Seasonal

Love Gift Box

A tiny box that opens up into something genuinely sweet.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 40679 · 2024

Pieces159

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40679

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The verdict

This one caught me off guard.

It looks like a plain little present from the outside, and then you lift the lid and there is a rose sitting inside on a bed of tiles, with room to tuck a note underneath. It is a promo set, not something built for hours of engineering satisfaction, and it knows exactly what it is. If you want a small, personal build to hand someone or keep on a shelf, it does its one job with real charm. If you are after clever mechanisms or big build time for your money, look elsewhere in the catalog.

Best for: Someone who wants a quick, personal build to give as a gift rather than display as a showpiece

The full review

What it is

I will be honest, when I first saw the box art for this one I assumed it was just another small seasonal filler. Then I built it and got to the part where the lid lifts away to show the rose sitting inside, and it actually made me smile. It is a simple piece of design, but it is the kind of simple that takes real thought, the box has to close cleanly, the rose has to sit at the right height, and the whole thing has to feel like a reveal rather than just a shelf model with a lid.

The catch

The honest caveat here is that this was released as a gift-with-purchase set tied to a Valentine's promotion, not a set you could just walk in and buy. That means the piece count is modest and the build itself only takes a short sitting, so if you are judging it purely on parts per dollar or hours of entertainment, it is not built for that comparison. It also means once you have opened it and admired the reveal, there is not a ton more to do with it beyond keeping it as a little display piece or handing it off as a gift.

Who it's for

Where this shines is exactly the use case LEGO built it for: a small, sincere gift for someone who would appreciate a handmade-feeling gesture more than a big box on their birthday list. If that is what you are after, it is a genuinely lovely little thing. If you are shopping for a serious build to sink an afternoon into, or a display piece that holds its own on a shelf full of bigger sets, this is not that set, and that is fine, it was never trying to be.

The parts story

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

The build itself is short and gentle, mostly stacking the box walls and getting the lid hinge to sit right so it opens smoothly. There is a small satisfaction in getting the rose positioned just so inside the box before the last few pieces close it up, it is the kind of build you could hand to someone who has never touched LEGO before and have them finish it in one sitting.

The rose piece is the star here, the same molded flower element LEGO has used in its botanical sets, and it is what makes the reveal work. Everything else is straightforward brick and tile work, nothing rare or printed to chase, which fits the set's role as a quick, charming gesture rather than a piece for parts collectors.

Fun facts

01The set was distributed as a gift-with-purchase promotion rather than sold as a standalone retail item, which is why it never got wide shelf placement.
02It ties into LEGO's history of using the botanical rose element across several seasonal and adult-focused sets, not just this one.
03Its promo-only distribution means secondhand and marketplace prices have tended to run higher than the piece count alone would suggest.