LEGO Ideas Botanical Garden REVIEW | Set 21353

[@TiagoCatarino]

The shots on location were breath taking. Well done sir!

[@SolidBrixStudios]

Thanks Tiago 😄

[@fromis.9]

You should learn from him

[@Spacejuno]

Biased lan reviewer recognizes biased lan reviewer beautiful.

[@arrownaut6820]

Bro got turned into a Minifigure

[@POTAT0_FREND]

My dream

[@ivanm3342]

Wow, next lego space station review will be lit!😂😂

[@arrownaut6820]

@ivanm3342 Next Lego Star Wars planet themed set is going to be crazy

[@SolidBrixStudios]

Hitting up SpaceX as we speak..

[@kevinodw_]

The shots are wonderful!!😍😍

[@sethfields3609]

Botanical garden green houses arent buildngs that are typically ever connected to other buildings on a street, so why in the world are people dissapointed that its not modular?? That doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me, but I am glad you mentioned that you at least can understand why Lego made that choice. To me it was clearly the correct decision

[@Maxxxim1]

2:32 brooo those shots really highlights the set

[@THE47THROOSTER]

Man, David, you really went the exta mile this review. Hats off to you, the shots and scenery are fantastic

[@mancal5829]

The setting is stunning! Lovely, just lovely.

[@f0ren51c5candy]

Wow this is a really high quality review, I haven’t seen many reviews recently because I found them repetitive but wow this is so high quality :3

[@brickstoryofficial]

What a clean review 👌

[@SolidBrixStudios]

😋

[@zoltanrudolf]

This video is very special. Hats off to Solid Brix Studios for having the presence of mind to approach the local gardens in his hometown to showcase a great set as well as one of the many magnificent period buildings that inspired it.

[@DZstudios.]

Best LEGO Review EVER

[@junglejim3433]

Good review. Awesome set. I work at a famous property that has a conservatory. It's one of my favorite things on the property. LEGO did a great job

[@imperial_brickz]

Already seen reviews of this but you clearly went above and beyond to make this one, well done!

[@maustjason]

Glad you can rep the RVA and give Lewis Ginter some props. You should build a matching Lego version for them to display during the Gardenfest of Lights coming up soon.

[@thomasvienneau-artist585]

I love the on-location review, wicked idea!

[@MOC-3]

What a creative background to review the set! Really liked the comparison to the Friends set and the Mansion. Your review was the best one of all the reviews I have seen on this set. Well done!

[@idomoshe]

Kudos for filming on this beautiful location, it makes this review stand out. Also, I always like that you do side by side comparisons with other sets.

[@legoandsushi]

Definitely picking this one up + I want that gwp to go with it! Love that you did the review in an actual botanical gardens 🍁🪻🌻🌷🍄

[@ThomatoForce]

Stuff like this is why I'm subbed to you man, wonderful video and review

[@chesszero]

Just would like to add: Jabba's sail barge is $180 more with only 200 more pieces and less minifigures 😅 perspectives. That said, this set is incredible and price point is perfect.

[@janoskovacs11]

Star Wars license is very expensive!

[@christianbusch6613]

Lewis Ginter is the best!!! So many childhood memories there

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

It was great to see this set reviewed on location! It really added a new depth to the quality of the video production!

[@KyleExplosion]

Wow! Remote review. This is something I never expected but I love.

[@SaltineCracker]

Great looking set! The cinematography was done so well and had me sold on the set even more!

[@octav1600]

Lovely review, and a lovely LEGO set. I just hope it will be cheaper soon. I think I want multiples of this. Or get 2 of the original Botanical garden and just have the combined one of that with this next to one another.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Absolutely stunning -- thank you for this gem.

[@lemphl]

This was a really calming review :) I would love to see more themed sets (as in the place you're in, not as in Lego set) in the future!

[@gadget19k76]

Love the look of the garden and it’s definitely on my buy list now.

