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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.

Pirates Cannon

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1871 Pirates Cannon

13 pieces in 12 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 16 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 17, 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

Light Gray 5 pieces

  • Brick 1 x 2 Light Gray Part 3004 Element 300402 ×2
  • Brick 1 x 3 Light Gray Part 3622 Element 362202 ×1
  • Brick 2 x 3 Light Gray Part 3002 Element 300252 or 300202 ×1
  • Turntable 2 x 2 Plate - Top Light Gray Part 3679 Element 367952 or 367902 ×1

Black 2 pieces

  • Antenna 1 x 4 with Rounded Top Black Part 3957a ×1
  • Turntable 2 x 2 Plate, Base Black Part 3680 Element 368076 or 368026 ×1

Brown 2 pieces

  • Launcher Base, Weapon Cannon Base 2 x 4 Brown Part 2527 Element 4161404 or 252725 ×1
  • Weapon Gun / Pistol Flintlock Brown Part 2562 Element 256225 ×1

Dark Gray 1 piece

  • Weapon Cannon Non Shooting Dark Gray Part 518 Element 4161409 or 603327 ×1

Green 1 piece

  • Plant, Leaves 6 x 5 Green Part 2417 Element 6266968 or 4613823 ×1

White 1 piece

  • Flag 2 x 2 Square with Skull and Crossbones Print White Part 2335pr0006 Element 4192569 or 4160881 ×1

Yellow 1 piece

  • Plate 4 x 6 Yellow Part 3032 Element 303224 ×1

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Pirate - Blue Stripes, Black Legs, Black Tricorne 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.