With Valentine's Day on the horizon, you might be considering the classic gifts of candy and flowers for your special someone. But if you're looking to surprise them with something a bit more unique, why not opt for the Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet LEGO set? This charming bouquet requires no watering to stay fresh—just your time to assemble it and a vase to display it in.
LEGO Botanicals Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet
$59.99 at Amazon | $59.99 at LEGO Store
The Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet is a part of LEGO's Botanical Collection, which was introduced during the company's lifestyle rebranding in 2021. LEGO has been innovating to integrate their sets into home decor, especially as their appeal among adults continues to grow.
We Build The LEGO Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet
Instead of relegating LEGO sets to storage or struggling to find space on desks and tables, adult LEGO enthusiasts can now hang them on the wall. For the Botanical Collection, these sets can also serve as elegant window sill decorations or stunning centerpieces.
The Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet comes in six bags, with an additional seventh bag containing long rods for the flower stems. There are no stickers or printed tiles, and the set includes a printed instruction booklet.
LEGO encourages builders, particularly for these crossover sets, to explore the digital instructions online. These digital guides allow you to rotate and zoom in on the builds, making the hobby more accessible, especially if you're new to adult LEGO sets or hesitant about their complexity as a Valentine's Day gift.
Each bag contains components for different flowers, including daisies, cornflowers, eucalyptus, elderflowers, roses, ranunculus, cymbidium orchids, waterlily dahlias, and campanulas. The instruction booklet provides brief descriptions of each flower in English, French, and Spanish, offering a bit of educational content alongside the building experience. Here's the description for Cymbidium, known as the boat orchid:
"Cymbidium orchids are documented in records from Confucius' time, around 500 BCE, making them the oldest known cultivated orchid species."
And here's the description for the waterlily dahlia:
"Symbols of elegance and grace, the decorative waterlily dahlia blossoms unfold like a luxurious firework display."
Unlike traditional LEGO sets that rely on the binding tube mechanisms to connect bricks, the flowers in this set are constructed using hinges. Each piece connects at a single point to mimic the natural extension of petals from the flower's center. Layering and angling these petals create a realistic effect. Building this set introduced me to techniques I had never used before, which is always exciting for a long-time LEGO enthusiast.
For instance, creating the rose involved folding petals upward in an overlapping pattern, which required careful planning to ensure the petals did not occupy the same space when folded. This process involved some trial and error, a departure from LEGO's usual precision.
There are potential pitfalls, such as placing a petal forward instead of backward, which can lead to misalignment later in the build. This happened to me twice, emphasizing the importance of attention to detail in the orientation and spacing of each petal.
Traditional LEGO builds start with a foundation and support structures before adding details. However, the Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet has no underlying structure; it's purely aesthetic, making the final product delicate and not suitable for play but perfect for display.
This set represents LEGO design at its most impractical, yet the beauty achieved through this method is well worth it.
LEGO Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet, Set #10342, retails for $59.99 and consists of 749 pieces. It's available now at Amazon and LEGO Store.
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