LEGO Botanicals Hibiscus and Mini Bonsai Trees unveiled!
Posted by CapnRex101,
The popular LEGO Botanicals range continues to grow with two new additions to the range this summer!
10372 Hibiscus and 10373 Mini Bonsai Trees will be released on the 1st of August and I think both look lovely, as we have come to expect from the series.
High-resolution images and more information are available after the break...
10372 Hibiscus
- 660 pieces
- £59.99, $69.99, €69.99
Let your creativity grow with the LEGO Botanicals Hibiscus (10372) building set for adults, which encourages nature fans to embrace their love of artificial flowers as they create a beautiful brick-built hibiscus.
Enjoy building the LEGO plant, which features 5 large blooms, 4 faux flowers that are about to blossom and 2 young flower buds, before discovering the details. Capturing the gentle beauty of nature, the large blooms have lavender-coloured petals and yellow stamens, while the leaves are pale green. Once you've finished building the hibiscus, you can move the petals and position the leaves to add a touch of customisation to your creation.
The building set comes with a dark-blue plant pot for easy and graceful home or office decor display, making this a thoughtful birthday or housewarming gift for women, men and all budding florists.
10373 Mini Bonsai Trees
- 709 pieces
- £54.99, $64.99, €59.99
Immerse yourself in the peace of nature with this LEGO Botanicals Mini Bonsai Trees (10373) building set for adults, which offers a tranquil project for plant lovers.
Relax and unwind as you build 3 graceful artificial bonsai tree models: a ginkgo bonsai tree with yellow leaves, a black pine bonsai tree with green needles and a wisteria bonsai tree with hanging lilac flowers. Each artificial plant has interchangeable foliage, so you can channel your inner bonsai artist and customise your creations by swapping their leaves. The building set also includes 2 ornamental stands that allow the bonsai trees to be displayed at different heights and in different combinations, making them fun decorative plants for home or office decor.
This LEGO bonsai tree trio will bring a touch of serenity to any room.
Are you impressed with these Botanical sets? Let us know in the comments.
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What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second.
I like the pot on 10372. And if I didn't already have 10281, I'd definitely be picking 10373 up. As it is, I'm still a bit tempted...
@Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
That's the beauty of the Botanicals line. The designers are so good at what they do.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before
@Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
Check out the Bluebird hibiscus!
Maybe the best botanicals line yet.
@Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
They do exist, it's just that purple is one of the rarer colors.
Another couple of beautiful must haves. Hard to keep up with the rate of stunning botanical releases!
@Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
*puts paintbrush down and backs away quietly*
Both look great (especially the Hibiscus).
What is the central stem piece in the hibiscus? A part of me feels it’s cheating the more molds they develop but then I get excited to experiment with new tree designs for my City.
I’m not sure about that Wolverine claw Juniper. As excited as I was for their potential use in plants/trees, I haven’t found the right fit for these pieces.
@Maxbricks14 said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
They do exist, it's just that purple is one of the rarer colors."
This exact shade of purple is very common in Hibiscus syriacus, commonly called rose of Sharon in the U.S. (probably everywhere else too).
@yellowcastle said:
"What is the central stem piece in the hibiscus? A part of me feels it’s cheating the more molds they develop but then I get excited to experiment with new tree designs for my City.
I’m not sure about that Wolverine claw Juniper. As excited as I was for their potential use in plants/trees, I haven’t found the right fit for these pieces."
I think it's the "Brick 2x4x13 w/4.85 holes". For instance, in Reddish Brown in 71424. The left-hand tree.
@woosterlegos said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
They do exist, it's just that purple is one of the rarer colors."
This exact shade of purple is very common in Hibiscus syriacus, commonly called rose of Sharon in the U.S. (probably everywhere else too)."
I think this is a different variety of Hibiscus to what I’m familiar with. The more common bigger flowered ones that are usually pink, red orange etc is what I know.
I hate this. I’m going to spend so much money on plastic flowers
@PurpleDave said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
*puts paintbrush down and backs away quietly*"
I had a feeling you'd show up in this discussion.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
*puts paintbrush down and backs away quietly*"
I had a feeling you'd show up in this discussion."
He shows up in every conversation, it would be weird if he didn't.
@Reventon said:
" @woosterlegos said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
They do exist, it's just that purple is one of the rarer colors."
