Quick look: 11508 Daisies
Posted by Huw,
11508 Daisies is the smallest and cheapest of the botanicals slated for release during the first quarter of 2026. It combines two common flower varieties to create an attractive bouquet.
Furthermore, it introduces a new colour.
Summary
11508 Daisies, 133 pieces.
£12.99 / $14.99 / €14.99 | 9.8p / 11.3c / 11.3c per piece.
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Beautiful blooms at a bargain price
- Life-sized
- New colour, perfect for lavender
- Pocket-money priced
- Needs a vase
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
The set comprises eight stems: five daisies and three lavender.
The new colour, coming hot on the heels of warm pink in 31218 Japanese Cherry Blossom Landscape (see our review if you've not done so already) is 431 blue violet, which is a very close match to the colour of real lavender flowers.
Daisies come in a variety of colours and sizes but those modelled here are the common white and yellow variety. This small one is about the size of those that probably grow all over your lawn in the summer, although that particular variety only has one flower head per stem.
The heads look very realistic, but their stems are a bit thick and clumsy-looking, with ice cream cones used upside down to lengthen the bar of the dark green three-pronged piece 'Design Brick 3X3X1 2/3'
The larger heads look magnificent, each one comprising eight of the new three-leafed 'Plant, W/ Plate 3X3X2/3', new here in white, and a lovely printed tile for the yellow disc flowers in the centre. Two stems incorporate angle connectors, and one is straight.
Lavender was one of the flower varieties included in the very first botanical set, 10280 Flower Bouquet, but it looks very crude compared to this new version, which makes use of two recently introduced parts, Plant, W/ Plate 1X1 in the new blue violet colour, with medium lavender Plant, No. 2s sandwiched between them.
The set comes with one ladybird and the requisite clip, plus spares of both, so I went off-piste of the instructions and added them both!
Despite its diminutive size and price, £12.99, $14.99, €14.99, this is a beautiful and extremely realistic nosegay that looks wonderful when displayed in a suitable vase.
If you're interested, the vase was printed in vase mode on a Bambu A1 with Bambu translucent ice blue PLA filament.
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I find the introduction of 2 new colors this year interesting, especially because they're both in the pink/purple family, a family that already has quite the spread of shades. Granted, Blue Violet fills a shade we've been missing for a while, and I quite like it (I expect to see it used in the Easter/spring sets this year...), but I don't see the need for Warm Pink. It's quite similar to other existing shades, as 31218 illustrates.
And it does beg the question - which colors (if any) are we losing to make space for these? I've heard Medium Blue might be going (sadly), but do we know of another?
“Vase mode”. So, what exactly does it do differently, print in a circular path to keep the entire circumference consistent?
@PurpleDave said:
"“Vase mode”. So, what exactly does it do differently, print in a circular path to keep the entire circumference consistent?"
Yes. Instead of individual layers with a start and stop on every layer, vase mode prints in 1 endless loop from the start of the model to the end of the model (except for the bottom; these are still a couple of solid individual layers). This causes the print to not have any kind of seam that would otherwise normally be visible. On the other hand, the model is also only a single perimeter/wall thick, since it's just a single continuous loop.
Two new colours, and I bet it won't be long before those turn up as monofig variants on monofigs.com
@Legolijntje said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"“Vase mode”. So, what exactly does it do differently, print in a circular path to keep the entire circumference consistent?"
Yes. Instead of individual layers with a start and stop on every layer, vase mode prints in 1 endless loop from the start of the model to the end of the model (except for the bottom; these are still a couple of solid individual layers). This causes the print to not have any kind of seam that would otherwise normally be visible. On the other hand, the model is also only a single perimeter/wall thick, since it's just a single continuous loop."
Thank you. Vase mode results in a very lightweight container which is not water-tight, and they can be very flimsy unless they are ribbed like this one.
No good for real flowers but perfect for plastic ones.
I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up.
@Huw said:
" @Legolijntje said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"“Vase mode”. So, what exactly does it do differently, print in a circular path to keep the entire circumference consistent?"
Yes. Instead of individual layers with a start and stop on every layer, vase mode prints in 1 endless loop from the start of the model to the end of the model (except for the bottom; these are still a couple of solid individual layers). This causes the print to not have any kind of seam that would otherwise normally be visible. On the other hand, the model is also only a single perimeter/wall thick, since it's just a single continuous loop."
