Botanical Collection press release
Posted by CapnRex101,
Following their initial appearance a few days ago, the new Botanical Collection sets have now been officially revealed.
Helping builders to blossom: New LEGO Botanical Collection sets make perfect gifts for people to form bonds and grow closer
The LEGO Group has today announced it is growing its Botanical Collection further by introducing two new sets for adult builders: a LEGO Wildflower Bouquet and a LEGO Dried Flower Centrepiece.
The LEGO Group launched its Botanical Collection in 2021, with the introduction of the LEGO Flower Bouquet and LEGO Bonsai Tree. The Collection has since been expanded with more brick-based plants, including the LEGO Orchid and the LEGO Succulents. The two new sets announced today have been designed to help adult builders ‘grow closer’ and develop stronger bonds with friends or family while undertaking the social act of building them together.
"We want the two new sets we’re launching today to help people ‘grow closer’. Whether that’s buying the set for a loved one for an occasion such as Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day, or at any other point in the year just as a little thank you. Why not give a longer-lasting LEGO plant and get to spend some valuable time building it together? We know the joy that plants can bring to people and our growing LEGO Botanical Collection has been created with that in mind. Plants are a great way to bring people together, and show our appreciation for one another," said Jamie Berard, Senior Design Manager at the LEGO Group.
Builders can create the 939-piece LEGO Wildflower Bouquet and 812-piece LEGO Dried Flower Centrepiece from the 1st February, just in time for Valentine’s Day, with the sets available to buy in-stores and online for 59.99 EUR/USD and 49.99 EUR/USD, respectively.
The LEGO Botanical Collection is part of the LEGO Sets for Adults range, which gives adults immersive building experiences that let their creativity bloom, as well as providing a building opportunity for plant lovers to create masterpieces they can proudly display in their home when finished.
Three connected sets shown above.
10313 Wildflower Bouquet
- 939 pieces
- £54.99, $59.99 USD, €59.99, $79.99 CAD, $99.99 AUD
Crafted entirely from intricate LEGO pieces, the Wildflower Bouquet features eight species with adjustable stems. Budding florists and flower lovers can spend hours building and identifying the blooms inspired by cornflowers, lavender, Welsh poppies, cow parsley, leatherleaf ferns, gerbera daisies, larkspurs, and lupins.
Once complete, these LEGO flowers can be displayed in a favourite vase to become an eye-catching piece of home decor that will plant seeds of joy in whichever room they’re placed. The bouquet has been designed to complement the previously released LEGO Flower Bouquet, so builders can either create two separate bunches, or one large bouquet.
10314 Dried Flower Centrepiece
- 812 pieces
- £44.99, $49.99 USD, €49.99, $69.99 CAD, $99.99 AUD
Builders can cultivate a piece of home decor that requires zero maintenance with the LEGO Dried Flower Centrepiece. The set is a reminder of the subtle, calm, muted tones of fall and includes a gerbera and rose as its focal point.
Once complete, it can be hung on the wall, used as a beautiful centrepiece or – when combined with one or two other sets – can be used as a striking table decoration that will be cherished forever. The buildable model has a split design which allows two people to construct it at the same time, providing the perfect way to spend quality time with a friend or family member.
Are you looking forward to the new Botanical Collection sets? Let us know in the comments.
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Interesting...
I got the original bouquet for my mom for Mother's Day, and I'll have to look into getting 10313 for her this year!
Do I need these? No. Do I want those dried flowers? Absolutely.
I quite like the idea of combining sets for a larger display, although the original looks quite large already.
If they're designed for building together, I hope there are multiple instruction books to support that.
@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"I quite like the idea of combining sets for a larger display, although the original looks quite large already.
If they're designed for building together, I hope there are multiple instruction books to support that. "
Lego's boxes and books recommend downloading instructions for that use case.
The "1-2" logo in the corner of one set may indicate there are two books there. At any rate, I highly recommend having a tablet available for instructions. I used to save books, but now there's no point.
Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled.
Love them. Probably the best so far. The only downside with the Botanicals is that I can't normally resist multiple copies!
@JGW3000 said:
"Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled."
Nope, not the U.S. spelling since Brickset isn't U.S. based.
