Disney

Isabela's Flowerpot

A botanical set wearing an Encanto costume, and the flowers are the reason to buy it.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 43237 · 2024

Pieces641

Minifigs1

Year2024

Set number43237

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The verdict

I went in expecting a kids' movie tie-in and came out charmed by the plants.

Isabela's Flowerpot borrows the guts of the 10311 Orchid, recolours the blooms, and hides a tiny pink bedroom inside a woven basket. The flowers are genuinely lovely and the opening basket is a clever trick, but the interior leans hard on stickers and the woven sides can flop while you build them. If you love LEGO botanicals or Encanto, this one earns its shelf space.

Best for: Encanto fans and anyone who collects LEGO's botanical flowers

The full review

What it is

This is one of those sets that surprised me by being smarter than its box art suggests. On the surface it is an Encanto flowerpot for kids, all lavender and pink, aimed squarely at nine year olds. But underneath it is a botanical set in disguise, built on the bones of the 10311 Orchid. The orchids here are recoloured, there is a chaotic little ball cactus tucked in among them, and black axles and cams quietly hold everything upright without stealing focus. The blooms are the part that got me. They have almost as much detail as LEGO's proper Botanical Collection, and that is not something I expected from a licensed movie set at this price.

The catch

The party trick is the basket itself. It is woven from LEGO elements and hinged so the whole flowerpot swings open to reveal Isabela's bedroom hidden inside, complete with a bed and little furnishings from the film. When it works it is delightful. I will be straight with you though, that woven construction is where builders get frustrated. The sides do not always want to stay standing while you are assembling them, and it takes patience to coax them into place. The interior also leans on stickers more than I would like. The flowers on the walls, the panel behind the bed, the detail on the bedspread, most of it is applied rather than printed. It is overwhelmingly pink in there, four shades of lavender and pink with some tan to break it up, which suits Isabela perfectly but means the room reads a little flat next to those gorgeous flowers up top.

Who it's for

At the 39.99 RRP this sat at a fair 641 pieces, and I think the value holds up because so much of the count goes into those botanical builds you can actually display. If you love LEGO flowers, or you have an Encanto fan in the house who lights up at Isabela, this is an easy recommendation and a lovely thing to have open on a shelf. If you are chasing brand new moulds and rare printed parts, temper your expectations, because the recolours are nice but not headline material. And if fiddly weaving makes you want to throw the box across the room, know that going in. For me the flowers won, and I would build it again.

The parts story

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

Building this is a tale of two halves. The flowers go together the way LEGO botanicals always do, a satisfying rhythm of stacking petals and clipping stems that you could happily lose an evening to. Then you reach the basket. The woven walls are the tricky bit, and you spend a stretch of the build holding sides in place that would rather sag than stand, until the structure finally locks together. The opening hinge that reveals the bedroom is worth the effort, and the interior comes together quickly once the shell is done.

The standout pieces are the plants. The orchid moulds are lifted from the 10311 Orchid but recoloured for this set, and the ball cactus adds a scruffy, characterful contrast among the blooms. Black axles and cams do the unglamorous work of propping the flowers upright without drawing the eye. The recolours are the quiet win here, pleasant lavender and pink tones rather than exciting new elements, so parts collectors should manage expectations. What you are really paying for is a big pile of botanical parts you can display, and on that measure the 641 pieces feel well spent.

Fun facts

01The flowerpot reuses the design and orchid moulds from the 10311 Orchid, LEGO's popular Botanical Collection set, just recoloured for Isabela.
02This set marked Isabela Madrigal's very first appearance as a LEGO mini-doll.
03The whole basket is hinged, so it swings open to reveal a hidden pink bedroom stocked with details from the film.
04Released on 1 March 2024, the set retired at the end of that same year on 31 December 2024, a short shelf life of only about ten months.