Disney

Sally's Flowerpot

A gorgeous little Tim Burton shrine that costs more than it should and holds together less than it should.

Brick Rated Score

3.4 out of 53.4/5

Set 43288 · 2026

Pieces346
Minifigs1
Year2026
Set number43288

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The verdict

The first time I saw Sally's stitched-together grin printed onto that tiny mini-doll head, I actually laughed out loud, LEGO nailed her.

This is a beautifully detailed little display piece with a real character moment inside, the potion station and the black cat sell the whole Nightmare Before Christmas mood in a way that punches way above 346 pieces. But I have to be straight with you about the price, and about the hinges. This one is for Tim Burton devotees and Disney Botanicals completionists, not for anyone comparing dollars per piece against the rest of the shelf.

Best for: Nightmare Before Christmas fans who want a shelf piece, not casual Disney flowerpot collectors chasing value

The full review

What it is

I'll tell you what got me first: Sally's face. LEGO gave her a proper mini-doll debut here, new head and torso and skirt molds in light aqua and dark turquoise, printed with just enough stitched-seam detail to make her instantly recognizable without tipping into cartoonish. Pop the flowerpot open and you get a potion preparation station on one side and a little display nook with a basket and table on the other, plus her black cat with yellow eyes sitting watch. The big flower up top is a clever bit of parts-as-parts building too, a Sonic-style ring dressed up with leaf pieces, a microphone doubling as the stigma, and horn pieces standing in for stamen. It is a genuinely charming, character-forward little build.

The catch

Here is the honest part. At 346 pieces for fifty dollars, the price per piece runs double or more what you get from the earlier Moana and Isabela flowerpots in the same sub-line, and it is noticeably smaller than both. That alone would be a shrug-and-move-on complaint, but reviewers also flagged real build quality issues, the hinges holding the two pot halves together are flimsy enough that closing it cleanly takes a few attempts, and pieces along that seam can work loose just from moving the set around. This is not a set built to survive a shelf reshuffle every week.

Who it's for

If you love Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and want a beautifully printed Sally on your shelf next to a moody little diorama, get this one and treat it gently once it is built. If you are shopping the Disney flowerpot line purely for piece count and play value, this is the one to skip, the Moana and Isabela sets give you noticeably more set for less money.

The parts story

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

This is a small, fiddly build rather than a long one, most of your time goes into the flower head and getting the two pot halves to line up and latch, which is where the patience comes in. It rewards careful assembly more than speed, the potion station side in particular has small stacked elements that want a steady hand.

The real payoff is in the parts themselves. Sally's mini-doll pieces are new molds with genuinely nice printing, and her dark red hair actually reuses the piece from her original 2019 minifigure appearance, a nice touch for anyone who owns both. There are three new printed elements in the leaves and a curved brick, plus recolors that part-hunters will want on their own, dark purple and blue violet foliage, and a light bluish gray curved brick appearing unprinted for the first time. For 346 pieces it is a small haul, but almost every notable piece in the box is one you have not seen before.

Fun facts

  • 01Sally makes her LEGO mini-doll debut in this set, having only ever appeared as a standard minifigure before
  • 02Her dark red hair piece is reused from the original 2019 LEGO Sally minifigure rather than being a new mold
  • 03The set's flower uses a Sonic-ring style element as its base, with a microphone piece doubling as the stigma and horn pieces standing in as stamen
  • 04Sally never actually lives in a flowerpot in the film, the display concept is an original LEGO design built around her potion-brewing habit and love of deadly nightshade

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