@JGW3000 said:
"Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled."
Need an occasional bit of challenging spelling to keep America on it's toes!
Ok, I really like that the centerpiece can be wall-mounted and that has me re-thinking whether or not it can fit anywhere in my house.
Love how successful the Botanicals line has been. I’ve gotten so much joy out of the models I already own.
@vizzitor said:
" @JGW3000 said:
"Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled."
Nope, not the U.S. spelling since Brickset isn't U.S. based."
Well, an American thinking they're the centre of the world. Not surprising!
Gah! Don't put LEGO sets in the window!
Interesting, that group picture seems to indicate that Lego is retroactively considering 40461 Tulips, 40460 Roses, and 40524 Sunflowers as part of the Botanical Collection despite not being branded that was originally. I figured that they would brand future <$15 flower sets under the Botanical Collection after 40646 Daffodils was branded that way, but I guess they consider them all part of the same line. Lego's head-scratching branding decisions continue on I suppose.
I have enjoyed the botanicals thus far and plan on picking up both of these and the Daffodils. Only one I don't have is the Birds of Paradise I just can't bring myself to spend $100 on it.
@sjr60 said:
" @JGW3000 said:
"Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled."
Need an occasional bit of challenging spelling to keep America on it's toes!"
Shall we discuss your incorrect use of the apostrophe? :)
@560heliport said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @JGW3000 said:
"Centerpiece! Looks good even if it is misspelled."
Need an occasional bit of challenging spelling to keep America on it's toes!"
Shall we discuss your incorrect use of the apostrophe? :)"
Just thought it would be simpler for Americans :-)
@LEGOldHead80s said:
"I have enjoyed the botanicals thus far and plan on picking up both of these and the Daffodils. Only one I don't have is the Birds of Paradise I just can't bring myself to spend $100 on it. "
Look for it on sale, it's very large, looks great, and is actually a fun build.
Many botanists died to bring us this information.
These sets got me back into LEGO. …even my 4yo loves them.
…And they display so well.
Funny. I would never display these. For me these are only amazing partpacks.
Corpospeak cracks me up sometimes, I swear.
Where it would have been just as easy, if not more straightforward, to just say something like "we have some cool new flowers you can build with your friends and family!", someone figured a flowery (pun totally intended) soliloquy about the virtues of automatic binding bricks forging memorable bonds between consumers in the "social act of building together" so as to convince said consumers to impart currency in exchange for services and goods didn't sound like pretentious fluff and was the great way to get people interested.
LEGO, they're frickin' cool flower sets with neat pieces. Just relax a bit, we already wanna pick them up!
Alright over-analysis aside these look really dang cool and it's always super neat seeing what pieces are used for what flowers. Plus they don't need to be watered!
@GBP_Chris said:
"Corpospeak cracks me up sometimes, I swear.
Where it would have been just as easy, if not more straightforward, to just say something like "we have some cool new flowers you can build with your friends and family!", someone figured a flowery (pun totally intended) soliloquy about the virtues of automatic binding bricks forging memorable bonds between consumers in the "social act of building together" so as to convince said consumers to impart currency in exchange for services and goods didn't sound like pretentious fluff and was the great way to get people interested.
LEGO, they're frickin' cool flower sets with neat pieces. Just relax a bit, we already wanna pick them up!
Alright over-analysis aside these look really dang cool and it's always super neat seeing what pieces are used for what flowers. Plus they don't need to be watered!"
I didnt know that hilarious garble had a name, even if youre the only one who came up with it. "Corpospeak" I love it!
@WemWem said:
" @LEGOldHead80s said:
"I have enjoyed the botanicals thus far and plan on picking up both of these and the Daffodils. Only one I don't have is the Birds of Paradise I just can't bring myself to spend $100 on it. "
Look for it on sale, it's very large, looks great, and is actually a fun build."
I am constantly looking for it on sale. I have yet to see it on sale anywhere that I pick up LEGO though.
@gorf43 said:
" @GBP_Chris said:
"Corpospeak cracks me up sometimes, I swear.
