LEGO bricks are made out of plastic which comes from oil that is removed from the ground after it is refined. And that’s about as technical as I’m going to get… I applaud the LEGO Group and their efforts to move away from oil. When your main product is derived from oil, it puts a lot of pressure on to make changes and LEGO has done it. Set 40320, Plants from Plants was released as a promotional set back in August.

It included 29 pieces of foliage made from sugarcane. I realize I’m a bit late in reviewing this set, but I had to do it because I was a bit skeptical. LEGO has high standards on quality and I wasn’t sure if they’d hold up to those standards.

LEGO proved me wrong. I am impressed that the pieces feel the same and look the same. I am unable to see any major differences and I don’t see any issues with quality. I guess the real test will be to see whether they hold up over the years like the plastic pieces do.

It looks like LEGO is going to start rolling this material out into sets too. The Vestas Wind Turbine (#10268) being re-released this November (2018) is reported to have some plant based plants too. I’m guessing we’ll see more appear as TLG continues to produce them.

Bravo to The LEGO Group for following through this this initiative!