Seasonal

Wreath

A big, lush plastic wreath that hangs on your wall and never sheds a needle.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 10340 · 2024

Pieces1,194

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number10340

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The verdict

This one snuck up on me.

On the box it looks like a novelty, but the finished thing is 37cm across, properly thick, and from a few feet away you could genuinely mistake it for a real wreath. The build itself is repetitive, no way around that, so it lands best if you love the botanical stuff more than clever engineering. If you want a Christmas piece that comes back out every December for years, this is a lovely one to own.

Best for: Botanical Collection fans who want festive decor that lasts

The full review

What it is

The LEGO® Wreath 10340 is one of those sets that makes a lot more sense once it is finished than it does on the shelf. It is a 1,194-piece wreath, roughly 37cm across, built as part of the grown-up Botanical Collection, and the whole point of it is to hang on your door or wall through the festive season and come back out year after year. What got me is how substantial it feels in the hand. Three overlapping layers of foliage give it real thickness, and because the leaves have that matte, slightly rough finish rather than shiny plastic gloss, from across the room it honestly passes for the real thing. No pine needles on the carpet, no drooping by January, and it folds flat back into a box every year.

The catch

Here is where I will be straight with you. Building this is repetitive. You assemble four identical quarter sections, one bag feeds each section, and within those sections you are making the same little leaf modules again and again. Some people find that soothing, a bit of mindful, switch-your-brain-off assembly with a Christmas film on. Other people find it a slog, and I completely understand both camps. There is not much in the way of surprise or technique here, it is repetition in service of a nice final object. The price is the other honest catch. At 99 dollars it sits right in line with the piece count, so you are not being overcharged, but it is still a chunk of money for something that is, at heart, seasonal decoration. And if you rebuild it into the alternate garland shape, a few brown structural parts peek out at the ends and you will find yourself tucking leaves over them.

Who it's for

So who is this really for. If you already love the Botanical Collection and the idea of a LEGO wreath makes you smile, grab it, because the finished piece delivers and the repetitive build is a small price for something you will display every December. It is also a genuinely good group build, which is rare, so if you like the idea of the family each taking a bag and a corner, this is built for exactly that. If you live for engineering and clever mechanisms, or you want a set that entertains you the whole way through, this is not the one, and I would point you elsewhere. But as a piece of decor that keeps coming back, it earns its spot.

The parts story

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

The build breaks into four identical quarter arcs, each fed by its own numbered bag, which is what makes it such a natural group project. You build a curved frame, then layer foliage onto it in three passes so the density builds up as you go. Within each quarter you are repeating leaf modules, clipping palm leaves and flower stems onto studs and bars until the section fills out. It is steady, low-drama building, and honestly the fun is in decorating at the end, when you scatter berries, orange slices, cinnamon sticks and pinecones across the exposed studs and get to arrange it however you like. The finished frame is sturdy enough to hang, and it rearranges into a straight garland if you want a mantelpiece look instead of a round one.

There are no brand-new molds here, this is a recolor and useful-parts set through and through, and for parts collectors that is actually the draw. You get 84 flower stems with bottom pin in dark green (exclusive to this set), 74 small palm leaves in dark green, and 16 small palm leaves in the harder-to-find sand green. New Elementary counted over 200 rare or newly recolored foliage elements in the box, which is a serious haul of greenery for anyone who builds their own botanicals. The quiet stars are three trans-orange dishes printed as orange slices, a color that had only turned up in a couple of sets before, and people have already spotted their potential as sci-fi windows or big dragon eyes. At around 8 cents a part it is fair value, and if you part it out you walk away with a genuinely handy pile of leaves.

Fun facts

01The wreath measures about 37cm (14.5 inches) across, close to the size of a real full-size door wreath.
02It is built from four identical quarter sections, each in its own bag, so up to four people can build it at the same time.
03The whole thing rebuilds into a straight garland, giving you two completely different holiday displays from one box.
04There are no new molds in the set, but it packs over 200 rare or newly recolored foliage parts, including exclusive dark green flower stems and sand green palm leaves.