This exact shade of purple is very common in Hibiscus syriacus, commonly called rose of Sharon in the U.S. (probably everywhere else too)."
I think this is a different variety of Hibiscus to what I’m familiar with. The more common bigger flowered ones that are usually pink, red orange etc is what I know.
"
My parents have a purple hibiscus close to this shade that the hummingbirds are obsessed with. As other commenters who probably know far more than me have said, it's more common, or at least exists in the U.S.
I have never had the pleasure of visiting Australia, but the foliage over there has always fascinated me. I don't think I have ever noticed red or orange hibiscus here, but perhaps I never have looked. I'm more familiar with our native spring wildflowers in the region.
In spite of the box art, I'm more familiar with red or yellow hibiscus. The purple doesn't do it for me. I feel like the bonsai are something that an AFOL should be posting on Rebrickable. I guess LEGO is going for the adults who build sets and don't ever take them apart. I guess they would look OK in a work cubicle with the other desk totems.
@bgruner said:
"In spite of the box art, I'm more familiar with red or yellow hibiscus. The purple doesn't do it for me. I feel like the bonsai are something that an AFOL should be posting on Rebrickable. I guess LEGO is going for the adults who build sets and don't ever take them apart. I guess they would look OK in a work cubicle with the other desk totems."
Skip the tables and they are going outside my botanical garden grounds in my city
Nice. I always prefer the botanicals with brick-built pots.
Hibiscus looks really good. I like botanicals with pots, feels whole.
@Maxbricks14 said:
"He shows up in every conversation, it would be weird if he didn't."
I do not. I typically don’t even look at the site stat posts. And I have no interest in becoming the “I don’t buy this theme so it shouldn’t exist/get off my lawn” type, so unless I’m commenting on a new element, cracking a joke, or answering a question, I don’t usually have much to say about non-RXotD Technic, Friends, or Disney Princess posts.
@PhantomBricks:
We did the Butterflies In Bloom exhibit at Frederick Meijer Gardens once, and they offered the advice that, if you want the butterflies to land on you, the best color shirt to wear is red. Second best option is purple (third best is to sit motionless as you wait for a Blue Morpho to spread its wings for a photo, as you’re guaranteed to have at least two of them land on you where you can’t even see them). Also, if you want to see something crazy, look up what insects see when they look at common garden flowers.
That's Hibiscus syriacus. Smaller flowers from white to purple, but it grows as a 2.5m tall shrub with lots of flowers. It's commonly grown throughout Europe.
I think the smaller flowers and woody stock are more fit for a botanical set than large Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis flowers you are referring to.
@560heliport said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"What is the central stem piece in the hibiscus? A part of me feels it’s cheating the more molds they develop but then I get excited to experiment with new tree designs for my City.
I’m not sure about that Wolverine claw Juniper. As excited as I was for their potential use in plants/trees, I haven’t found the right fit for these pieces."
I think it's the "Brick 2x4x13 w/4.85 holes". For instance, in Reddish Brown in 71424. The left-hand tree."
Thank you! I apparently own 0 of the 17 sets with this. PAB currently has black and transparent.
Wow these 2 sets are impressive !
2021 - 3 sets
2022 - 2 sets
2023 - 3 sets
2024 - 6 sets
2025 - 10 sets (rumour of 1 more this set year)
or another way to look at it, 8 sets in 3 years, 16 sets in 2 years.
I like the botanical range, and these new ones are once again excellent sets. I could keep up with collecting all of them when it was 2 or 3 sets a year, but 10 at £460 will need a lot of discounts, or I will have to scale back and only pick my favourite.
These are so pretty, I must have them!
Does anyone have any insight into the nonsensical pricing? On some sets, like the newly announced rhino, the asking price is equal between the Euro and USD, but on others it's more or less. It seems like they're just charging more based on where they expect a set to sell more.
Both of these are fantastic! The hibiscus would be a great addition to my mom's little collection of Botanicals, while the bonsais might be my first!
So Lego can actually make good-looking minifig sized trees :D
Great, well thats my wallet emptied again. Thankfully I just upgraded my shelving. As awesome as the Hibiscus is, I think the mini-bonsai are my favourites of these two.
