LEGO Tranquil Garden Review 

Thats why we’re here thats really cool !

me too

Technically the dark green trees seem to be symmetrical in orientation so a bit less, but I’m not smart enough to calculate

@@pretzemilia My guess is they did something like: (6x4) x (5x4) x (4x4) x (3x4) x (2x4) x (1x4), since you start with 6 potential locations for a tree and each can be oriented 4 ways... but there might be something redundant in there I'm not seeing. How did you get 17280?

@@jaredweiss8501 ah I did a dumb and did 4*6 instead of 4^6

My god, you're right!

Bro did the math

Beeing a Japanese garden nerd I had to coment, and this may help you... I agree, the pink leaves are an odd choice. These two trees should be Japanese Pine trees and not cherry blossom trees. Not sure if Lego did that at the last minute to add more color to this set but every thing else about them is exactly what you would see with traditional japanese pines in a garden like this. Perhaps there are options to make the leaves all green or pink but If were you to change them into pine trees the leaves ( or needels) could be a mix of light and dark green.

A bonsai isn’t a tree

@@PawDieFurand you reach that conclusion based on which fact? Certainly you sustain your affirmation in science so show us your evidence. Maybe you’ll win a Nobel price because your assertion contradicts what’s known about bonsai.

@@PawDieFuris an oak tree as a bonsai not a tree?

@@TheLonet a bonsai isnt a growing small tree. It’s a bush you cut and shape to make it look as a tree. Or it can be a part of a pre existing tree (branch), replanted cut and shaped. I make bonsais as a hobby bud. The thought that they are just planted trees is nothing but a misconception.

@@Ptbull-sz9me you don’t make a bonsai with the entire oak tree. Only the branch. If I take and cut a limb off an already standing tree, then plant that limb in the ground, dose that now make that limb a tree?

of course it comes with a frog

If you are trying to be the first to build grand things with specialized elements you need to outspend all the competition. But competition is a zero sum game so you can instead choose not to compete and just build Japanese roofs in other ways that are less clean to look at close up but work just as well for the overall gestalt of the build.

THIS, this is why I stopped buying altogether, and unfortunately you can’t just paint bricks and make them look good, and it just gets too expensive.

Just use the older bricks and gain more sovl in your builds.

Thanks!

Ball-socket connections need strong plastic to withstand the stresses of being put together or taken apart and different coloured plastics have different levels of strength. Ask any BIONICLE fan and they will each have at least one horror story involving lime green joints. The grey/black sockets are the ones you’re most likely to find in good shape after much abuse whereas some colours often break the first time they’re assembled even when being careful. I would not be surprised if LEGO took this as a lesson and decided not to make their modern joints in more colours as it’s hard to predict what could become the new lime green. I’m pretty sure Eljay asked about this before he reviewed the recent brick-built Tahu and Takua set and the response from the designer was basically that they cannot make them in other colours, not that they simply choose not to.

Same here. Using transparent plastic sheets to cover, but aesthetics is affected.

They look like mini-versions of those elements yes

This set is really well priced

Noted!

I need to go to Japan to learn all about it!

Merci! ❤️

I most definitely will!

big, yet also looks empty