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Lego: Bouquet of Roses - Botanical Collection

It was Sunday after lunch and I enthusiastically concluded that it was the right time to open my new set of Legos. The box waited for me for three weeks now and I was ready. Because when you are an adult, and you know exactly how much you paid for your Lego set, you want the timing for your ˝play˝ to be just perfect. Bouquet of Roses  was released was released in February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. It captured my attention immediately. I always look at Legos also from that practical site of aesthetics. Does this look good? Is it something I can keep on my shelf as decoration? Will it only look like clutter? You get the point. So yes, these roses looked lovely and I bought them for myself.  This set includes 822 pieces, arranged into 6 packs. The whole building ¨process¨ is divided into three parts. At the end you'll get 12 Roses (3 different types) and 4 branches of Baby's Breath. I believe it took me three hours of slow building and just chilling with some old music i...

LEGO creator: Botanical series - Flower bouquet

When I was a kid, I used to enjoy playing with Legos a lot. I remember building houses, futuristic skyscrapers, and for an unknown reason often creating my own restaurants. I preferred blocks over dolls, cars, and babies, they were my thing. Then eventually I lost my interest in playing like most teenagers do at some point, but at 33 bought a brand-new set of  Lego creator Botanical series – Flower bouquet . I had to shorten some tops and stems to fit it into my showcase When I saw this, I was so impressed that I just had to have it eventually. Walking from the store with a big box of Legos felt so good and strange at the same time. I don’t care what other thought, I wanted this just for my inner child. Instuctions were clear and easy to follow This set contains just over 750 pieces. From it, you can build 10 large flowers and 5 pieces of greenery to complement your flower bouquet. I bought it in Muller drugstore for 49,90€. It took me about two and a half hours to complete this li...