I thought these had been released already, I've seen them for a while. Happily pick these up and hope the sunflowers are as good as they look, better than the last lot. The magnolias look deadly and beautiful at the same time.

Was those magnolia branches look stunning

I think it's sad that after botanicals set being success most of new releases are rip off...

Magnolia looks great (even though not real as @hawk_JK said ) but 50€ for this amount of ABS is crazy.

Sunflowers with 5 flowers will be extremely hard to pose in vase to look good

Okay, normally I don't like the 'just flowers' Botanicals sets, but damn those Magnolias look awesome! Love that LEGO is trying new things with the duel colour petals.

As for the sunflowers... The centres feel a little flat to me. Think they could have done with another layer of studs to make them appear a little more domed. Otherwise, huge improvement over previous attempts at them.

Think I'll be having to go and buy some nice vases in the near future....

Those Magnolias with their petals bent outwards look really weird imho. Also the Sunflowers look incomplete in the center to me.
Overall rather Meh for my liking. Non-essential.

@Huw said:
" Or buy a 3D printer and print them. A vase for my review copy of the magnolias is currently being manufactured :-)"

Keep thinking of finally getting myself one as a friend of mine uses his to print wargamming minis. Got any recommendations for a good one?

The sunflowers would be an absolute nightmare for me to build. After all, I just would have to put all of those studs in the exact same orientation, and none should be even just one degree off.....

I love how the sunflowers has an unopened one. All the blooms look good but having the unopened one makes it look realistic and they did a really good job making the unopened one look so good.

I guess my eye is really drawn to this feature because I really loved how the hibiscus tree had blooms/buds in various stages of their life and that touch of realism really appealed to me.

I do love the botanicals theme but I wish TLG would slow down a bit with the number of sets they're issuing. I'm still trying to catch up with the last tranche. :-((

Yes, these look lovely.

I legit have a bowl of sunflower seeds on my desk as I find out about 11502's existence. How 'bout that...

This Magnolia set is gorgeous

On the one hand: boo to prints in Botanicals. Boo. Booooo.

On the other hand: dang, those prints are -nice-, man. And it's not as if we're going to use those leaf-parts for much else, anyway.

Love to see the return of marbled dual molding, I hope they continue to make more pieces, I would personally love more variants of the 2x4x6 rock piece in more colors.

@Crux said:
"On the one hand: boo to prints in Botanicals. Boo. Booooo.

On the other hand: dang, those prints are -nice-, man. And it's not as if we're going to use those leaf-parts for much else, anyway."

Where are you seeing prints? If you're talking about 11510, that's dual-molding.

@HibiscusDrive said:
"I love how the sunflowers has an unopened one. All the blooms look good but having the unopened one makes it look realistic and they did a really good job making the unopened one look so good.

I guess my eye is really drawn to this feature because I really loved how the hibiscus tree had blooms/buds in various stages of their life and that touch of realism really appealed to me."

Is it realistic, though? Yes, if you take a cutting of a whole branch, you can get buds mixed in with flowers. But sunflowers are single bloom per stalk, so this would require someone to deliberately cut one that hadn’t opened yet to included in a floral display. I’m not a gardener myself, but would a cut bud actually bloom, even if kept watered? Or would it just eventually die without ever opening?

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Crux said:
"On the one hand: boo to prints in Botanicals. Boo. Booooo.

On the other hand: dang, those prints are -nice-, man. And it's not as if we're going to use those leaf-parts for much else, anyway."

Where are you seeing prints? If you're talking about 11510, that's dual-molding."

On the one hand, dual-moulding in... no, that doesn't work. I guess you're right.

On the other hand, boo to you for bringing logic into this. Boo.

@PurpleDave said:
" @HibiscusDrive said:
"I love how the sunflowers has an unopened one. All the blooms look good but having the unopened one makes it look realistic and they did a really good job making the unopened one look so good.

I guess my eye is really drawn to this feature because I really loved how the hibiscus tree had blooms/buds in various stages of their life and that touch of realism really appealed to me."

