@Belboz said:
[[All nice.
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There are people who got paid, so it will remain this way :)

@GelbPhoenix said:
"The happy plants are giving me Adventure Time vibes."

I'm getting Summer Camp Island.

I really like the look of the Japanese Maple, even more than the Bonsai. The price is a bit higher than I'd like, I assume the new leaf mould is at least partly responsible, but I'm sure I'll find it with a nice discount before too long. The Tiger is really striking as well.

The happy plants are a must, no doubts

Those happy plants look like an April's Fools joke to me.

Oh the Japanese Maple Tree loojks fantastic, I love it !

While the lack of recolouring of the connecters could certainly be considered lazy, there are plenty of examples of similar variation in bark colouring on real life examples (including the one shown in the photo on the back of the box).

The Japanese Maple is very impressive. One of the best Botanicals sets yet in my opinion.

Well going to need to reorganise my botanicals shelf to fit the new bonsai in.... Just a shame its not got the 'wooden plinth' of the previous one to help match them in together, but otherwise I love it.

And good spot @iookjj. I'd not have noticed that new leaf without you pointing it out.

As for the 'Happy Plants', they're cute, but I can't quite make my mind up on them. Maybe its the choice of colours for the pots putting me off slightly.

Happy plants make me happy!

Maple tree is nice, I especially like the color gradients. But it desperately needs a good discount.

Using a tiger head as a flower pot makes even less sense than a typwriter of record player though.....

Ah yes, when the botanical range started I remember saying "I can't wait until they inevitably get round to doing... a tiger's face".

OHHHH it's in Art! I thought that was weird.

Damn how do they even come up with such odd ideas like the tiger head

Japanese Maple Tree is absolutely superb.
Tiger is a fantastic addition to the 'Where did those flowers come from?' series.
Happy Plants are a great starter to the 'Dead plants in happy pots' series!

We have a couple Japanese Maples in front of our house. This is a lovely lego-ification of our trees!

My little brother is gonna go crazy over the tiger

Those flower pots, too cute, especially the chonky one! Major Adventure Time vibes indeed, and probably an instant buy for me.

Where are the red frogs on that tree?

Going to need a significant discount, but it looks like a beautiful build.

10348 nice tree for City!

@iookjj said:
"Is that a new tree leaf in the jap. maple tree? on top of the large leefs a 3 pointed leaf."

Yes, and a new color for Otto hair in the base. Only problem is the foliage is way too vibrant. Every example I’ve seen is a deep purple-y black. Honestly, they don’t even have a color that works for the leaves right now. We need a dark-dark-purple!

Definitely want the maple tree. Looks beautiful! Wouldn't mind getting a few (at discount lol) to make a little forest.

Oh good, the tiger and flowers are separate entities this time.

@GelbPhoenix said:
"The happy plants are giving me Adventure Time vibes."

I could definitely see them being used for additions to 21308 , specifically as Flame Princess (maybe Tree Trunks?) and Magic Man

I honestly love the Happy Plants. They'll look so cute on my desk!

I wonder if the pink flower with the tiger is a reference to the infamous usage of a pink flower piece on 31129.

That new bonsai is adorable.

@PurpleDave said:
" @iookjj said:
"Is that a new tree leaf in the jap. maple tree? on top of the large leefs a 3 pointed leaf."

Yes, and a new color for Otto hair in the base. Only problem is the foliage is way too vibrant. Every example I’ve seen is a deep purple-y black. Honestly, they don’t even have a color that works for the leaves right now. We need a dark-dark-purple!"

Hmm, not sure, I just stared at the Japanese maple in our garden, and I'd say is it close to Lego dark red, and like the model, slightly lighter leaves at the bottom. Still too bright here, as I think the leaves of the model are regular red, mostly. But I would not say no to dark purple bricks!

@Brickalili said:
"The Tiger will not have a deliberately added in butthole so is clearly inferior to the Creator model "

It's LEGO, you could always add it to the "backside"

I love the Japanese Maple tree and happy plants! I really like the use of the green Captain America shields on happy plants!

- Japanese Maple Tree
First impression: NICE. But it become ugly after few second when you notice gray pieces under leaves, chunky wood, and weird colour base. What about price? "xD" is enough as answer. Fail
- Happy Plants
Perfect cute gift! It will be sold out in store all the time.
- Tiger
Great idea. Kind of art set, but without wasting pieces on frame yet you can hang it on the wall. Looks amazing and if there will be subtheme with monkey/panda/panther etc ppl will take them all. Also less dust on Lego and less space required in this form :)

I can see the appeal of the plants, and even the charm of the plant holders with faces, but that tiger face seems like the last thing I d ever want to buy.

Question for the community, do you guys prefer Lego play sets or objects made out of Lego?

It’s my thought that If there’s already something in real life that does it better than Lego, why make it out of Lego? (Think Polaroid camera, radio, adidas shoe etc).

Is there a market for things made out of Lego just because they’re made out of Lego?

I can’t shake the feeling that Lego is losing its way somehow. 20 years ago they weren’t making regular objects out of Lego, they were making new worlds & scenarios for children to explore through toys and technical models

If you like plants have at it, I at least can see the appeal, but where does it stop? Are the “objects” selling well?

I clicked for the Tiger comments, and was not disappointed.

The Japanese Maple looks lovely.

Those Happy Plants are cute.

Also love the gradient shades of the leaves on the Japanese Maple Tree.

The Japanese Maple is gorgeous!
The Happy Plants just look like juniorized Botanicals. They are being moved to my "only buy on clearance" list.
Tiger is interesting but like most of the "Art" sets just not something I'd buy.

