'.

I think I might hate these 'clips on a wheel' builds.

Not a fan. It manages to look bland yet too bright (the yellow) at the same time, it's all too sterile to capure van Gogh's style. In that regard Starry Night was much more successful. And it just seems extremly tedious to build. And why is the signature in the wrong spot?

As for the price.....double that of the Hokusai, which was only slightly smaller, and contained 30% less pieces (but more prints!). And as much as I liked that, it still needed a 40% discount to convince me to buy it.

I really liked how Starry night used the medium of Lego to expand the painting in a really interesting way. Stuff like this looks fine, but it doesn't have the same feel at all.

Too yellow ;) but more seriously, I think it's too monochrome to make a good set unless you really like yellow.

It's not bad, but this and the Mona Lisa make me want the Hokusai...

I wish they would do something of Klimt's, one that's multicoloured.

@Mister_Jonny said:
"I don’t own the most recent sail barge myself, but I’d argue something like that isn’t an entirely fair comparison. Most of its surfaces seem relatively smooth, so I imagine cleaning it wouldn’t be as laborious compared to something like this. Especially if you’re not displaying a particular model all the time, as is my personal policy."

My take is most big SW sets can be displayed in a display cabinet. One of my issues with Starry Night (and now this new one) is that the best place for them is hanging on a wall--which means dusting.

@ra226 said:
" @Mister_Jonny said:
"I don’t own the most recent sail barge myself, but I’d argue something like that isn’t an entirely fair comparison. Most of its surfaces seem relatively smooth, so I imagine cleaning it wouldn’t be as laborious compared to something like this. Especially if you’re not displaying a particular model all the time, as is my personal policy."

My take is most big SW sets can be displayed in a display cabinet. One of my issues with Starry Night (and now this new one) is that the best place for them is hanging on a wall--which means dusting."

I actually used to display some of my Lego sets in a display cabinet. The problem was it wasn’t airtight, so the dust would inevitably get into it.

On reflection, I think the best point of comparison for a Lego set like this isn’t other Lego sets; it’s the pictures it’s supposed to mimic. Obviously you need to clean a picture every so often, but the nature of it means such a task isn’t too laborious. Which is annoying, because I think this particular model is very effective in this execution.

@Mister_Jonny said:
"It’s a gorgeous model, but my first thought with these kinds of sets is “this is going to be a nightmare to keep clean”."

Get a plastic case go over it... Was thinking Mona Lisa....

I don't understand Lego. They had the opportunity to work with Nathan Sawaya to make a smaller version of "Yellow", a stunning Lego art piece but Lego chooses to make a nice painting into a Lego reproduction that looks beyond kitsch.

@rslotb said:
"I don't hear a 'k' sound at the end of 'Gogh' for the Dutch pronunciation, but then I am Dutch, and I've heard that it can be hard to distinguish sounds if you are not used to them. It is a hissy 'g' sound, like the start of 'gastronomy' ."

I've never heard "gastronomy" pronounced with a "hissy 'g' sound," but then, I am American.

A classic case of just because we can doesn't mean we should. It just looks too bland to build, tho it is a great representation.

They must of did well Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night to make another.
Not for me though. Don't got room for 15 lego paintings.
(Future paintings - most likely make)
Guess i would not need hang all at once.

Like all great puzzles, really need a picture with more colour, how about Monet's garden at Giverny.

@johnnytifosi said:
"I am building this exact painting in a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. It cost me 15 euros, it has kept me busy lots of afternoons already and the end result will be extremely close to the original painting. I struggle to see the value Lego brings with a lot of these static display sets."

It's LEGO, not cardboard. :-)

Really well-done LEGOfication of a classic work of art.

Could've done with a side by side with the actual painting

@Jackthenipper said:
" @Mister_Jonny said:
"It’s a gorgeous model, but my first thought with these kinds of sets is “this is going to be a nightmare to keep clean”."

Nobody’s asking you to throw soup over it.
"

haha

For reference

https://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/vincent-van-gogh/still-life-vase-with-fifteen-sunflowers-1888-1.jpg

They've done a good job with the likeness

@diamosuk said:
"For reference

https://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/vincent-van-gogh/still-life-vase-with-fifteen-sunflowers-1888-1.jpg

They've done a good job with the likeness"
Almost but not quite, it's actually this one he made a year later: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Sunflowers_-_VGM_F458.jpg/800px-Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Sunflowers_-_VGM_F458.jpg

@Steven_076 said:
" @Zander said:
"The article quotes Rob Groot, Managing Director of the Van Gogh Museum as saying ‘It was wonderful to see how LEGO Group and the experts..’ but all I saw were the words ‘I am Groot’."

Haha, Groot means Big or Large in Dutch."
;~) Knew that. Bricklink orders from Flanders where they speak Flemish, a variant of Dutch, are addressed to me in 'Groot Brittannië'.

Since talking about flowers
go to lego and click offers/sales
few bundles save 15%-20%
field flowers polybag.