Is it realistic, though? Yes, if you take a cutting of a whole branch, you can get buds mixed in with flowers. But sunflowers are single bloom per stalk, so this would require someone to deliberately cut one that hadn’t opened yet to included in a floral display. I’m not a gardener myself, but would a cut bud actually bloom, even if kept watered? Or would it just eventually die without ever opening?"

cut buds can bloom but it often depends on a number of things including cultivar, environment and at what stage the buds were when cut. IIRC, sunflowers buds may open and bloom subject to the caveats above. Not all flowers can do so though so, as a general rule, I prefer not to cut flowers in bud.

**EDIT** Actually, I prefer not to cut my garden flowers at all but SWMBO has other ideas....

Sounds like the botanicals are the only sets I buy anymore...

Ooh those dual molded Magnolia flowers are pretty! Have they done dual molded parts in the botanicals yet? Would love to see more.

@Kalhiki said:
"Ooh those dual molded Magnolia flowers are pretty! Have they done dual molded parts in the botanicals yet? Would love to see more."

They used dual molded pteranodon wings in the original Flower Bouquet set, but I don't think there's been many since then.

These dual molded versions of these petals are definitely very nice. Kinda curious if they made a new mold to allow them to be co-injected, or if this recent mold always had that capability and they just hadn't utilized it until now.

Those magnolia petal pieces are beautiful!

@Crux said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Crux said:
"On the one hand: boo to prints in Botanicals. Boo. Booooo.

On the other hand: dang, those prints are -nice-, man. And it's not as if we're going to use those leaf-parts for much else, anyway."

Where are you seeing prints? If you're talking about 11510, that's dual-molding."

On the one hand, dual-moulding in... no, that doesn't work. I guess you're right.

On the other hand, boo to you for bringing logic into this. Boo."

You disapprove of logic? Fascinating.

Flowers are like art to me. Creating flowers with Lego pieces is not like creating animals. Lego animal creations look like rough and robot. But Lego flowers are really beautiful and delicate.

@Lyichir said:
" @Kalhiki said:
"Ooh those dual molded Magnolia flowers are pretty! Have they done dual molded parts in the botanicals yet? Would love to see more."

They used dual molded pteranodon wings in the original Flower Bouquet set, but I don't think there's been many since then.

These dual molded versions of these petals are definitely very nice. Kinda curious if they made a new mold to allow them to be co-injected, or if this recent mold always had that capability and they just hadn't utilized it until now."

There are several elements that are only ever released in one solid color, but which OPAB persistently lists as “multicolored”. I have to assume the reasoning is because they’re combining two different plastics during the molding process, like using ABS/MABS for the 2x2 plate to get the ideal amount of clutch, and something more durable for the 3mm wheel pins so the split flange tips don’t break off. Of course, just to add to the confusion, the candy cane (clearly dual-molded) is only listed under the non-white color (red or dark-pink, for now).

@PurpleDave said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @Kalhiki said:
"Ooh those dual molded Magnolia flowers are pretty! Have they done dual molded parts in the botanicals yet? Would love to see more."

They used dual molded pteranodon wings in the original Flower Bouquet set, but I don't think there's been many since then.

These dual molded versions of these petals are definitely very nice. Kinda curious if they made a new mold to allow them to be co-injected, or if this recent mold always had that capability and they just hadn't utilized it until now."

There are several elements that are only ever released in one solid color, but which OPAB persistently lists as “multicolored”. I have to assume the reasoning is because they’re combining two different plastics during the molding process, like using ABS/MABS for the 2x2 plate to get the ideal amount of clutch, and something more durable for the 3mm wheel pins so the split flange tips don’t break off. Of course, just to add to the confusion, the candy cane (clearly dual-molded) is only listed under the non-white color (red or dark-pink, for now)."

I've only seen "multicombination", not "multicolored".

Amazing additions, but the prices are not... Why are these getting so expensive?