Two new LEGO Botanicals sets announced!

I love the dark flowers for Halloween time. Not sure about the Pothos but I like the leaves. Hopefully Costco or Sam's will get these.

$60 for the piece count on that pothos is crazy. I know the Botanicals sell very well but how many people are going to want the pothos at that price?

I like both of these very much, my list is growing.

I like the pothos, looks spot-on to the one next to my computer. However, I tend to fall into the camp of buying the real thing whenever sensible instead of the Lego-fied version. That still leaves numerous categories such as animals, buildings, vehicles, etc reserved for model building, and I prefer a good visual balance instead of every piece of decor being Lego. At the same time I’m not passing any judgement on the people who prefer this version due to a lack of sunlight, time, desire, or any other reason to care for a live plant, those are all valid points, personally I just see this more as something bought as a gift.

@sjr60 said:
"Both look excellent. Just need to find a spare table or shelf to dangle 11512 off the edge of!"

Just let it grow over your City layout. Add a Mark Wahlberg minifig -> sophisticated drama can start.

Both look great but why are Botanicals being priced like licensed sets now? I know these are marketed towards adults with the whole 18+ adults welcome thing but I don't think that's a license to overcharge.

Not sure about the Golden Pothos. First thoughts were that it looks a little boring, and the pot design could do with some tweaking. Do like the duel molded leaves though...

Dark Flower Arrangement looks a heck of alot better. Already got a nice spot picked out for it.

@Kamiccolo Because TLG is not a charity organization. They need more money and more YoY growth and also to compensate for the losses of other themes and failed experiments e.g. Smart Play.

These look great, very cool

@Samuel4El said:
" @KingShark9500 said:
"$60 for the piece count on that pothos is crazy. I know the Botanicals sell very well but how many people are going to want the pothos at that price?"

Yeah, what the heck? That is absurd. Botanicals always had reasonable value afaik, where did this suddenly come from?"

Maybe it's just me, and the prices in Sweden, but I don't see any change here. I think the botanicals have always been priced either OK, or way over, just like these two new ones. The worst part is, it's the expensive ones that never seem to get a discount.

For example (with Swedish RRP), 10289 Bird of Paradise (€124), 10372 Hibiscus (€84), and 10345 Flower Arrangement (€135). They have what I would call a high RRP, and I have never found them at a discount anywhere.

The ones that are priced OK can be outright cheap when discounted (roughly what I paid in brackets), such as 10281 Bonsai Tree (€35), 10313 Wildflower Bouquet (€44), 10368 Chrysanthemum (€22), and 11504 Peace Lily (€45). All priced OK from the beginning, and then discounted.

That's what has always been strange to me. Why are some of the sets so good value when others are so bad, in the same theme? I don't see any particular pattern. Maybe the expensive ones seem to be the ones with a brick-built pot, but there are cheap ones with pots too so it's not universally true. Lego-pricing continues to baffle me, it's such a strange market.

I can't see these new sets on Lego's site yet, so it remains to be seen how they are priced locally. And if they are discounted or not at other retailers. I like the look of both of them, though.

$60 is too much for the golden pothos but I do like it

@BrewNomad said:
" @NexoKnightFan said:
"Just get real plants at this point bro"

Bro...

(I just wanted to be included...)"

Don't sweat it... bro.

@pteric said:"I'm still waiting for a carnivorous plants set."

10329 has a venus flytrap, a red sundew, and a yellow pitcher plant.

@NexoKnightFan said:
"Just get real plants at this point bro"

43288 is deadly nightshade, bro.

@PolarBearly said:
" @jpmeier said:
"Some of us have cats that would eat real plants…"

Unfortunately, my cats would eat the Lego version too"

I know two other people whose cats have nibbled on sets and MOCs. Mostly just the polyethylene parts, but I have a rusty pickup MOC that incorporated a cat-nibbled fender.

Is it only me that thinks of the danger / jeopardy of any Lego "hanging over the edge", by the looks of it click hinges mean you have have curved upwards ends/leaves to stay on a desk, or straighter versions to dangle more and more over the edge. Leaves look pointy so that will get caught on clothing. I assume its heavy enough to not just topple if 20-30% is to one side?

The theme started to lose me when they introduced more and more botanical elements. The novelty was seeing the incredibly novel parts usage (or INPU) of the earlier sets. It's nowhere near as impressive to build flowers when there is an entire library of leaves, buds, petals, etc. - and as others have said, pricing for these sets is all over the place! I really would like to know how TLG determines MSRP.

Is $60 the right price? Yikes….372 parts for that price makes that set go from instant buy to maybe.

I love the pothos and it's exactly what I'm always wanting from the Botanticals theme, but I'm annoyed by the price as well. Given that they're doing the new two-toned gradient leaves I expected there to be a bit of a premium and I suppose that's the most likely explanation, but I didn't expect a price per piece of 16 cents! I will be getting it on day 1 but I'll grumble about it.

$60 for a small bucket of vines? Seriously? No thanks; I'm pretty sure my mother already has a real one of those anyways. They're not that hard to take care of, you know, just... water them. This may well be the most boring Botanicals set yet, and yet it's $30 overpriced....

The dark flowers 11513 I like, but again, not for $60. I'll wait and see for that; if Costco gets it and puts it at $48 or so, maybe I'll bite.

@Kamiccolo said:
"Both look great but why are Botanicals being priced like licensed sets now? I know these are marketed towards adults with the whole 18+ adults welcome thing but I don't think that's a license to overcharge."

Because nature has the toughest IP protection (just ask quantum physicists) and the fiercest lawyers (read - Greenpeace).

@Hiratha said:
"Some of us have rooms with literal to no natural light, hun"

Yes, I live in a mancave too with all my Legos. If only they made plastic that doesn't yellow from UV light and heat, I could actually see what I'm building. ;)

we are heading the 20c per piece for a pothos botanicals set! I wouldn't even buy it on 50% discount! The pricings getting out of hand. I can definitly understand the first comment, bro! Whom ever buys this at full price needs to get poor to know what its like to spend that kind of money on something like this. Especialy at times like this with many many uncertain things happening around the world almost every day..

The pothos is really cool... one of the first botanical sets based on a leafy plant instead of a flower. The dark flower arrangement is less novel in subject matter (a lot of the flowers resemble ones from previous sets), but it does showcase how this theme can broadly appeal to multiple audiences—change the color, and you can change the subject matter from something bright and happy to something darker and moodier.