‘Here's How Long It Took Me To Build This 758-Piece Tiny Plant Botanical LEGO Set and Why I'm So Obsessed With the Result’

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A lot of kids have hyperfixations with LEGO sets, and I was one of them. But as an adult, I wasn’t really interested in having large LEGO builds throughout my house (though I did want to build LEGOs again). That’s why LEGO’s Botanical Collection has been a favorite of mine for a while, and why I was so excited to try their Tiny Plants build.

As a child, my LEGOs of choice were Bionicle characters—I know, what a throwback—and I would display them on my dresser (where those things are now, I’ll never know). Once I hit adulthood and had adult money, I realized that I could technically get back into this relaxing hobby of mine, but again, I didn’t want robots, spaceships or castles on display around my apartment. So I bought my first Botanical Collection set, which was their original Flower Bouquet ($59.99), and I was hooked from there.

LEGO sent me their Bouquet of Roses ($59.99)—which was a LEGO Valentine’s Day special drop—and their LEGO Icons Tiny Plants set, along with a couple of smaller sets. After already doing a bouquet, I couldn't wait to work on the tiny plants as well.

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The LEGO Icons Tiny Plants, $49.99 on LEGO and Target

The LEGO Icons Tiny Plant build and display set (#10329) comes with 758 pieces to create nine tiny plants. These plants are all in mini terracotta-colored pots or planters once finished and hold three different types of plants. You have three rainforest plants: the Jade Plant, False Shamrock and Laceleaf. Then there are three carnivorous plants—plants that lure and trap their prey to eat—the Venus Flytrap, Red Sundew and Pitcher Plant. And, lastly, three lovely desert plants: a succulent, Prickly Pear and Pincushion cacti.

The Tiny Plant set is $49.99 on LEGO’s site, and slightly cheaper at Target for $48.99. And even though LEGO’s website says that this is the perfect gift for plant lovers, I personally enjoyed this more as someone with a black thumb because I wouldn’t have to worry about keeping these alive. And they’re just too cute once finished, so the whole “making your own home decor by putting these on display” aspect was completely true.

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Once finished, this set took me under three hours to build. I did build this over a week—maybe three days total—so I think that if I’d sat down and just gone right through it, I could have shaved off an hour or so. But as I said at the beginning, this is a relaxing hobby for me, plus I found myself reading the little information blurbs in the instruction manuals which added some extra time.

My favorite part of this build was just seeing which tiny pieces come together to create specific plants. For instance, there’s the False Shamrock plant, which is one of the smaller ones and created by tiny purple butterfly pieces. The Jade Plant is also made of dark green pieces that look like flat cap hats. And the way that the Venus Flytrap came together was also enjoyable; you can also open and close it once you’re finished which was cute. And don’t even get me started on the teeny, tiny little ladybug that sits inside the Laceleaf’s pot. It’s just too precious.

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LEGO’s website says that this set is meant for ages 18 and up, which, at first glance seems odd. This isn’t a particularly difficult set to build and there aren’t even 1000 pieces. However, this is a more adult-focused set, as most of their Botanical Collection sets are. So I think the 18+ signage is more to establish that this was created with adults in mind for display and home decor purposes. But I think any teen or younger kid into LEGOs could build this easily enough. Though, I will say, I messed up the pot on the Prickly Pear cactus—I put the walls up too high—so even adults can mess up. But the pots come in three different styles of builds, with some having more pieces than others, so they keep you on your toes.

So if you’re interested in building LEGOs as an adult and want to create your own home decor while at it, the LEGO Icons Tiny Plants set is definitely a good choice to start with. I can display my finished plants on a ledge or at my desk and I don’t need to worry about my cats poisoning themselves. Truly a win-win for LEGO lovers out there.

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