Lego has unveiled two new summer sets that offer more laidback subject matter, when compared to the usual spaceships and sports cars.
Although most Lego sets aimed at adults are expensive recreations of famous vehicles or movie scenes, one of the most popular lines in recent years has been something much simpler: brick-built plants and flowers.
The Botanicals line has established itself as one of Lego’s most popular and there are multiple new releases every year. Unlike other sets they’re generally not too expensive (after all, Lego doesn’t have to pay a licensing fee to Mother Nature) and make very welcome gifts.
This summer the new sets are a potted hibiscus plant and a set of three mini bonsai trees. Both are less than £60 and from a distance you’d swear they were actually real plants.
As the Botanicals line has become more popular, Lego has started to create pieces specifically designed with plants in mind. For example, the hibiscus set makes use of some realistic-looking leaf pieces, but it also features clever recolourings of existing pieces, such as the clam shells that form the petals and bird’s eggs used for unopened buds.
Lego Botanicals Hibiscus is set number 10372 and is made up of 600 pieces. It’ll be released on August 1 for £59.99, from the Lego website and physical stores.
Lego has released a number of bonsai trees in the past. The original was back in 2021 but it’s still available for £44.99, while a new Japanese red maple tree was released only a few months ago.
The latest set has three mini bonsai trees: a ginkgo with yellow leaves, a black pine with green needles, and a wisteria with lilac flowers.
Wisteria is very popular in Japan, where it is called fuji, which fans of the TV show Shogun might recognise as the name of one of the female characters. Strangely though, the name of Mount Fuji is not thought to be directly related to the plant.
The foliage is interchangeable between each bonsai model, as are the two ornamental stands of different heights, so you can customise them even easier than other Lego.
Lego Botanicals Mini Bonsai Trees is set number 10373 and costs £54.99. It will also be released on August 1, but you can already pre-order it from the Lego website.
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