LEGO Creator Botanical Flowerpot Promo Set 40588

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The interior of the pot both holds the sides in place and the flowers upright, and it reminded me of Oasis floral foam when I was poking the stems into the holes. LEGO has been releasing 18+ botanical sets for a few years now. I get the impression from people around me that they are quite popular. For me however, this is the first time building a botanical set. The box art for this GWP doesn’t carry the 18+/Icons/botanical branding like the other sets do. Instead it features a similar design to other ‘ Limited Edition’ GWP sets like houses of the world. I personally liked the design with the red seal better, but in the end it’s the LEGO that counts.

Take this with a grain of salt, but I feel that Flowerpot will be nice and affordable and timed for Mother’s Day, and 40589 Pirate Ship Playground will be a VIP Centre reward, but we’ll need to wait for official confirmation.Enjoy a mindful building project with a display piece to cherish as you build all the details of this LEGO® Flowerpot (40588). The elegant flowerpot holds LEGO interpretations of springtime favourites such as cherry blossom, billy buttons and other blooms. This LEGO flower building set makes a great gift for plant-lovers or anyone aged 12 and over with a passion for home decor.

I'm not entirely convinced by the pot, though: its curvature is not particularly elegant, so it looks a bit squat and bottom-heavy. LEGO's parts palette is not awash with suitable elements for flowerpots -- yet -- so I guess the designer has had to use what was at hand.The sides are clipped at the bottom then folded up and attached to the core to form a perfectly circular pot. The four pieces ( 65783 SHELL 13M, W/ 3,2 SHAFT, NO. 1) that make up the pot come loose in the box. They were designed for Trolls set 41252 Poppy's Air Balloon Adventure which was released during 2020. It's started to make appearances in sets again this year and is cast in light yellow for the first time here. The build is rather straightforward. First you build the base that keeps the vase together. A 8×8 grid plate is cleverly used so long bars can move into the base. This makes the build well balanced and sturdy. After this you’ll build the different flowers. It’s not specified what kind of flowers are included in the set. 2 pussywillow branches stand tall above the rest and some small orchid-like flowers are in the front. Other than that I can’t really judge how accurate it is, since I’m not an expert on flowers. The branches are very repetitive to build, taking up quite a few of the parts. The result looks rather beautiful I’d say. The unnamed flowers are nicer to build and there’s more variation. The orchid-like flowers in the end are the least fun part of the build in my opinion. It’s very detailed and small and the instructions aren’t clear enough to properly see how everything needs to be attached. Shell 13M, w/ 3,2 shaft (4x in Bright Light Yellow) 37837 Double sphere 2X2X1 (3x in Yellow) 1566 Plant, w/ 3.2 Shaft, No. 1 (16x in Reddish Brown) I expect them to show up in other sets sooner rather than later.