Hi and welcome back to It's Not Lego, my blog that reviews all the latest building block sets coming out of China. Last week, I reviewed the JMBricklayer Flower Bouquet set from their Botanical Collection/Home Decor theme. Today, we will look at another set from that series, this time it's the 20106 White Butterfly Orchid.
The beautiful white orchid set can be found on their the JMBricklayer website or from their Amazon shop if you like it. Most sets come with free worldwide shipping. Check out their website for more details. On sale right now!
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Details
- Brand: JMBricklayer
- Set: White Orchid 20106
- Theme: Botanical Collection/Home Decor
- Piece count: 581 pieces
- Numbered bags? N/A (not applicable)
- Stickers or printed parts? None
- Missing or deformed pieces: No
- Extra parts: Yes
- Minifigures: No
- Lighting kit: No
- Brick Quality and Clutch: Just one clutch issue, otherwise not bad
- Measurements (approx): just under 12" H, approx 11" wide
- Age Rating: 14+
Unboxing
JMBricklayer has departed from their black boxes with this new green box to showcase their floral line. Although there are three coloured flowers depicted on the box, this set only includes the white orchid. I think the same box is reused for each flower given that there are three different set numbers on the front and side of the box.
The bags are numbered with prefix JK29012, which, when I checked against brick4.com, indicates that this set is a re-pack of Jaki branded Plante theme.
Just an FYI, brick4.com is a database of sorts for Lego and not Lego building block sets. I would say it's about 99% complete, with only a few sets missing from it's database.
Here's a screen grab/google translate of the text I found on the inside cover of the manual.
There are a total of 44 pages in the instruction booklet, each step being clearly marked and easy to follow.
The white orchid set comes with this black brick built planter, which is the first thing to be constructed.
Now we are building some small flowers and leaves that will serve as decoration for the orchid.
Next to build are the stems of the orchid. This actually looks pretty good the way it is. I like that it looks like there are flowers in various stages of blooming.
There are two methods of attaching the orchid petals, one of which doesn't clutch as well as the other method (flower petals on the right side tend to fall off). It would have made sense to just use the method on the left for each petal.
There are a total of 6 orchid flowers. After attaching the flowers, the completed set is just under 12 inches tall. I think it would have looked nicer if the stems were longer, making the flowers more upright. For the soil pieces, I didn't use the entire bag, maybe only one third of the bag.
Let me know in the comments if you agree with my assessment or not.
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That's it for now, bye!
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