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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.

Lex Luthor

Checking

30164 Lex Luthor

10 pieces in 8 part and color combinations, plus 1 minifigure.

LEGO counts 14 pieces. This inventory comes from a separate parts catalog and lists 17, including the 7 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

Black 6 pieces

  • Antenna 1 x 4 with Rounded Top Black Part 3957a ×1
  • Brick 2 x 2 Black Part 3003 Element 4103587 or 300326 ×3
  • Equipment Camera with Side Sight [aka Space Gun] Black Part 4360 Element 436026 ×1
  • Plate Special 1 x 1 with Clip Light, Bar Hole [Thick Ring] Black Part 4081b Element 6281993 or 4632571 ×1

Trans-Green 2 pieces

  • Plate Round 1 x 1 with Solid Stud Trans-Green Part 6141 Element 6514057 or 6240221 1 spare in the box ×1
  • Rock 1 x 1 Crystal 5 Point Trans-Green Part 30385 Element 4655335 or 4541539 ×1

Green 1 piece

  • Equipment Flotation Ring [Life Preserver] Green Part 30340 Element 4655148 ×1

Trans-Bright Green 1 piece

  • Light Cover 1 x 1 Round with Internal Bar / Bionicle Barraki Eye Trans-Bright Green Part 58176 Element 6507869 or 6171864 ×1

Minifigures 1 figure

  • Lex Luthor with Dark Purple Legs and Bright Green Shoulder Armor 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.