Fyi get polybag like in u.s. maybe target walmart.
some sells on older sets.
better price i bet look around

I wish Lego published reports of how many sets were produced. This seems extremely more niche than many other 18+ sets aimed at adult collectors. I said the same thing about the Twilight house set and someone chimed in that it had over 10,000 votes on Ideas. 10,000 - 15,000 units sold is not much in the grand scheme of things:
A "Gold record" is an album that sells 500,000 units;
Ford sold 732,139 F-Series trucks in 2024 at $39K+ each;
Apple sold 228+ million iPhones in 2024 at $500+ each;

I just can't see the benefit of some of the niche sets at high prices Lego has been doing.

@missedoutagain said:
"Since talking about flowers
go to lego and click offers/sales
few bundles save 15%-20%
field flowers polybag.

Fyi get polybag like in u.s. maybe target walmart.
some sells on older sets.
better price i bet look around"

What?

@yellowcastle said:
" @missedoutagain said:
"Since talking about flowers
go to lego and click offers/sales
few bundles save 15%-20%
field flowers polybag.

Fyi get polybag like in u.s. maybe target walmart.
some sells on older sets.
better price i bet look around"

What?"

With purchases of $40 or more, excluding pre-orders. While supplies last.*
LEGO® Botanicals Field Flowers (30701)
Ends 2/7/25
If you goto lego.com click offers and sales. You see the wildflower polybag GWP.
Bundles on older flower sets

Also get field flowers polybag at Target or walmart for $4.99 or older flower sets 20%-30% possibly a lot cheaper.

@yellowcastle said:
" @missedoutagain said:
"Since talking about flowers
go to lego and click offers/sales
few bundles save 15%-20%
field flowers polybag.

Fyi get polybag like in u.s. maybe target walmart.
some sells on older sets.
better price i bet look around"

What?"

easier? block if want, just trying pass on news

Free LEGO® Botanicals Field Flowers (30701) offer is valid for orders online at LEGO.com, in LEGO Stores and LEGO Catalog telephone orders from 01/29/2025 to 02/07/2025, while supplies last. Qualifying purchase must be equal to or greater than $40 in LEGO merchandise only. LEGO® Botanicals Field Flowers Approximate Retail Value /”ARV” $4.99. Pick a Brick (Standard) orders are not valid for this promotion. One set per household. Cannot be applied to previous purchases or pre-orders. If the qualifying LEGO purchase(s) is returned to us for a refund, the gift must also be returned to us together with the qualifying LEGO purchase(s). It cannot be purchased, exchanged or substituted for any other item or cash value. Offer is not valid at LEGOLAND® Parks, LEGOLAND Discovery Centers or LEGO Certified Stores. The LEGO Group reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion at any time without prior notice.

Save 15% off on 10313 LEGO® Icons Wildflower Bouquet ($59.99) & 10280 LEGO® Flower Bouquet ($59.99) when you purchase both in the LEGO® Timeless Blooms Bundle. Total value of the LEGO Timeless Blooms Bundle (5009240) is $119.98. Offer is valid for orders online at LEGO.com and LEGO Catalog telephone orders from 01/29/2025 to 02/07/2025, or while supplies last. This bundle offer is sold as a single unit. The products included in this bundle cannot be separated or individually returned. Offer is not valid at LEGO Stores, LEGOLAND® Parks, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres or LEGO Certified Stores. The LEGO Group reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion at any time without prior notice.

Save 15% off on 10329 LEGO® Icons Tiny Plants ($49.99) & 10309 LEGO® Succulents ($49.99) when you purchase both in the LEGO® Succulent Collection Bundle. Total value of the LEGO Succulent Collection Bundle (5009239) is $99.98. Offer is valid for orders online at LEGO.com and LEGO Catalog telephone orders from 01/29/2025 to 02/07/2025, or while supplies last. This bundle offer is sold as a single unit. The products included in this bundle cannot be separated or individually returned. Offer is not valid at LEGO Stores, LEGOLAND® Parks, LEGOLAND Discovery Centers or LEGO Certified Stores. The LEGO Group reserves the right to cancel or modify this promotion at any time without prior notice.

I just noticed 5 downloadable instructions new flowers on lego site,flowers, pick a brick

goto lego.com, click shop, then lego decor, see all home decor, at top click LEgo flowers. Then scroll to bottom create your own pick a brick flowers (click read more).

...any questions, replys closed...

Costco Had the Mona Lisa on launch for about 18% off, if they have this, will probably pick it up again. Love these art pieces.

Wow, that's probably one of the best Art sets to date. Not like it beats Spider-Man though

It looks really neat and I was considering making one of these myself after doing Starry Night. But now that LEGO has made their own version, I won't break out into any of my own creativity. I'll let them control my brain instead. Less thinking...

Surprised nobody here has noticed the 3 different shades of light yellow in the photos here and on the Lego website. Quality control issues? Or some tiles/plates have darker/lighter plates under them? It is hard to miss on their photos and videos of the set, and I am certain they didn't just create 3 new versions of light yellow.