Five alternative LEGO Botanical Collection sets we’re still hoping for

The LEGO Group’s Botanical Collection has grown more and more over the last four years and is even (unofficially) journeying into some fantastical areas.

The recent reveal of LEGO Harry Potter 76433 Mandrake is the latest in an expanding line of Botanical Collection-adjacent LEGO sets, depicting flowers and planets from other themes and IPs. Some other choice examples include LEGO Super Mario 71426 Piranha Plant and LEGO Disney 43252 Moana’s Flowerpot. Even LEGO Marvel 76217 I am Groot could arguably go in the same category, with shelf-sized LEGO sets recreating botanicals from various different franchises.

Much like the official LEGO Icons Botanical Collection sets, each one is designed for easy display, although there are some quirky features that are unique to these unofficial additions. 71426 Piranha Plant has a coin slot that ties into its Super Mario history, for example, while 76433 Mandrake allows you to pose the leaves of the plant, move its chest up and down to animate its mouth and limbs, and even sit the creature down outside of the pot.

If the LEGO Group has plans for any more of these fictional plant LEGO sets, then we’ve got a few suggestions of sets we’d love to see recreated.

The Sundrop Flower in Tangled

In the world of Disney, magic has touched a lot of different people, animals, and, of course, plants. One such example can be found in Tangled, with the Sundrop Flower. This plant is what gives Rapunzel her magical healing powers, after her royal mother was fed a brew infused with the plant while pregnant. Mother Gothel first used the plant’s powers to stay healthy and young, before eventually resorting to keeping Rapunzel trapped in a tower to harness its power instead.

While we’ve already visited the world of Tangled in LEGO form in sets like 43241 Rapunzel’s Tower & The Snuggly Duckling, this could be a stunning display-centred LEGO Disney set. With the recent reveal of 43243 Simba the Lion King Cub, it’s clear that the theme doesn’t just want to focus on playsets, so why not dip a toe into the world of LEGO Botanical Collection-style sets?

The shining gold of the Sundrop Flower could be recreated using the same gold drum-lacquered elements we see in 76191 Infinity Gauntlet, to recreate that magical sheen.

The Heart-Shaped Herb from Black Panther

Next up, we’re heading to a sub-section of Disney: the MCU. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever centred around the heart-shaped herb, a magical purple flower that gives the Black Panther their powers. While it’s pictured here being held in the hands, it grows underground and so could easily be displayed in a brick-built pot.

The bright purple colour would certainly catch the eye, while its unique shape would offer a new challenge to botanically-minded LEGO designers. The LEGO Botanical Collection tends to stick to flowers on the end of stalks (cacti aside), rather than the more squat shape of the heart-shaped herb, so it would mark a new path for this style of LEGO set.

The Woodsprite in Avatar

LEGO Avatar has thus far almost exclusively released playsets. While many of them are pretty impressive to display as well (looking at you, 75574 Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls), a dedicated display set is as yet missing from the theme. Enter: the Woodsprite.

Technically speaking, these little creatures are spirits, rather than plants, but they look like tiny fronded plants, almost like a miniature flying weeping willow. Once again, the translucent colour and delicate fronds would present a unique challenge, as well as a more adult-focused option for Avatar fans.

The Nightbloomer in Star Wars

LEGO Star Wars tends to be dominated by ships, vehicles, and other man-made structures – but does that mean there’s no room for plants? A tiny Sarlaac perhaps? A more obvious choice is the Nightbloomer, the plant that Rey tends in her scavenger home as a reminder that beauty can be found anywhere, even on Jakku.

Helpfully, the Nightbloomer is typically seen already in a pot, lending itself well to a similar style of LEGO set as 10311 Orchid, with a Star Wars twist.

Devil’s Snare in Harry Potter

While we meet Devil’s Snare most memorably in the Harry Potter movies as an enormous viney plant that is large and strong enough to try and crush the Golden Trio to death, the books confirm that it can be confined to a pot. Out of all the fictional plants on this list, Devil’s Snare has the potential to be the most fun as a LEGO set.

By its very nature, Devil’s Snare can grip and twist, meaning the LEGO Harry Potter team could create a set with posable ‘arms’. It could even include tiny brick-built objects that can be ‘grabbed’ by the plant to add to the effect still further.

Of course, all of these ideas are pure speculation on our part and there’s no evidence of them being on the way as real-life LEGO sets. Still, we’ll just be manifesting them from this article for the time being.

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