Having been introduced as part of the LEGO® Icons theme, the success of the buildable foliage sets has since become a separate theme called the Botanical Collection. Oddly, the two upcoming Botanical Collection sets feature the Icons branding. Either way, they continue to use LEGO elements to recreate natural structures such as flowers, plants and foliage-based decorations. The first of the new sets I’ll be taking an early peek at is the Poinsettia. This colourful festive flower has become synonymous with the Christmas period and fills supermarkets in the lead-up to Christmas Day. But the Poinsettia can be tricky to care for so now even those without green fingers can add a little festive cheer to their homes with this LEGO version.
Product Details
Set Name: Poinsettia | Set Number: 10370 | Pieces: 608 | Theme: Botanical Collection
Number of Bags: Bags x 7 (paper) | Instructions: Paper booklet + Builder App | Stickers: N/A
RRP: £44.99/$49.99/49.99€/99.99AUD/64.99CAD
Availability: LEGO Stores, LEGO Online & LEGO Retailers
The Poinsettia is a member of the Euphorbiaceae species and originates from Mexico and Central America. There they grow to become small bush-like plants. They have since been cultivated to become small plants, suitable to be featured indoors as a house plant. Due to their green leaves and bright red flowers, they have become a part of Christmas celebrations across the world. As we edge closer to Christmas 2024, the Poinsettia has now become the latest addition to the popular LEGO Botanical Collection range.
The build begins with the plant’s pot. This has been constructed to resemble a ‘woven-effect’ pot with medium nougat elements layered around the inner core of the pot. The panels which form the pot are staggered at different levels to add a little extra texture to the pot. This acts as both a means to easily display the set as well as a connection point for the plant and flower sections of the Poinsettia.
The Poinsettia is a usual plant as the leaves and flowers are very similar in shape and texture, only being differentiated by their contrasting colours. Despite those similarities, you can clearly tell the difference between the different parts of the plant. In LEGO form the darker green leaves are constructed from a mix of elements including NEXO shields and angular plates. Several leaves are added to the pot before the rest of the flowering sections are added. This hides the simple connection points used to add the plant to the pot and gives the foliage a more robust covering.
One thing the Botanical Collection sets are well known for is the incredible use of LEGO elements to recreate the natural features of plants and flowers. The Poinsettia doesn’t command the same impressive use of odd LEGO pieces as other sets, but it does include the great use of a ninja star-like weapon blade. Often found in NINJAGO sets, the rotary blade element has been recoloured in both dark red and green to show the younger budding Poinsettia flowers.
The larger flowers are much bigger and use many more elements to capture the wider blooms. This section of the build does get a little repetitive due to the nature of how the real flowers grow. Although the larger flower sections don’t include any unusual elements, they do combine them in nice ways to recreate the leafy flowers of the Poinsettia. The yellow buds or Cythnia to give them their real name, are a little more vibrate than often seen on some versions of the Poinsettia plants, but they do break up the muted palette of the rest of the plant.
Despite the repetition in places, the set offers another interesting buildable plant. It’s instantly recognizable as a Poinsettia plant and another LEGO set which can be brought out over the festive period to celebrate Christmas. It is smaller than I expected it to be, purely due to comparing it to a real Poinsettia plant, but that works in its favour as it doesn’t take up vast amounts are space to display it. The LEGO Poinsettia is another wonderful addition to the LEGO Botanical Collection (or Icons) theme. You can pre-order the set now and it will be released on October 1st, just in time for Christmas. Look out for my review of the LEGO Botanical Collection Wreath.
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This set was provided to BricksFanz by the LEGO Group for this review. The thoughts within this review are those of BricksFanz and do not reflect those of the LEGO Group. Providing a set for free does not guarantee a favourable opinion of the set.
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