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LEGO Missing Piece Checker

Rule out the usual hiding places first. If the piece really is gone, check the set piece by piece and leave with the element ID LEGO asks for, or a link to buy the part.

Database Set for 1:38 VW Beetles

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DATABASE-HO-5 Database Set for 1:38 VW Beetles

10 pieces in 10 part and color combinations.

Before you call it missing

Builders who report a missing piece often find it in one of these places. Tick each one off as you look.

Look-alike colors in this set

These parts appear in this set in two colors that are easy to confuse. If you are one short in one color, check whether it went in where the other color belongs. Each color has its own element ID in the parts list at the back of the instructions.

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Piece checklist

HO Scale 10 pieces

  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 Black Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Earth Orange Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Light Brown Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Light Gold Part upn0475 Also in HO Tan ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Medium Red Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Olive Green Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Sand Blue Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 HO Tan Part upn0475 Also in HO Light Gold ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 Light Gray Part upn0475 ×1
  • HO Scale VW Beetle, 1:38 White Part upn0475 ×1

Tick each piece as you find it, or mark it missing.

When a piece really is missing

Ask LEGO

LEGO takes requests for pieces missing from a new set through its customer service site. The form asks for the set number and each piece's element ID, the number printed beside the piece in the parts list at the back of the instructions. This checker lists both.

Request a replacement from LEGO

Buy the piece

Mark a piece missing and your list links it to an eBay search for that part, which also covers pieces from older or second-hand sets.

Keep a record

Copy or download your missing list (the CSV opens in any spreadsheet), or print the whole checklist and tick pieces off on paper. Your marks stay in this browser, so you can check a big set over several sittings.