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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.

Land Scooper

Checking

1296 Land Scooper

27 pieces in 15 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 30 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 31, 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

Yellow 10 pieces

  • Brick 2 x 3 Yellow Part 3002 Element 300224 ×1
  • Construction Vehicle Bucket 3 x 6, 9 Hinge Teeth Yellow Part 30394 Element 4140709 ×1
  • Hinge Brick 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger Vertical End and 2 Fingers Vertical End, 9 Teeth Yellow Part 30386 Element 4140704 ×1
  • Hinge Brick 2 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger Vertical [No Axle Hole] Yellow Part 30389a ×1
  • Wheel 11 x 12 with Hole Round for Wheels Holder Pin Yellow Part 6014a Element 601424 ×4
  • Wheel Arch, Mudguard 2 x 4 Studded Yellow Part 3788 Element 378824 ×2

Black 8 pieces

  • Brick 2 x 8 Black Part 3007 Element 6037390 or 300726 ×1
  • Brick Round 1 x 1 Open Stud Black Part 3062b Element 306226 ×1
  • Plate 1 x 4 Black Part 3710 Element 371026 ×1
  • Tile Special 1 x 2 Grille with Bottom Groove Black Part 2412b Element 241226 ×1
  • Tyre 21 x 12 with Offset Tread Small Wide Black Part 6015 Element 601526 ×4

Light Gray 5 pieces

  • Plate 1 x 2 Light Gray Part 3023 Element 302302 ×2
  • Plate Special 2 x 2 with Wheels Holder Wide Light Gray Part 6157 Element 4109649 ×2
  • Steering Stand 1 x 2 with Black Steering Wheel Light Gray Part 3829c01 Element 9556 ×1

Trans-Yellow 4 pieces

  • Plate Round 1 x 1 with Solid Stud Trans-Yellow Part 6141 Element 6514056 or 6240216 ×4

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Dave - Construction Worker, Orange Jacket with Suspenders, Black Hard Hat, Moustache and Sideburns 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.