LEGO Botanicals Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree 10348

I have almost all of the botanical sets and I really like the way that this set looks! I was not overcomplicated and was fairly straightforward to build. My only complaint? There are no frogs!

It’s a little weird, but just all of the intricate details in the way this set goes together actually kinda feels like bonsai where you have something very large being represented in small bits. Very nice finished product but also a very nice build.

It’s such a pretty set! Honestly from a distance it almost looks real. I love it.

Challenging build with beautiful finished product.

Excellent instructions, made up into a pretty little tree

I have 2 granddaughters that really wanted this tree, they haven’t put it together yet, but I’m sure they will love it! I appreciated the drop in price on the second one I purchased!

I was so excited to build this tree! But after bag 2, I realized that all the branches were the same. Very boring build. I am disappointed.

A lot of fun! Looking forward to the next one!! Maybe an architectural one.

This was a fun, quick build. I love all the fall colors. I recently purchased a light kit for a few of my botanicals which is a game changer, especially at night.

Was great fun to put together, and the vibrant colours look great. I added figures to stand on the base to admire the tree

A pretty monotonous build. The planter pot is symmetrical on both sides so that was a bit lame. The tree trunk itself is neat to build, but the branches are all designed the same; there are 5 branches in all, and each branch has 2 main leaf branches and 1 cover leaf branch. The 2 main leaf branches are mirrors of each other, as are all the cover leaf branches, so when building the branches, you're building 10 of the same thing over and over again for the main leaf branches, and 5 of the cover branches the same. It was a bit boring to say the least, and I was looking forward to being done. Another disappointing aspect is that the main branches of the tree can't be moved and the design was meant to be viewed from the front. So if you're looking at it from the front head-on, it looks good, but looking at it at other angles and the tree looks disproportionate or looks like branches are missing. Being able to move the branches up or down or side to side would have been a great featrue and one that I don't think wouldn't have been too hard to make instead of fixed branches. Lastly, the pieces that hold the colored leaves onto the tree are gray in color. This doesn't make any sense, as the tree trunk and branches are a light brown or tan color. It makes no sense that these pieces would be gray. It's almost like not making them the same color was an oversight and an obvious mistake. The finished tree itself has great colors when viewed from a few steps back and it helps that I can't kill it, as I've already killed 2 real bonsai trees I've tried to grow. A cool enough finished product but could have been a lot better.

As someone who has practiced bonsai on Japanese maples, this kit was right up my alley. I love the kit specific Japanese maple leaves and their various shades of autumn color. The build was not too difficult, but I would have liked to have seen a slightly larger pot as part of the build. Beautiful addition to my living room. Love the botanical collection!

Great gift

Love the tree.

It turned out so beautiful, my son is really happy and proud himself after making the tree! He asked for it as Christmas gift.

Tree is bigger then I thought but very shaky

This was my first set that started my LEGO collection 6 months ago and now I have 70 sets. It was a great build and easy to follow instructions for a beginner. It is a beautiful set and the scale of the tree is the perfect size. I would highly recommend.

There are alot of very visible gray pieces that don’t match the color scheme at all. Supposedly there are already pieces unique to the set and the price per piece is significantly higher than most sets. You would think changing the color of preexisting pieces would be a tall order given the circumstances. The leaves and branches are also very repetitive

Great for my mother

I love the finished product. My only complaint is trying to put leaves on,I was knocking others off everytime.