A LEGO Bouquet On The First Date. Would You?

An unconventional review of the LEGO 10280 Creator set

That’s a genuine question, by the way. Decided on a whim the other day to walk into Smyths Toys and get a couple of LEGO sets. Over the last couple of weeks, since the whole Ukrainian invasion began, I felt like I needed something to distract myself from everything that was going on, to stop me thinking for a couple of hours or staring at screens. Having gone through a pandemic and now the geopolitical events — or let’s call it what it is, a bloody war — is just taking a toll on my mental wellbeing. The world desperately needs a fucking break already, and so do I. So LEGO it was. I ended up getting two sets, one of them was the 10280 set, a flower bouquet.

Walking back from the shop with my friend Natalia Für, we started talking about the viability of a LEGO bouquet on a first date. Fun fact is, I did actually do this once in 2020 on a first date, albeit at a much smaller scale, and gave my date a tiny bunch of LEGO flowers, as during lockdown there were no flower shops open.

It worked, though unfortunately, not for long. The question remains, though. How does…