[@EBLego]

Our boy is pushing the boundaries of LEGO reviews! What's next? Can't wait to see a Mustafar set review...😉😄

[@FluffiestWalrus]

I know you said you’re not a plant expert… but not knowing the word “arid” was a bit jarring 😅😅

[@brianstraight9308]

Had the same thought. Like, "Really, man? That's not a "plant word."

[@PlazDreamweaver]

I was sharing a poem I wrote with 3 friends; it included the word "stoic" and none of my 3 friends knew what that word meant. I've noticed most people lack a diverse vocabulary. That being said, he could just pronounce it differently. I recently learned there are a shockingly large number of people who pronounce "jaguar" like "jag-wire," which is just despicable tbh.

[@fi0062]

I'll be honestly. I'm not really disappointed that they decided to not make the garden connect with modular sets. Every botanical garden I've ever been to has been away from other buildings, often on its own landscaped property. So having this and then surrounding it with some 16x32 (or other size) baseplates to blend it into a city I think would work really well.

[@Thindale]

Thanks for the review, the location is really special. I'm considering picking this one up, like you said before, its a very nice set, I would love to add this to my collection. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Vienna Austria.

[@Darthmaster52]

I love lewis ginter, shoutout to all my fellow richmonders

[@FoolECK]

Considering the announced GWP, this might be a first Day-1 purchase for me.

[@scottjackson3446]

Incredible location for a wonderful review!

[@danielb3508]

Seeing you do the review in a location that looks freakishly similar to the set is so cool, good thinking Batman!

[@cameronmeetze8153]

genuinely such a beautiful model. maybe top 10 lego set of all time? it’s def a day one purchase

[@David-qp9xe]

Fantastic review! This is such a great set!

[@BudjetteTan]

lovely review!

[@nigelhunt228]

Day on buy for me. Great review, great location.

[@Frosty3mperor]

What a beautiful set

[@warrennewman5325]

Epic botanical garden awesome consevertry great review 👍

[@SolidBrixStudios]

Thanks so much!

[@BLAZEREN101]

Blows my mind this is half a grand.

[@Mah_Bricks]

Love this kind of review, make it so much more fun!

[@laustpeternielsen-norman9569]

I'm sure to get it, it's beautiful and true to the fan design 😊

[@backtothebricks1]

It is really interesting, when I think of this set I think of my own botanical garden close to home and it's in London, Kew Gardens it is actually home to more than half of all the plant species in the world!

[@CAROLCORP-d5j]

I loved how bro filmed it there

[@DrewZepp]

Gonna buy the friends botanical gardens and just switch the figures out

[@pinobluevogel6458]

Hmm, I think I like the higher building from the original ideas version a bit more, with the massive tree on the side. The autumn leaf tree is a nice touch, as are the nice parts usages in the great variety of plants. I consider this an amazing build and clearly a much bigger and more detailed version of the Friends set. However, for the price, I don't think it is completely filling up the value that you'd expect. $330 dollars is just massively expensive and while I do love it aesthetically, especially compared to that awfully simple X-Mansion, it is something I prefer to pick up on a big discount or not at all. Also, I love that place where you filmed the review. That botanical garden looks a fair bit like it, a beautiful place to go and visit some day.

[@Lapince78]

Excellent review . Good jobs

[@BKRandy94]

Can you compare the city garbage truck to a garbage truck next?

[@8BitPasta]

Haha brilliant

[@a.l.x.8728]

Next Level Review 🤯

[@Rikka_Roll]

Casual Green Grocer flex, love to see it

[@noemhimarquez8086]

This set is absolutely gorgeous, I just cant justify the price, might wait for a sale

[@engilaru]

Now buy a 2nd and combine them into an even wider botanical garden.

[@PlazDreamweaver]

For the price of this piece of plastic + tax, I could visit my local botanical gardens 23 times.

[@Sckorpiion-Matthew]

Can't wait for a spaceship review now

[@stlbrickco3054]

It is a modular set... no normal person uses pins in the technic bricks anyway, because then you can't easily remove the modular from your city

[@CreativeCache101]

yeah, was a bit weird to be annoyed you cant meaninglessly 'connect' the set to other modulars. like, its not going to look or function any different lol

[@HemlockFalls]

Very nice!