Like the maple tree. The happy plants are fun, and are part of new the 9+ botanical sets, so great for kids.
The tiger, I like it. Very different to what I was expecting, not like the macaw parrots which were very simple in design. Not sure about the flowers, it seems they will add flowers to every set they can this year. And they kind of distract from his menacing looking face. It seems the flowers can easily be removed though.

LEGO nailed the realism here. When the deforestation machines drive over a tiger it will look just like this, a little flattened out. And who doesn't want a trophy of an endangered animal hanging on their wall? ;)

@darthnorman said:
"Lego always tells us: "The minifigs are so expensive to make! The prints, too! Big pieces as well!" And then comes the tree with over 10 ct/p, nothing special at all, should be a cool $30 set but somehow it's going to be $60 or 60€, I don't get that."

if it is $70 ouch hoping $50 . yeah $60 seems right

@B_Space_Man said:
"I clicked for the Tiger comments, and was not disappointed.

The Japanese Maple looks lovely. "

Tiger is ok, not for me, some might like it. I do like standing up one.
Be cool if was a face mask

@NHBrickworks said:
"I love the Japanese Maple tree and happy plants! I really like the use of the green Captain America shields on happy plants!"

I hadn't even noticed that those were shields until I saw your comment. Nice!

@TheAbleTable said:"I can see the appeal of the plants, and even the charm of the plant holders with faces, but that tiger face seems like the last thing I d ever want to buy.

Question for the community, do you guys prefer Lego play sets or objects made out of Lego?

It’s my thought that If there’s already something in real life that does it better than Lego, why make it out of Lego? (Think Polaroid camera, radio, adidas shoe etc).

Is there a market for things made out of Lego just because they’re made out of Lego?

I can’t shake the feeling that Lego is losing its way somehow. 20 years ago they weren’t making regular objects out of Lego, they were making new worlds & scenarios for children to explore through toys and technical models

If you like plants have at it, I at least can see the appeal, but where does it stop? Are the “objects” selling well?"

I have several of the "real life object made out of Lego" sets, and I can't speak for anyone else, but what I enjoy about them is seeing how they get the shaping, and the mechanisms (I'm still not entirely sure how 21345's mechanism works.) And twenty years ago would be right around when Lego wis still trying to pull itself out of a hole they fell into when they *really* lost their way. I mean, Galidor came out twenty-three years ago, and we all know how badly that "new world and scenario" flopped, because Lego was trying to be an action figure company, rather than a building block company.

The new leaf piece looks great — kind of like the existing 1x1 round brick with bamboo leaves, but much sturdier than the thin stems connecting those leaves to their base. Hope we'll see it in a lot more colors in the future!

In one of the lifestyle photos of the Japanese maple, there's also a 135-degree angled tube with pin holes (kind of like a less bent macaroni, or an extender for the existing family of dinosaur tail pieces)! That could be a very useful part indeed, and in fact there was a situation very recently where I was really wishing for a part like that in a build.

Lots of great recolors in these sets too! Including macaroni tubes and Ninjago dragon horns in Brick Yellow, macaroni tubes and several of this year's new curved pieces in Cool Yellow, and round clip-on signs and minifig shields in Earth Green! Definitely imagine some of these will get a lot of use in future sets and MOCs!

I think without exception the whole Lego obsession with plants/flowers has left me totally cold but the Happy Plants have a certain whimsical charm that could tempt me.

A nice touch with the happy plants is that you take the plants out of the pots, and the roots are sticking out.

Love the little B-MO Adventure Time-esque flower pots!
But, with their marketing, was there a want for an animal faced, floral display?

To be honest, the blue pot looks anything but happy.
About to throw up more like!

@sjr60 said:
"To be honest, the blue pot looks anything but happy.
About to throw up more like!"

Nope, I've see enough Cartoon Network shows to know that it's definitely smiling.

@rslotb said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @iookjj said:
"Is that a new tree leaf in the jap. maple tree? on top of the large leefs a 3 pointed leaf."

Yes, and a new color for Otto hair in the base. Only problem is the foliage is way too vibrant. Every example I’ve seen is a deep purple-y black. Honestly, they don’t even have a color that works for the leaves right now. We need a dark-dark-purple!"

Hmm, not sure, I just stared at the Japanese maple in our garden, and I'd say is it close to Lego dark red, and like the model, slightly lighter leaves at the bottom. Still too bright here, as I think the leaves of the model are regular red, mostly. But I would not say no to dark purple bricks! "

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51KqzPtuRwL._SL500_.jpg

So, according to this book cover, there are over 600 types of Japanese Maple, which...explains a lot. The ones I've seen sold locally look very much like the image in the lower left, while this set definitely skews more like the image immediately to the right. In that sense, I guess it's fair that they picked this look over introducing dark-dark-purple. Even if they clearly made the wrong choice.

Agree Japanese Maple is gorgeous!!!

But will probably wait for a sale or big discount. That's pretty steep, wow.

@MartyMcFly said:
"A nice touch with the happy plants is that you take the plants out of the pots, and the roots are sticking out."

I hadn't looked at the other images of the set. That is a really neat touch! Between that, the shield, and just the overall vuteness of the set, I'm very tempted to get this one now.

@Huw said:
" @iookjj said:
"Is that a new tree leaf in the jap. maple tree? on top of the large leefs a 3 pointed leaf."

Yes it looks rather like it!"

Hechos para los sets de Pokémon

The Japanese Maple Tree is a must. The other two I can happily pass on.