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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.

Desert Island

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1481 Desert Island

20 pieces in 18 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 21 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 24, including the 4 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

Chrome Gold 4 pieces

  • Money / Coin with "10" Sans-serif Type Chrome Gold Part 57503 ×1
  • Money / Coin with "20" Sans-serif Type Chrome Gold Part 57504 ×1
  • Money / Coin with "30" Sans-serif Type Chrome Gold Part 57505 ×1
  • Money / Coin with "40" Sans-serif Type Chrome Gold Part 57506 ×1

Light Gray 4 pieces

  • Brick 1 x 2 Light Gray Part 3004 Element 300402 ×1
  • Brick 2 x 2 Light Gray Part 3003 Element 4103591 or 300352 ×1
  • Brick 2 x 2 Corner Light Gray Part 2357 Element 235752 or 235702 ×1
  • Brick Special 1 x 1 with Headlight Light Gray Part 4070 Element 407002 ×1

Yellow 3 pieces

  • Brick Round 1 x 1 Open Stud Yellow Part 3062b Element 306844 or 306224 ×1
  • Plate 4 x 6 Yellow Part 3032 Element 303224 ×2

Black 2 pieces

  • Equipment Saucepan Black Part 4529 Element 452926 ×1
  • Weapon Lance Black Part 3849 Element 6345264 or 384926 ×1

Dark Gray 2 pieces

  • Animal Body Part, Shark Body, without Bottom Tube Dark Gray Part 2547 Element 4160823 or 4107475 ×1
  • Animal Body Part, Shark Head Dark Gray Part 2548 Element 4160805 or 254827 ×1

Green 2 pieces

  • Plant, Leaves 4 x 3 Green Part 2423 Element 6268814 or 242328 ×2

Brown 1 piece

  • Weapon Gun / Pistol Flintlock Brown Part 2562 Element 256225 ×1

Red 1 piece

  • Animal, Bird, Parrot with Coloured Feathers Print Red Part 2546pr0001 Element 81376 ×1

White 1 piece

  • Flag 4 x 1 Wavy [First Wave Left] White Part 4495a ×1

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Pirate - Red Stripes, Blue Legs, Red Bandana, 3626a 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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