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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.

Manual Control Set 1

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1039 Manual Control Set 1

39 pieces in 13 part and color combinations.

LEGO counts 46 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 39; the two do not always count the same elements, so their totals differ. Spare parts are counted in neither figure.

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.

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Piece checklist

Light Gray 20 pieces

  • Battery Box, 4.5V, 4 x 22, 3 x C-Cell without Switch [Complete Assembly] Light Gray Part 4350c01 Element 73264 ×1
  • Control Unit, Train 12V, 8 x 10 with Rotating Arrows Print Light Gray Part 4707c03 ×3
  • Plate 2 x 4 Light Gray Part 3020 Element 302002 ×4
  • Plate 2 x 8 Light Gray Part 3034 Element 303402 ×6
  • Plate 6 x 8 Light Gray Part 3036 Element 303652 or 303602 ×3
  • Wire with 1-Prong Connectors, 12V / 4.5V 28L Light Gray Part 765c28 ×2
  • Wire with 1-Prong Connectors, 12V / 4.5V 96L Light Gray Part 765c96 ×1

White 9 pieces

  • Tile 2 x 2 with Black Wide Arrow Print White Part 3068bpr0050 Element 80607 ×7
  • Tile 2 x 2 with Groove White Part 3068b Element 6548263 or 306801 ×2

Blue 5 pieces

  • Tile 2 x 2 with Black Wide Arrow Print Blue Part 3068bpr0050 Element 4188135 ×3
  • Tile 2 x 2 with Groove Blue Part 3068b Element 306823 ×2

Red 5 pieces

  • Tile 2 x 2 with Black Wide Arrow Print Red Part 3068bpr0050 Element 4188134 ×3
  • Tile 2 x 2 with Groove Red Part 3068b Element 306821 ×2

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.