Quick look: 10373 Mini Bonsai Trees
Posted by Huw,
Bonsai are an ideal subject matter for the Botanicals range, given their diminutive size, wide variety, and aesthetic appeal, so it's perhaps not surprising that 10373 Mini Bonsai Trees is the second set containing the miniature trees to be released this year.
Summary
10373 Mini Bonsai Trees, 709 pieces.
£54.99 / $64.99 / €59.99 | 7.8p/9.2c/8.5c per piece.
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A three-in-one botanical set to expand your brick-built Bonsai collection
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
The set comprises three bonsai which are roughly the same size and potted in identical containers. Two plinths are provided with which to raise two of them, to form a balanced display.
All three trees are similar in that they have knurled, twisted trunks and branches which terminate in six handlebar pieces, onto which 12 leaf/flower clusters are attached.
The Ginkgo Biloba looks spectacular with its autumnal leaves, made using 36 flame yellowish orange butterflies attached to12 yellow small limb elements, which is a new colour for that piece.
The Japanese Black Pine makes use of 72 'Wolverine claws' to mimic needles. It looks good from the side but a bit bare in the middle when viewed from above. I think this is the least successful of the three for that reason.
The most attractive, and certainly the most colourful, is the Wisteria. Full-size versions are beautiful, and I can only imagine that bonsai versions look spectacular. This plastic one layers white, pink and lavender pieces to effectively create the trailing flower clusters.
Because each tree uses the same attachment method, it's easy to swap individual leaf/flower clusters or whole branches to put, for example, the wisteria flowers on the pine's trunk.
Here I've swapped branch ends to come up with a hybrid that would make Thomas Fairchild proud.
It's perhaps not as visually appealing or striking as some of this year's botanicals but, nevertheless, it's a decent addition to the range, priced on a par with other recent releases.
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I have a Gingko Bilboa in my garden, if only it's leaves were giant yellow butterflies. I'll have to take a cutting now and try and bonsai it.
I might get this to make alternate plants for my second copy of 10349 Happy Plants
Thanks for the review @Huw
How do these scale with minifigs? Do they look like proper trees, or are they too small?
@M_Jibril said:
"Thanks for the review @Huw
How do these scale with minifigs? Do they look like proper trees, or are they too small?"
Richard over at the Rambling Brick considered just that: https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/07/24/10373-mini-bonsai-is-there-a-lot-to-learn-from-these-tiny-trees/
@LegoHound33 said:
"I have a Gingko Bilboa in my garden, if only it's leaves were giant yellow butterflies. I'll have to take a cutting now and try and bonsai it."
You and @Huw both had me thinking I was in some Mandela Effect nightmare for a second, but I am now absolutely certain you’re both looking for “Ginkgo Biloba”.
@Huw said:
" @M_Jibril said:
"Thanks for the review @Huw
How do these scale with minifigs? Do they look like proper trees, or are they too small?"
Richard over at the Rambling Brick considered just that: https://ramblingbrick.com/2025/07/24/10373-mini-bonsai-is-there-a-lot-to-learn-from-these-tiny-trees/"
They look like they scale well with minifigs! That makes me more inclined to pick this up.
Love the design of these, and I'm looking forward to having them live next to my other two botanical bonsai trees.
Hadn't considered how they'd scale to minifigs, but thanks to the link, Richards inspired me to set up some dioramas with them.
@SideSwept said:
" @LegoHound33 said:
"I have a Gingko Bilboa in my garden, if only it's leaves were giant yellow butterflies. I'll have to take a cutting now and try and bonsai it."
You and @Huw both had me thinking I was in some Mandela Effect nightmare for a second, but I am now absolutely certain you’re both looking for “Ginkgo Biloba”."
Going on about a Bilboa, think they must be talking about the alternative plant with hairy leaves that look like hobbit feet.
@GrizBe said:
"Love the design of these, and I'm looking forward to having them live next to my other two botanical bonsai trees.
Hadn't considered how they'd scale to minifigs, but thanks to the link, Richards inspired me to set up some dioramas with them.
@SideSwept said:
" @LegoHound33 said:
"I have a Gingko Bilboa in my garden, if only it's leaves were giant yellow butterflies. I'll have to take a cutting now and try and bonsai it."
You and @Huw both had me thinking I was in some Mandela Effect nightmare for a second, but I am now absolutely certain you’re both looking for “Ginkgo Biloba”."
Going on about a Bilboa, think they must be talking about the alternative plant with hairy leaves that look like hobbit feet.
"
Not to be confused with Balboa, with the branches that look like boxing gloves
@Lyichir said:
"Not to be confused with Balboa, with the branches that look like boxing gloves"
Or the Bilbao. The root system of which looks like the map of a Spanish city.
Oh dear. I wish they'd produce a bad Botanical so I could break it out of being a 'completist' theme!
Cute and enjoyable, but the Botanicals line is starting to get a bit pricey-for-the-experience for me.
@sjr60 said:
"Oh dear. I wish they'd produce a bad Botanical so I could break it out of being a 'completist' theme!"
Nope, sorry. You're the target audience for the upcoming lifesize, 1,000,000 Piece UCS Sycamore Gap Tribute.
@M_Jibril said:
"Thanks for the review @Huw
How do these scale with minifigs? Do they look like proper trees, or are they too small?"
The real reason I will buy them is because I intend to use them as trees in minifig scale.
