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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.

Fire Boat

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1248 Fire Boat

20 pieces in 17 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 24 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 25, including the 5 parts inside the minifigures; 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

White 5 pieces

  • Plate 1 x 4 White Part 3710 Element 6552108 or 6548266 ×2
  • Plate Special 1 x 1 with Clip Light, Bar Hole [Thick Ring] White Part 4081b Element 6281990 or 4632566 ×2
  • Wedge Plate 3 x 4 without Stud Notches White Part 4859 Element 4215973 or 4199395 ×1

Light Gray 4 pieces

  • Brick Special 1 x 2 with Handle Light Gray Part 30236 Element 4113203 ×1
  • Cone 1 x 1 [No Top Groove] Light Gray Part 4589 Element 458902 ×1
  • Equipment Weapon, Loudhailer / Speaker / Blaster / Space Gun Light Gray Part 4349 Element 434902 ×1
  • Tile Special 1 x 2 Grille with Bottom Groove Light Gray Part 2412b Element 241202 ×1

Red 4 pieces

  • Brick 2 x 4 Red Part 3001 Element 300121 ×1
  • Brick Sloped 45° 2 x 2 Red Part 3039 Element 303921 ×1
  • Brick Wedged, Sloped Inverted 6 x 4 with 2 Stud Connections Red Part 4856a Element 6021529 or 485621 ×1
  • Plate Special 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper) Red Part 3794a ×1

Dark Gray 2 pieces

  • Equipment Radio [Extended Handle, Compact Speaker Grille] Dark Gray Part 3962b Element 4118707 ×1
  • Tile Special 1 x 2 with Handle Dark Gray Part 2432 Element 4107492 or 243227 ×1

Trans-Dark Blue 2 pieces

  • Cone 1 x 1 [No Top Groove] Trans-Dark Blue Part 4589 Element 618843 ×2

Yellow 2 pieces

  • Plate 2 x 6 Yellow Part 3795 Element 379524 ×1
  • Steering Stand 1 x 2 with Black Steering Wheel Yellow Part 3829c01 Element 9553 ×1

[No Color/Any Color] 1 piece

  • Sticker Sheet for Sets 1248-1, 2537-1 [No Color/Any Color] Part 4117693 Element 4117693 ×1

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Fireman, Black Fire Jacket with Red Belt and Badge, White Helmet, Yellow Life Vest, Moustache Minifigure, checked as a whole figure ×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.

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