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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.

Freestyle Bird

Checking

1838 Freestyle Bird

18 pieces in 10 part and color combinations.

LEGO counts 16 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 18; 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

Red 8 pieces

  • Brick 2 x 2 Red Part 3003 Element 4103590 or 300371 ×4
  • Brick 2 x 2 with Eye with White Print on Two Sides, Offset Red Part 3003pr0053 Element 81912 ×1
  • Plate 2 x 3 Red Part 3021 Element 302121 ×1
  • Plate 2 x 6 Red Part 3795 Element 379521 ×2

Blue 3 pieces

  • Brick 2 x 4 Blue Part 3001 Element 300173 or 300123 ×1
  • Brick Sloped 33° 3 x 2 Blue Part 3298 Element 6294307 or 6141996 ×2

White 3 pieces

  • Plant, Flower - Small White Part 3742 1 spare in the box ×3

Yellow 2 pieces

  • Brick Curved 2 x 3 Yellow Part 6215 Element 621524 ×2

Black 1 piece

  • Plate 2 x 2 Black Part 3022 Element 302226 ×1

Green 1 piece

  • Plant, Flower Stem Green Part 3741 Element 6277589 or 374128 1 spare in the box ×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.