The Magnolia branches are the second botanical set we have to look at, scheduled for March 2026. You can checkout our review of 11502 Sunflower Bouquet here. This set brings us relatively sparsely decorated reddish brown branches, with a magnolia flowers in different stages of bloom. Can such a minimalist set maintain the attention of an 18+ consumer base? Could it be one of the most striking botanical sets to date? Read on to find out.

LEGO Botanicals set 11510 Magnolia Branches has 435 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ $USD49.99/49.99€/£44.99. It goes on sale on March 1st, 2026, but is available for pre-order now.

Inside the set are two instruction manuals, four paperbags containing elements and one clear soft plastic bag containing 5 axles.

Here are the elements included in the set: there is a selection of reddish brown connectors, including macaroni tubes and some branched connectors. The element I found most useful here is the 5-module-long ‘technic beam’ – it’s really a tube with a frictioned connector at one end and a zero-insertion-force hole at the other, which will engage with an axle simply and smoothly. We saw them in the sunflowers, and I demonstrated the effect on the rigidity of a botanical stem in that review.

The most striking new element to look at, however, is the new multicoloured White-magenta leaf/petal element. Dual-coloured elements are always a treat, and even more so when the intrinsic inaccuracy of the manufacturing process results in a beautifully smooth, yet irregular organic gradient.

The build.

Each branch consists of some branchwork – with frogs and thorns serving as the stubs of branches. We follow this by adding appropriate buds and blooms. We then add a reinforced stem – an axle covered in the 5module connector/beams.

Every branch tells a similar story, but in different shapes and forms.

Once the branch is built we had small green buds to the end of the branch, and then some slightly larger buds, until we come to the completely open flower.

The medium buds use a spring yellowish egg in a dark tan crown; and expand using a spring yellowish green minfigiure head, a peony element and a 1×1 swirl tile. The next size is built up to a white cone, with some smatterings of colour.

The final flower is built using offset triple stem bricks, with bars allowing for the petals to attach using clips on the top of the petals. The centre of the flower is built around a cool yellow disc brake, some daisy elements, and a cupcake!

Unfortunately, there is no version with the petals wide open, about to drop off. This doesn’t bother me too much, for a couple of reasons: to start, a magnolia flower at that stage of growth is about ready to be removed from display. the second reason is that, using the 3 stemmed brick, either pluggin directly into the stuf holes of the petal, or ectended using a modifies 1×2 plate with a clip at the end result in the petal leaning backwards at around45º – in part because of the angle of the stem, but mostly because of the ‘drop’ that occurs over the length of the petal. A “y-bar connector, similat to the 4 bar windlass could be the solution here, and I feel could make a useful addition to the parts palette.

This botanical set is possibly the one where there is the most abvious developmental storytelling as you put it together. On every branch, you start with the smallest green bud, and build buds with increasing maturity. But not every branch has a full flower, and not every branch has every state of the bud. sometimes they clip onto the curved bar element. Sometimes they plug onto/into a technic connector hole. And these variations of story on each branch are part of what makes the set. You feel the flowers grow in a most satisfying way. The shapes are many and varied, to say nothing of the fun parts usage involved.

I felt compelled to try doing something like this…

Hopefully, you get the idea.

I placed the branches into a vase and arranged them: some fall to the left, others to the right. Some careful arranging was required to ensure they stayed mostly balanced in the vase.

Conclusions

Ultimately, this is one of the more satisfying Botanical sets to put together, with interesting forms and shapes, exploring the possibilities within the Technic connector framework, and seeing alternative forms of construction – particularly for the stubs of branches: the frog and the thorn elements both work well, but the mixture of them is probably even more important than either form.

The contrast between the branches and the dual tone magnolia petals is striking, and I hope we see this manufacturing process used more often in the future..

From a building and display experience, this set warrants a 4.5 out of five arbitrary praise units. And this applies through most of the world, except Australia where I will give them a 4.0. And this comes down to the LEGO Pricing Policy.

In most of the world, this set is 10€/USD cheaper than the sunflower bouquet, which is priced around the same as other bouquet sets.In australia there is no variation in price: it would appear that every set labelled ‘Bouquet’ or equivalent is on the market for $99.99AUD. Here are the cross rates – recorded on 13th February 2026 from Brickset.com.

As you can see, with the exception of the Scandinavian markets and Switzerland, where LEGO sets are always priced above the global average, the RRP is disproportionately higher in Australia.

That said, some of our discount department stores such as BigW have already listed the set with a more appropriate $79AUD. Perhaps this is specifically set up as a sales strategy, to direct customers to specific retail outlets?

Aside from this price gripe, I really enjoy this build. For me, if you can get this set at a discount in Australia, its a no brainer.

If you had to choose between the 11510 magnolia branches and 11502 sunflower bouquet, which would you prefer? And why? The colour? The appearance on display? The price? Let me know in the comments below.

LEGO Botanicals set 11510 Magnolia Branches has 435 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ $USD49.99/49.99€/£44.99. It goes on sale on March 1st, 2026, but is available for pre-order now.

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