They look okay, and dare I say better than the bigger 10281? That said, the main thing I wonder with a set like this is why these aren't three smaller sets? Would make for perfect impulse purchases.
Also, I just don't see why these are 20% more expensive than that 10281, despite that one having 24% more pieces. Am I missing some Star Wars connection?
@GrizBe said:
" @sjr60 said:
"Oh dear. I wish they'd produce a bad Botanical so I could break it out of being a 'completist' theme!"
Nope, sorry. You're the target audience for the upcoming lifesize, 1,000,000 Piece UCS Sycamore Gap Tribute."
No, that would break the habit... Quite enough real sycamores in my garden that I'm trying to get rid of!!
They are neat. But are they 65$ neat?
@Krutak said:
"They are neat. But are they 65$ neat?"
$65 for the impatient. $50 for everyone else!
@sjr60 said:
" @Krutak said:
"They are neat. But are they 65$ neat?"
$65 for the impatient. $50 for everyone else! "
Sure, but with that logic 10281 was also only about €35 or so. These still feel pricey by comparison.
@WizardOfOss said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @Krutak said:
"They are neat. But are they 65$ neat?"
$65 for the impatient. $50 for everyone else! "
Sure, but with that logic 10281 was also only about €35 or so. These still feel pricey by comparison."
No, no, no, these are Bonsai, not impatiens. That's coming Spring 2026.
P.S. I finally find a moment to read about Bout 2 but apparently Tolkien and spacecraft are too incendiary to discuss. :o(
I recently got a second copy of 10281 only to discover they had updated the tyre design for the pot legs in the 2025 version of the set. So, there are two versions of that model- check it out in the instructions. How bout that. They didn’t update the little CAD drawing though.
@huw Maybe just me, but the first Ginkgo Biloba picture takes me to the small limb element link.
Great review as always.
Cute, but clearly a cash-grab on the hugely popular original Bonsai tree.
@brickwich said:
" @huw Maybe just me, but the first Ginkgo Biloba picture takes me to the small limb element link.
Great review as always."
Very strange... corrected, thanks.
After looking at the photos over at Rambling Brick (thanks, Huw) I feel ever more strongly that the Shire’s Party Tree shouldn’t have been approved in that state and that they should’ve consulted the Botanicals team. I’m not even expecting trees this nice just not… that.
Still, grouching about an entirely different kit aside, these are lovely and fit nicely into one of my preferred kit set-ups: A bigger kit with discrete parts of a similar size that I can build over several weeks or months without having obviously unfinished stuff lying around in-between and still have something with decent presence at the end. Very spoonie-friendly. If I see it on a decent sale I’m very tempted.
These are fun, but I don't think I can justify that expense. I like the idea of using them with figures, but I still think they might not be what I am looking for. But I will keep a sale in mind anyway.
I do like them overall. And I do want to build my own Wisteria so maybe I will sometime.
@yellowcastle said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @Krutak said:
"They are neat. But are they 65$ neat?"
$65 for the impatient. $50 for everyone else! "
Sure, but with that logic 10281 was also only about €35 or so. These still feel pricey by comparison."
No, no, no, these are Bonsai, not impatiens. That's coming Spring 2026."
Nice pun.
"P.S. I finally find a moment to read about Bout 2 but apparently Tolkien and spacecraft are too incendiary to discuss. :o("
I'm pretty sure it was closed because people were talking less and less about the sets and more and more about politics.
I was hoping these could be candidates for my LEGO City but they're just not doing it for me. Thanks @Huw for a nice quick look and for the link to the other review. Back to the drawing board, trying to design my own with all the interesting PaB parts I've been collecting for just this purpose.
@yellowcastle:
Tolkien was a known Luddite, and the Space Shuttle is the most complicated machine ever made, with the intention of riding a plume of fire into the sky…and somehow that had nothing to do with the comments getting shut down. But I’m in the back half of a weeklong display, and on top of hearing that we just lost a huge account at work, I also learned that another one of our members just passed away. So, you know, perspective.
@Hiratha:
So…75098?
Great review :)
Also really cool that these work with minifigures.
I just wish lego would stop being greedy. $100 AUD? Really?
BigW and Kmart might have it a little cheaper but $89.99 or $79.99 is still a lot of money for what you get here.
@PurpleDave said:
" @yellowcastle:
Tolkien was a known Luddite, and the Space Shuttle is the most complicated machine ever made, with the intention of riding a plume of fire into the sky…and somehow that had nothing to do with the comments getting shut down. But I’m in the back half of a weeklong display, and on top of hearing that we just lost a huge account at work, I also learned that another one of our members just passed away. So, you know, perspective.
@Hiratha:
So…75098?"
Too disparate in size and nothing really looks “complete” or finished by itself, really. Think the four parts of 21340 Tales of the Space Age or 10309 Succulents or 10329 Tiny Plants or 40290 60 Years of the Brick or, well, these little bonsai. They don’t happen all that often outside Botanicals but I really like them! (The four gentlemen Botanical kits also work more or less the same, of course, even though they’re packaged and sold separately, as did the recent Ninjago Elemental mechs, and subthemes like Microfighters or the newer Star Wars & Marvel mechs. But it’s particularly nice when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and that works best when the whole lot is in one box instead of many.)
I’m sorry for your loss.
One of the few Botanical sets I'm skipping.
I didn't notice until this article that one if the bonsais doesn't have a table. Might swipe the box from the Pixar lamp for it.
Difinitely picking up this minifig-scale tree battle pack!
Tree.