Thank you. Vase mode results in a very lightweight container which is not water-tight, and they can be very flimsy unless they are ribbed like this one.
No good for real flowers but perfect for plastic ones."
Then calling it "vase mode" is a bit misleading, isn't it?
Well, nice set. My wallet will be pushing up daisies
Buing 4 at least when it hit sales.Amazing partpack.
@Crux said:
"I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up."
Exactly. The line lost lots of its charm once special elements started being created for it.
@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Crux said:
"I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up."
Exactly. The line lost lots of its charm once special elements started being created for it."
I think that's a bit unfair. Stickers and prints are used in other themes to add fine detail that can't be created with bricks, and also get dozens of specialised parts made for them.
@Huw said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Crux said:
"I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up."
Exactly. The line lost lots of its charm once special elements started being created for it."
I think that's a bit unfair. Stickers and prints are used in other themes to add fine detail that can't be created with bricks, and also get dozens of specialised parts made for them."
Maybe, but I too think that it shows a lack of creativity (that is quite typical for LEGO designers especially recently imho), where in lots of cases new pieces are created where other options using existing ones would have been possible with a little more effort.
But effort seems to be the one thing that TLG is less and less willing to put in, as long as enough customers are willing to pay ever more for ever less. It's mind-boggling to me, and another reason why I hardly buy any sets from the Danes anymore.
That's a gorgeous vase and I LOVE this new color!! It's so pretty.
How long are the Technic axles? Long Technic axles can be hard to come by otherwise ...
@Huw said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Crux said:
"I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up."
Exactly. The line lost lots of its charm once special elements started being created for it."
I think that's a bit unfair. Stickers and prints are used in other themes to add fine detail that can't be created with bricks, and also get dozens of specialised parts made for them."
And I will happily champion prints outside of this theme - the theme that's known for showing what can be done with JUST regular bricks. I'm not saying Botanicals is dead, but I am saying that this particular set will not darken my vase.
IN THIS HOUSE
WE BRICK-BUILD OUR DAISIES
@Crux said:
" @Huw said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @Crux said:
"I've come to appreciate Botanicals for its excellent parts-usage.
Bringing in prints to circumvent NPU in this line seems like a low, man. That's just giving up."
Exactly. The line lost lots of its charm once special elements started being created for it."
I think that's a bit unfair. Stickers and prints are used in other themes to add fine detail that can't be created with bricks, and also get dozens of specialised parts made for them."
And I will happily champion prints outside of this theme - the theme that's known for showing what can be done with JUST regular bricks. I'm not saying Botanicals is dead, but I am saying that this particular set will not darken my vase.
IN THIS HOUSE
WE BRICK-BUILD OUR DAISIES"
It would be interesting to see a graph of the number of new parts created per year, and per theme.
I bet there would be a massive spike in the last couple of years.
@fredrigl said:
"How long are the Technic axles? Long Technic axles can be hard to come by otherwise ..."
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@BLProductions said:
"I find the introduction of 2 new colors this year interesting, especially because they're both in the pink/purple family, a family that already has quite the spread of shades. Granted, Blue Violet fills a shade we've been missing for a while, and I quite like it (I expect to see it used in the Easter/spring sets this year...), but I don't see the need for Warm Pink. It's quite similar to other existing shades, as 31218 illustrates.
And it does beg the question - which colors (if any) are we losing to make space for these? I've heard Medium Blue might be going (sadly), but do we know of another? "
I am not completely sure if they still keep to the concept. Vibrant Coral was scheduled to phase out after a few years and it's still here. Also no color seems to have gone to make room for Ochre Yellow this year (not to mention the 4 new shades used for skin tones).
A bit haphazardly if this would be true - there was a reason they had to cut the palette in 2004.
However I suspect TLG is afraid of clone brands benefitting from cancelled colors (who tend to copy Lego's entire palette these days) if other companies kept producing the color, it's probably bad for Lego.
Medium Blue is somewhat likely, sadly - it's seen much rarer use these days (only 3 new parts in 2025) in favor of the (more brighter) Azures and Light Royal Blue. On the other hand it has seen use in the new Bluey theme this year, notably for the titular character, so a bit odd if it would disappear now.