[@karentiel]

Next level review!! Well done! I absolutely love the location. Looks like an amazing conservatory. What an awesome comparison. I agree that the set is a bit overpriced. I thought the $329 to $429 Canadian seemed a bit of a high conversion, too. So not sure if I will get it or not. It does look like a great set.

[@cerberusxv4509]

My wife will love this

[@RafaelaSantos-bz2tb]

This comment is adorable 😭✋ give her the set please 😭

[@christopherwilliams5808]

I just bought one for my GF. she'll be getting it as a surprise for Christmas. Along with the gate GWP.

[@MikeO147]

This is amazing!!

[@paulroy3673]

Enough reviews! Everyone does reviews. More MOCs please.

[@alphonsesuitperson]

I don't get the red lense for the camera, is it B&W plant photography? An interview with the designer mentioned the 4 elements were created new for this set, Both plant pieces the roof piece and arch, but because of timing and other things things, the plant piece made it into a few other sets prior to this one. Love the idea of doing it in person at a botanical garden to do the review, Great use of location, and great idea Launch day you get the Bookshel GWP and the Entryway GWP, think that it might be worth it that initial week, but agree on waiting for a sale/double points. I do think like the other Botanical, that Moc designers are going to try and expand it, add some of those plant elements, maybe add a second level to each of the wings or something, we will have to see, as I said in another review if you add 16 studs in the middle, could add sidewalks on each side, but have to figure things in there to how to place in a city.

[@SolidBrixStudios]

It's a reallyyyyy niche thing, the A-Frame Cabin had a red stud on the Lens barrel indicating it was a "Pro" camera referencing Canon's own Professional "Red-ring" lenses. It's super nerdy, but I love this stuff. I didn't mention the GWP because it was only going to be available for a short time, and wanted to judge this set without it since it'll be on shelves for a much longer time.

[@alphonsesuitperson]

@@SolidBrixStudios wow did not know on that!, and agreed on gwp long term, just interesting that it changes that launch price for both this and x mansion that have their own and the ideas gwp.

[@ShedCityBricks]

I was a little bit bummed when I saw the first images considering the fact that I just bought two of the Friends ones to combine into a larger set and -admitted- it looks pretty similar with the same windows, arches and color scheme. But then again, like you said, it is a wonderfull set and I had € 50 worth of VIP points to redeem. That togheter with the two nice GWP's made me order it first thing on November 1st. I'm so looking forward to building this and add it to my city. But I fear I'll have to do some shifting around befoure I can place it.

[@kevinodw_]

You did it again.😂 Love it!!

[@user_8949]

Bro how much does it cost for buying this set?

[@Ziggy27]

What a fun way to approach this review!

[@koppolaholland9949]

I have very little interest in the structure. However, the plants would be awesome for my small city. Wonder what chances are of getting a few "botanical" sets that are minifig scale and loaded with plants of all sorts and types and sizes.

[@VilzuBoi]

Pretty nice

[@DerrickAliyas]

UCS ISS/NASA sponsored set solidbrix goes to space

[@brianorozco1074]

That'll be cool, or he could review the set near the spacecrafts at the Kennedy Space Center

[@Humanbean1100]

Me seeing other sets way better than x-mansion and thinking that GWP isn’t worth a day one purchase

[@vakuzar]

lol, what a fun review

[@BrickJonas_HU]

Hats off, David, this was an incredible review! The close-up shots and comparisons with other sets convinced me that I absolutely need this set. I'll see what my wallet thinks about it. :P

[@brickademy]

Will it be sold by other retailers?

[@henriqueacabral]

non modular and 329 EUR. it's gorgeous but I rather save and eventually just get rivendell

[@admiralezzel3181]

Can we expect such an on-location shoot for the upcoming Home One set?

