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Moana's Flowerpot

A woven flowerpot that quietly opens into Moana's whole world.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 43252 · 2024

Pieces619

Minifigs1

Year2024

Set number43252

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The verdict

This one snuck up on me.

From the outside it reads as a pretty botanical piece, but the pot splits open on hinges to reveal little day and night rooms tucked inside, and that reveal is the whole charm. It is a genuinely clever crossover between the Botanical Collection and a proper storytelling vignette, and at 619 pieces it earns its shelf space. If you love a set with a secret, this is an easy yes.

Best for: Botanical fans and Moana lovers who want a display piece with a hidden interior

The full review

What it is

The first time the pot swung open on its hinges I actually said oh out loud. From the outside Moana's Flowerpot looks like a handsome woven basket bursting with island flowers, the sort of thing that would sit happily next to the other Botanical sets. Then you realise the two halves open like a book to show hidden rooms inside, one a bright daytime side and one a night side under a starry sky, and the whole thing turns into a little diorama of Moana's world. There is a chest of fruit, wall tapestries where Gran Tala tells the story of Maui and Te Fiti and Tamatoa the crab, and a tiny sailboat waiting for its voyage. It is a botanical set and a storytelling vignette at the same time, and that double life is what got me.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the graft, though. That gorgeous woven look on the outside comes from attaching well over a hundred little 1x1 curved bow pieces one at a time, and by the end my fingertips had opinions. It is repetitive work, and if that kind of thing wears you down you should know it going in. The set also leans hard on stickers for the interior details, and a couple of mine on the basket ended up a whisker off-centre, which nagged at me even though the basket honestly looks strong without them. The last thing worth flagging is scale. At 619 pieces you might expect something taller, but it builds shorter and more compact than a lot of the Botanical range, so temper your expectations on presence.

Who it's for

Who should get this one? If you are a Moana fan or you collect the Botanical sets and you love a build with a secret tucked inside, this is a really satisfying afternoon and a display piece that makes people lean in. It photographs beautifully and the reveal never quite gets old. Who should skip it? If you build for engineering thrills and clever mechanics, the repetitive bow-tile work and sticker-heavy interior might frustrate more than they reward, and you will get more from a Technic or modular set at this price. But for the story-and-flowers crowd, it is a warm little gem.

The parts story

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

Building this is a study in patience punctuated by genuinely delightful moments. Most of the outside is that woven basket, which means a long stretch of clicking on those tiny curved 1x1 bow pieces in rows to fake the texture of real weaving, and it works beautifully even if your fingers get tired saying so. The two pot halves are joined with Technic liftarm beams and pins so they hinge cleanly, and the flowers use one of my favourite little tricks in recent sets.

The standout for me is how the blooms are put together: an ice cream scoop element clipped onto a hotdog piece, threaded through one of the newer Sonic ring elements, then capped with greenery and petals. It is the kind of sideways parts thinking that makes you grin. Moana comes as a mini-doll carrying a printed 1x1 round tile for the Heart of Te Fiti, and Pua the pig is along for the ride too. At 619 pieces for a set that gives you a display flower arrangement, a hidden interior, two figures and a sailboat, the part-count value is fair rather than generous, but the design cleverness makes up the difference.

Fun facts

01The pot's two halves are held together with Technic liftarm beams and pins, letting the whole basket hinge open like a book to reveal the rooms inside.
02Released in mid-2024 at 39.99 dollars, the set retired in December 2025 and new sealed copies have since climbed well above their original price on the secondary market.
03Inside, one wall carries tapestries retelling Gran Tala's stories of Maui, Te Fiti and Tamatoa the giant crab, turning the interior into a tiny scene from the film.
04The flowers are built using an ice cream element attached to a hotdog piece, clipped to a bar fed through a Sonic ring part, a genuinely unusual bit of parts reuse.