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"The Flowering Cactus earns its Recommended tier with a BrickScore of 74.1 and a near-perfect 4.87 owner average across 602 reviews: a cheerful, well-priced Botanicals display piece whose only real knock is that it builds quickly and finishes slightly smaller than some buyers expect."
The Flowering Cactus (11509) is a charming, accessible Botanicals entry that reviewers and owners alike appreciate for its cheerful display result and stress-free build. Earning a BrickScore of 74.1 and a Recommended tier, it pairs an excellent price per piece of $0.073 with an owner average of 4.87 out of 5 across 602 ratings. The main reservation is that some buyers found it slightly smaller than expected and a touch pricier than the $25-$30 sweet spot they had in mind.
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"The LEGO Flowering Cactus is perhaps one of my favourite releases of the botanical range this year, that type of product that from a distance will fool anyone into thinking these are real plants, looks great on display, …"
Tiago Catarino
"Cacti have featured several times in the botanical collection since its inception, but 11509 Flowering Cactus is the first time the spiky plants have taken centre stage."
Brickset Reviews
"The build of this set was pretty simple. It does have some repetition, but it's repetition of the non-annoying type in my personal opinion."
JANG's LEGO Reviews
"a set that builds on ideas from previous entries like 10349 Happy Plants and 10309 Succulents to offer a cute and colourful little desk companion"
Jay's Brick Blog"The LEGO Flowering Cactus is perhaps one of my favourite releases of the botanical range this year, that type of product that from a distance will fool anyone into thinking these are real plants, looks great on display, has some nice part usage and was very fun to put together from a building experience point of view"
"Cacti have featured several times in the botanical collection since its inception, but 11509 Flowering Cactus is the first time the spiky plants have taken centre stage."
"The build of this set was pretty simple. It does have some repetition, but it's repetition of the non-annoying type in my personal opinion."
"a set that builds on ideas from previous entries like 10349 Happy Plants and 10309 Succulents to offer a cute and colourful little desk companion"
The Flowering Cactus is a cheerful, quick, and accessible botanical build that earns near-universal love as a cute display piece, with the only real complaint being that the price feels slightly high for the build time and piece count.
Amazon4.9Walmart4.8LEGO.com4.8