Where it would have been just as easy, if not more straightforward, to just say something like "we have some cool new flowers you can build with your friends and family!", someone figured a flowery (pun totally intended) soliloquy about the virtues of automatic binding bricks forging memorable bonds between consumers in the "social act of building together" so as to convince said consumers to impart currency in exchange for services and goods didn't sound like pretentious fluff and was the great way to get people interested.
LEGO, they're frickin' cool flower sets with neat pieces. Just relax a bit, we already wanna pick them up!
Alright over-analysis aside these look really dang cool and it's always super neat seeing what pieces are used for what flowers. Plus they don't need to be watered!"
I didnt know that hilarious garble had a name, even if youre the only one who came up with it. "Corpospeak" I love it! "
I don't know if that's really the name, but hey, I won't charge usage fees on it!
I can't imagine anyone being persuaded to buy any Lego set based on ther "corpospeak" (love the word!). They'd do better to show more pictures of the set from different angles, or the parts.
Really got into the botanical collection. Pre-ordered these straight away.
@560heliport said:
"I can't imagine anyone being persuaded to buy any Lego set based on ther "corpospeak" (love the word!). They'd do better to show more pictures of the set from different angles, or the parts."
I disagree. DUPLO Design would have sold brilliantly: https://brickset.com/article/58636
@CapnRex101 said:
" @560heliport said:
"I can't imagine anyone being persuaded to buy any Lego set based on ther "corpospeak" (love the word!). They'd do better to show more pictures of the set from different angles, or the parts."
I disagree. DUPLO Design would have sold brilliantly: https://brickset.com/article/58636 "
Great callback! That article still makes me laugh!.... and unnerving want Duplo..... and a less messy house.
@CapnRex101 said:
"I disagree. DUPLO Design would have sold brilliantly: https://brickset.com/article/58636 "
The Dark Side of the Corpo is a pathway to many products some consider to be ... unnatural ...
@lordofdragonss said:
"Funny. I would never display these. For me these are only amazing partpacks."
That's what is so wonderful about Lego! You and I can both be happy with these sets!
I think they're both beautiful and they will move to the top of my wishlist as soon as they are released. Thanks to LEGO.com having put the Bird of Paradise set on sale briefly last year (I think) I do have all the sets in the theme at the moment (including the small ones that @Binary_Code mentions) which makes it, I suppose, the only theme I'm seriously collecting given that I passed on several of the larger Architecture sets.
@CapnRex101 said:
" @560heliport said:
"I can't imagine anyone being persuaded to buy any Lego set based on ther "corpospeak" (love the word!). They'd do better to show more pictures of the set from different angles, or the parts."
I disagree. DUPLO Design would have sold brilliantly: https://brickset.com/article/58636 "
You could be right. I am often amazed at the things some people will believe...
I find most LEGO press releases totally cringeworthy, and none of them would ever make me want to buy a set.
For me it's the pictures only. If the sets look great to me, and if the price is right (at least after the usual discounts), I am interested.
And with these two new botanical sets I am definitely interested. I have most of the other ones from that theme already, and so far have not been disappointed. Excellent parts packs too.
You know what? Those AU prices don’t look too bad. However, I’ll continue to stick with the bonsai for now.
Every single one of the botanical range is well worth the purchase and these are no exception. The Paradise plant was the last purchase for me, even though nowadays Lego sets are so expensive that £89.99 actually looks affordable - I spent so much over xmas that my wish list is now under £1000 for the first time - but it is worth the price as its so beautiful and comes with a vase, which helps when it comes to flowers. The roses, sunflowers, bouquet, and tulips are difficult to vase together due to height, mine are balanced precariously in a vase, but the effect looks wonderful and lets face it, these don't need water, or do they die after a week, its much better than spending £10 on real ones every week.
Chris McVeigh designed the Dried Flower Centerpiece according to his IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFCUa4oETR/?hl=en
Is there a LEGO DustBuster to accompany the displays? I imagine they’ll be a bit of a blighter to dust. Loving the purple pirate hat though!
The Centrepiece requires 3 sets for the larger build however the purchase limit online is 2. Well done Lego. Thank goodness for my local stores.
What TLG isn't telling us is that if you water these sets they will grow!!! And given enough time you can have that 3x set centerpiece without spending a dime more!