Botanicals

Bouquet of Roses

A dozen red roses that never wilt, and honestly, they look the part.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 10328 · 2024

Pieces822

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number10328

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The verdict

This one surprised me by how convincing it is once the twelve roses are sitting together in a vase.

It nails that classic dozen-red-roses look, and the fact that they never drop a petal is a genuine selling point. The catch is the build itself, which leans hard on repetition, and the stems are floppier than I wanted. If you want a display piece with real romantic weight, this delivers, just go in knowing the journey is more soothing than thrilling.

Best for: Someone who wants a permanent red-rose centerpiece and finds repetitive building relaxing rather than dull

The full review

What it is

The first time I stood the finished twelve back in a vase, I actually caught myself grinning, because it really does look like a dozen red roses someone just brought home. This is a Botanicals set built around a single idea done a dozen times over: four buds, four half-open blooming roses, and four in full bloom, plus a few sprigs of white baby's breath to soften the arrangement. There is something quietly lovely about a bouquet that will look exactly this good in five years, and for a romantic gesture that outlasts the real thing, it is hard to argue with.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the building, though, because that is where opinions split. You build each of the three rose designs four separate times, and while the first pass through each one is clever and satisfying, the repeat runs turn into autopilot pretty fast. Some reviewers found the pace soothing and barely noticed; others watched the second half spiral into a bit of a slog. Where I lost patience was the stems. Those long dark green stalks are built from axle-joiner segments and they are genuinely flimsy, prone to snapping apart when you lift the whole bouquet to reposition it. At around sixty dollars for 822 pieces it is fair value, especially measured against real flowers, but the box does trade build excitement for display payoff.

Who it's for

So who will love this: anyone who wants a permanent romantic centerpiece, and anyone who finds repetitive, meditative building genuinely relaxing rather than tedious. It is also a lovely set to split, since it comes in three separate booklets, so two other people can build alongside you. Who should skip it: if you build for engineering surprises and constant variety, one flower species in red and dark green will not hold your attention past the halfway mark. And if you already own the Flower Bouquet, know that this covers similar ground with a narrower, more focused palette.

The parts story

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

Building this is calm, tactile work rather than a puzzle that keeps you guessing. Each rose head is a study in stacking petals at just the right angles, and the three designs escalate nicely from a tight little bud up to a wide full bloom. The trouble is that once you have cracked all three, the remaining nine roses are pure repetition, so how you feel about it comes down to whether you enjoy the rhythm of doing a good technique again and again. The stems are the weak link in the hand: 108 of the three-long dark green axle joiners give you height, but they flex and separate more than you would like.

The parts nerd in me had a good time here. The biggest full-bloom rose repurposes Tony Stark's Iron Man face plate as outer petals, appearing in red for only the second time ever, and tucks a red swirled Indiana Jones whip into the center to suggest the curl of the innermost petals. Both are lovely bits of parts usage. The inner petals lean on Wheel Arch mudguards in red, four per rose, which is a clever recolor if you like harvesting elements. Six element colors are exclusive to this set, so between the red whip and the sea of red petal parts, it is a genuinely rewarding box to part out down the line.

Fun facts

01The largest rose reuses Tony Stark's Iron Man helmet face plate as its outer petals, and this is only its second-ever appearance in red after 71799 NINJAGO City Markets.
02The center of the full-bloom rose is formed from a red version of Indiana Jones's whip, one of six element colors that are exclusive to this set.
03It ships in three separate instruction booklets, one per rose type plus the baby's breath, so up to three people can build the bouquet together.
04The bouquet is designed as a true dozen, four buds, four blooming and four in full bloom, mirroring how real roses are sold at different stages of opening.