Wednesday

Black Dahlia Flower

A single stem that carries a lot of mood for 358 pieces.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 76784 · 2025

Pieces358

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number76784

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The verdict

I love that LEGO took the botanical building technique it perfected on the flower bouquet sets and pointed it at something darker and stranger, a black dahlia grown for a show that treats plants like plot points.

The petal work is the real payoff here, layered black and dark grey pieces stacked and angled until they actually read as a flower instead of a pile of bricks. This is a display piece first and a play set never, so go in expecting a shelf item, not something to hand a kid. If you already love the Icons botanicals line or you are collecting the Wednesday tie-ins, it earns its spot, if you are neutral on either of those things it is an easy one to skip.

Best for: Wednesday fans and botanical-build collectors who want a moody centerpiece for a shelf, not a play set

The full review

What it is

The Black Dahlia Flower is LEGO's licensed nod to the black dahlias that keep showing up around Nevermore Academy in Wednesday, and it borrows its bones from the botanical building style LEGO has spent years polishing on its bouquet and orchid sets. What got me the first time I put it together was how the petals actually curl and overlap like a real flower instead of sitting flat, LEGO used stacked, angled plates to fake depth that plastic really should not be able to fake this well.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the price to piece feeling here, botanical sets always ask you to pay for engineering and finish rather than raw piece count, and at 358 pieces this is a smaller build than the show's dorm room or family car sets in the same theme. If you are hoping for a scene with characters in it, this is not that, there is no minifigure here, it is a stem in a pot and nothing else. The near monochrome black and dark grey color scheme also means a stretch of the build blurs together because so many pieces look identical until they click into place.

Who it's for

Get this one if you are already building out a Wednesday themed shelf or you have a soft spot for LEGO's botanical sets and want something moodier than the usual pastel bouquet. Skip it if you want a play set for a kid, or if you are only a casual fan of the show, the price per piece only really makes sense once the display appeal has hooked you.

What works

The layered petal construction gives a genuinely convincing flower silhouette rather than a blocky approximation
The stem and leaf assembly uses the same sturdy techniques LEGO refined across its Icons botanical line, so it displays without drooping
A distinctive, on brand centerpiece for anyone building out a Wednesday shelf alongside the show's other licensed sets

Worth knowing

It is a display only build with no minifigures, so the piece count goes entirely into flower engineering rather than a scene
Builders coming from the play focused Wednesday sets may find a single stem less satisfying for the price
The mostly black and dark grey palette makes some steps visually repetitive since so many pieces look alike in the hand

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The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is slow, deliberate work rather than a race to a big reveal. You spend most of your time on small sub assemblies, individual petals and leaf clusters, that only start to look like anything once you begin attaching them to the central stem in layers. It is satisfying in the same quiet way the other LEGO botanical sets are, but the dark palette means you are doing more careful sorting by shape than by color as you go.

The standout here is the petal shaping itself, LEGO leans on curved and clip built elements to give the dahlia's famously tight, layered bloom real dimension, and the effect holds up from a few feet away on a shelf. The stem uses the same flexible green tube and leaf pieces from the wider botanical collection, so anyone who has built one of those sets will recognize the toolkit even as it gets used for something considerably darker.

Fun facts

01The set is part of LEGO's licensed Wednesday theme, tied to the Netflix series and its Nevermore Academy setting where black dahlias appear as a recurring visual motif
02It builds using the same layered, botanical construction techniques LEGO developed for its Icons flower bouquet and orchid sets, adapted here into an all black and dark grey color palette
03As a stem in pot display piece, it has no minifigures, putting the full piece count into the flower and foliage engineering rather than a scene or vehicle