Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and if you're looking to surprise your special someone with something unique, consider moving beyond the typical chocolates and roses. A delightful alternative is the Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet LEGO set, a gift that blooms without the need for water—just some assembly time and a vase to display it in.
LEGO Botanicals Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet
Priced at $59.99, you can find this set at both Amazon and the LEGO Store. It's a part of the Botanical Collection, which LEGO introduced in 2021 as part of a lifestyle rebranding effort. This collection reflects LEGO's strategy to integrate their sets more seamlessly into adult living spaces, especially as their popularity among grown-ups has soared.
Building the LEGO Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet
The beauty of this set is that it offers a creative way to enhance your home decor. Instead of relegating LEGO builds to storage or fighting for space on desks, this set allows adults to hang them on the wall or use them as centerpieces or window sill decorations.
The Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet comes in six bags, plus a seventh bag containing long rods for the flower stems. There are no stickers or printed tiles; instead, you'll find a printed instruction booklet to guide your build.
For those new to adult LEGO sets or feeling apprehensive about the complexity of this gift, LEGO encourages builders to use digital instructions available online. These digital guides allow you to rotate and zoom in on the builds, making the hobby more accessible.
Each bag contains components for different types of flowers: daisies, cornflowers, eucalyptus, elderflowers, roses, ranunculus, cymbidium orchids, a waterlily dahlia, and a campanula. The instruction booklet provides brief descriptions of each flower in English, French, and Spanish, adding an educational element to your building experience. For example, the description for the Cymbidium orchid reads:
"Cymbidium orchids are documented in records from Confucius' time, around 500 BCE, making them the oldest known cultivated orchid species."
And for the Dahlia nymphaea, also known as the waterlily dahlia, it says:
"Symbols of elegance and grace, the decorative waterlily dahlia blossoms unfold like a luxurious firework display."
Building the flowers introduces you to unique techniques. Unlike traditional LEGO sets that use interlocking bricks, these flowers are constructed using hinges. The petals are attached to create an outward extension, layered and angled to mimic real flowers. As an experienced LEGO enthusiast, I discovered new building methods, such as folding rose petals in an overlapping pattern to achieve their signature look, which required precise spacing and careful planning.
Be mindful of the petal orientation; a single mistake can lead to misalignment down the line, requiring you to revisit earlier steps. This attention to detail is key, as the set lacks an underlying structure, focusing entirely on the aesthetic elements, which makes it fragile and meant for display, not play.
This LEGO design embraces impracticality for the sake of beauty, a trade-off that's absolutely worth it.
The LEGO Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet, Set #10342, retails for $59.99 and includes 749 pieces. It's available now at Amazon and the LEGO Store.
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