@Vesperas said:
"Does anyone have any insight into the nonsensical pricing? On some sets, like the newly announced rhino, the asking price is equal between the Euro and USD, but on others it's more or less. It seems like they're just charging more based on where they expect a set to sell more. "
I sometimes wonder if were the sets are made has anything to do with it and shipping and import costs to the markets... But even then, that makes the pricing on alot of sets very random.
Very cute, both an easy buy for me
@yellowcastle:
It’s sometimes tricky to work it in, and you need to pin two halves together in some cases, but that new stanchion is awesome when you need it.
@daniellesa:
I blame the earliness of the morning, but I read that as “pricy”, not “pretty”.
@GrizBe::
I’ve never done a study on it, but I would assume that almost all NA sets come from Mexico, so shipping costs would be static from one set to the next. Two likely factors are both demand-based. One is that if there’s little demand in one region, the cost to stock it is higher per unit, so they have to factor that into pricing. And if demand is too high, raising the price a bit can help temper the market so you don’t have wild swings from feeding frenzy to disinterest, causing retailers to be saddled with tons of unsold stock as supply ramps up to meet demand that’s on the verge of cratering.
That mini Bonsai collection......
Wow that hibiscus looks magnificent, might be the first botanical I'll pick up one day
Glad I only collect the bonsai sub-theme. Love the mini bonsai trio. Took the interchangeable foliage concept from the first bonsai and improved it by having trees for each set. That was the only issue I had with the first one, that the alternate foliage had to just be stored. That bothered me so much I figured out how to combine both foliage types on the one tree.
While I do think these bonsai are an improvement over the earlier, bigger one, I still think the bonsai from Loz looks better than either of these.
And one thing I always wonder with sets like these: Why not three separate €20 sets instead of one €60 set? I would be much more inclined to pick those as an impulse buy....and probably still end up with all three.
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These look SSOOOO good im going mad MAN I need those trees so much
The mini bonsais will be perfect for my city’s Central Park.
There definitely something off about the hibiscus, I have several in my backyard and the LEGO one is just not doing it for me…
@Legoarcher87 said:
" @Reventon said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"What the heck! That hibiscus looks so real! I didn't believe that it was Lego for a second."
Except that it’s purple. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a purple Hibiscus before"
Check out the Bluebird hibiscus! "
En Canarias los tenemos de todos los colores incluso el azul.
Oph, might get this. they look minifigure scale...
@PurpleDave said:
" @GrizBe::
I’ve never done a study on it, but I would assume that almost all NA sets come from Mexico, so shipping costs would be static from one set to the next. Two likely factors are both demand-based. One is that if there’s little demand in one region, the cost to stock it is higher per unit, so they have to factor that into pricing. And if demand is too high, raising the price a bit can help temper the market so you don’t have wild swings from feeding frenzy to disinterest, causing retailers to be saddled with tons of unsold stock as supply ramps up to meet demand that’s on the verge of cratering."
The pricing difference may be due to whether the set is packaged in Mexico or in Virginia. While manufacturing is still in Mexico, the Virginia facility has been packaging going on 2 years now.
@sotwuser said:
"The pricing difference may be due to whether the set is packaged in Mexico or in Virginia. While manufacturing is still in Mexico, the Virginia facility has been packaging going on 2 years now."
Oh, interesting. All the news I’ve seen has focused on the groundbreaking in 2023, and the planned 2025 opening being pushed back to 2027, but that was regarding manufacturing. Nobody’s said anything about the packing plant being open all this time, but their own website corroborates your statement.
However, that’s not what I meant. CMFs were crazy popular during the first few waves, not unlike early print runs of Magic: The Gathering. Where M:tG answered this by grossly, and unexpectedly, overprinting Fallen Empire, TLG responded by bumping packet price up from $2 to $3, then $4, and finally $5. This long predates even plans to open facilities in VA, and is not geographically restricted. Prices rose globally until supply was stable, the same way Disney raises park prices until attendance falls within their preferred range.
The other thing I mentioned involves regional preferences. Where most sets have a $1:€1 price ratio, certain themes have been noted to skew more expensive in one region vs another. In some cases, a theme that’s more popular in one region will have higher prices, but in other cases it’s the themes that are unpopular that cost more in a given region. In these situations, it could be a case where there’s so little demand that it’s less efficient to get those sets to market, and extra costs get passed on to customers.