After the reveal of 21351 Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas just over a week ago, that leaves just two more LEGO Ideas sets to release in 2024. On the 1st of October 2024, we'll see the release of 21352 Disney 100 Celebration and a month later 21353 Botanical Garden will hit shelves. The November 2024 set will retail for $329.99 / €329.99 / £279.99 with a total of 3,792 pieces included.
It's been less than a year since the Botanical Garden and Twilight: Cullen House were confirmed to be coming as official LEGO sets but the LEGO designers have been extremely busy preparing the brick-built Botanical Garden for a 1st of November 2024 release. Once it releases it'll become the largest LEGO Ideas set of 2024 in terms of piece count, beating Aprils 21348 - Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon's Tale.
As the name suggests, 21353 will be a beautiful recreation of a Botanical Garden in LEGO form, similar to the recent LEGO Friends Botanical Garden set of 41757 Botanical Garden but in a much bigger scale. In fact, the original submission had a base of 32 x 48 studs which ended up measuring 28 cm high and 26 cm wide.
The brick-built Botanical Garden building is a fully glazed greenhouse with a neoclassical entrance facade that welcomes visitors inside. There you can find various botanical species in LEGO form including a banana tree, a palm and a Beaucarnea recurvata in the central area, succulents plants in the left apse, various flowers in the right apse, Anthurium, Strelitzia, Bamboo plants, Stromanthe thalia, Caladium bicolor, Begonia Maculata, Codiaeum variegatum e and many more along the garden's perimeter.
Even with this wide range of Minifigure scale botanical plants, the interior is very large with fully accessible open space on two levels. A spiral staircase allows access to reach the balcony from which you can admire the foliage of the tallest trees up close. There is also a skylight roof, large open glass windows on the first floor, the two side apses on the ground floor and the internal balcony which can all be easily removed for full playability.
The original submission by Goannas89 included over 3,000 pieces, eight Minifigures, plenty of accessories and a dog. Already LEGO has built a set with well over 3,000 parts so hopefully, eight detailed and fun Minifigures will also be included along with the possibility of a dog and plenty more accessories for the Botanical Garden.
21353 Botanical Garden
Set Name - Botanical Garden
Set Number - 21353
Age Range - 18+
Piece Count - 3,792
Price - $329.99 / €329.99 / £279.99
Release Date - 1st November 2024
21353 Botanical Garden releases on the 1st of November 2024 but what do you think? Will you be purchasing 21353 in a few months time? Are you looking forward to adding an 18+ Botanical Garden to your LEGO City? Do you already own the LEGO Friends Botanical Garden? What would be a reasonable amount of Minifigures in the $330 model? Let us know your thoughts and opinions in the comments below.
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