[@tonyag5881]

Great video 🎉 I like stickers lol but maybe that's because I'm a girl 😂 and personally glad that it doesn't connect to another set, definitely getting the set on day 1 😊

[@Carboxylated]

Professional review and detailed to which I agree with your thoughts. LEGO should have waited until Q2 or Q3 of 2025 to release this. Let the "Friends" Botanical Garden retire and dwindle off shelves then hit the market with this guy. They also should have made it fit into the modularity system as well as WHY the extra $30 to an already inflated price tag? The Natural History Museum is also a NON LICENSED set yet it contains far more parts, and is $30 cheaper. 🤔 I do not understand LEGO pricing methods. If its not part count or licensee then why is the price increasing?? Anyways this set looks fantastic and props to the LEGO IDEAS submission for winning and becoming an official set! 👍 Cheers

[@svoltage4596]

Just guessing here, but it could be all the new part colours and part types for the windows and flowers etc. i know that won’t justify the big price jump, but i can see lego making that their reasoning

[@ImePrezime-bn9gk]

It's not a street building. I doesn't belong between buildings on a street. It belongs in a large open space, in a park or a botanical garden, surrounded by plants, trees and greenery. So I don't really get the ''argument'' that is not a modular building. Like Old Fishing Store belongs on a shore.

[@wassupfuqqly7195]

Looks like garden on the map Estate from mw2

[@danieljansson7163]

the set would been better with a smal forest in the background

[@hahahafunniness]

Why does Lego keep printing stickers for these expensive sets? Can these "influencers" maybe try to influence the company for once? Ridiculous that there are other brands that offer only printed parts for a fraction of Lego costs.

[@janoskovacs11]

It’s not a modular, bc a botanical garden is always in a park and not on the street!

[@kinglew0773]

Am I the only one who thinks they should have added more ground level foliage in the center section?

[@Conrad0124]

Canon stan detected!

[@VampguyN85]

You said it up front. It's a conservatory, not a botanical gardens. It needs 75% of the space to be outdoor spreads of various gardens to be called a botanical gardens in my mind. From all the ones I've been to in the US, this set feels like an overpriced entrance or greenhouse and an unfinished botanical gardens. So it should be at least $100 less. And you can get the friend's set on sale easily and combine to make a small indoor plants area or entrance to compliment the rest of the botanical gardens that is actually missing. I feel as nice as the new flower molds are they don't justify that price. It feels like false advertising to label the set a botanical gardens. They should call it a conservatory. The same with the Friend's one. It looks great as a Conservatory, but very overpriced for the size. And that price becomes a huge problem when you have to add all the outdoor space entirely from moc. The cost adds up fast.

[@direkjes.editing]

If they can put dual molded legs for a random minifigure in a botanical set I'm sure Lego can also do this for literally NAMED CHARACTERS for Starwars minifigures. It's so disappointing. Even the rebel fleet troopers who are Iconic enough can't get them at a premium price.

[@gag-dodgers]

No he knows what a minifig is like

[@IzabelaFlorea-x9h]

Please do ninjago like tiago!

[@luckyblock9818]

If I got it, Poison Ivy Moc

[@azuren2187]

very small complaint for this otherwise beautiful set but i don't really like the use of that wand piece as a cane it's too short 😭

[@brickademy]

I agree

[@InFlames20bests]

Im sad the building itself isnt 2 studs deeper. I feel this lacks a bit of depth.

[@vietrounder]

Everything about this set is good except for the fact that it sits on a flimsy 1.6mm baseplates. I serious don't understand why the designers did this.

[@Lego_Rebel_Friend]

Still wondering about the geonosis moc

[@mickffc3280]

🎉

[@lessardmarc]

Its missing Poison Ivy minifigure.

[@thisispebe]

I was so excited for this, but will not buy this final design. Don't like the look of the landscaping and that large tree inside. Also the cute cafe is at the back, and the set will not look nice if you place it side ways.

[@DerrickAliyas]

Paper bags my region still uses plastic strange