[Master thread] Help identifying parts, sets and minifigs

plasmodium

Whoops - I did that classic thing where I didn't see the next page of comments so I thought I was the first to reply. Sorry for repeating everyone else, but glad I could help. :-P

MorkMan

this thread always impresses me...

LuLego

Evening (or just a normal hello depending on time zone).
There are two super heroes Nick Fury minifigures (spider chase and helicarrier exclusive)... Can someone confirm if their heads use the same piece?
thanks.

oldtodd33

Bricklink says they do.

LuLego

Thank you!

Ririnette

Who can help me identify sets based on these bricks? Thanks everyone!

oldtodd33

The red and blue flags are from. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=2335pb102&in=S

The Headquarters and Fort Legoredo are from 1 of 2 sets. http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?S=6762-1#T=S&O={}

The yellow sign with the red circle and arrows is from. http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?S=4513-1#T=S&O={}

The blue decorated panels with the TV are from. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4215pb035&in=S

The decorated panel with the motorcycle is from. http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=4215bpx26#T=S&C=7&O={"color":7}

plasmodium

"Fort Legoredo" should be a dead giveaway! It's from Fort Legoredo or it's 2002 re-release: http://brickset.com/search/?query=legoredo&scope=All

Off the top of my head, I see the top part of #4513 in the yellow section, along with some Aqua-Raiders logos (left, tridents).

Off the top of my head, those big red pieces look like Exo-Force, while there are a lot of pieces throughout that look like 90's Town/City pieces to me.

Ririnette

oldtodd33 said:

The blue decorated panels with the TV are from. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4215pb035&in=S

The decorated panel with the motorcycle is from. http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=4215bpx26#T=S&C=7&O={"color":7}

Awesome!! This was very helpful. I own a ton of Town/City pieces but to know which sets these pieces are coming from is a real nightmare. I am really glad that some of those appear in single sets... makes it much easier to decide which one to rebuild.

Aanchir

The red stickered parts on the left in the first picture are all Atlantis parts from sets #8059 and #8060. In fact, some of them even have the set number they're from right there on the sticker!

datsunrobbie

^Finding the parts that only come in one set is my primary way of identifying the sets I get second-hand. I'll throw those in their own zip-lock bag labeled with the set# and then build sets around the unique pieces.

When I find a piece that is only in 2 or 3 sets, I check each of those for unique pieces to try and narrow things down, or check quantities. For instance, the red rails with the grooves come in only 3 sets listed on Brickset, and #7208 and #7945 both contain 4 of them. Narrowing it down further will require looking through more parts.

datsunrobbie

Yellow arches are in #6426 - looks like you have a couple of that set.

Ririnette

datsunrobbie said:

For instance, the red rails with the grooves come in only 3 sets listed on Brickset, and #7208 and #7945 both contain 4 of them. Narrowing it down further will require looking through more parts.

I am glad that someone looked into this. I wouldn't even have known what to look for. But I had to dig into this search a little further as all sets from Brickset are all post 2007 and the lego pile that I inherited is pre-2000. So I looked into Bricklink and found this http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4217&in=S. Looks like there are a few sets from the 1990's that would fit the description. 

Thanks to the blue jack on the box, I narrowed it down to http://brickset.com/sets/6369-1/Auto-Workshop. Thanks again!

Ririnette

Aanchir said:

The red stickered parts on the left in the first picture are all Atlantis parts from sets #8059 and #8060. In fact, some of them even have the set number they're from right there on the sticker!

A-ha!! I remember the Typhoon Turbo Sub!! I could not have found it myself.

Oldfan

The blue tailfin with the Classic Space logo is found in set #6883 Terrestrial Rover

I'm pretty sure the blue tiles with the helix pattern are either from a Spider-Man set or an Alpha Team set from the early 2000's.

Ririnette

Oldfan said:

The blue tailfin with the Classic Space logo is found in set #6883 Terrestrial Rover

I'm pretty sure the blue tiles with the helix pattern are either from a Spider-Man set or an Alpha Team set from the early 2000's.

That's right @OLdfan, the DNA helix tiles seem to be coming from http://brickset.com/sets/4851-1/Spider-Man-and-Green-Goblin-The-origins

As to the tailfin... wow. I am impressed. Like a needle in a haystack. Thank you.

TigerMoth

Ririnette said:

As to the tailfin... wow. I am impressed. Like a needle in a haystack.

As that haystack isn't particularly big, I imagine you're missing something.

Identify the base part number - for the tail fin, that's 2340. Then, on BrickLink, search for "2340p*". There's only about 90 so it's fairly quick to spot - although, perversely, that one's right at the end!

You'll find most printed parts that way.

It can sometimes be a bit tricky working out that part number although, in this case, BrickLink conveniently calls it a tail.

Ririnette

@TigerMoth
I appreciate the help. My issue is that I don't know what these parts are called... so unless I have a visual representation right off the bat, I feel like fumbling in the dark. But I am learning every day. Thanks for educating a n00b.

TigerMoth

Ririnette said:

My issue is that I don't know what these parts are called...

Don't worry about that - a lot of the time, most people don't! So guess.

BrickLink uses different descriptions to TLG and Brickset. So you get two guesses for the price of one.

You can sometimes search by size - that fin is described on BrickLink as "Tail 4 x 1 x 3", so searching for "4 x 1 x 3" finds it. Bear in mind that the height is measured differently (the height of a brick rather than the width of a stud). Searching for "4 x 1" should also work, but give you a lot more to search through. You can search Brickset too, but drop the spaces, and put the smaller of the length/width first; the height's last on both sites.

The two sites will sometimes come up with different sizes for the same piece with one including projections and the other not.

If you've seen one in a different set, look up that inventory and find the piece.

If you have to convert from Brickset numbers to BrickLink numbers, then look what sets contain it, and then look up that inventory on the other site.

If all else fails, somebody here will remember it from somewhere.

Oldfan

Ririnette said:

Oldfan said:

The blue tailfin with the Classic Space logo is found in set #6883 Terrestrial Rover

I'm pretty sure the blue tiles with the helix pattern are either from a Spider-Man set or an Alpha Team set from the early 2000's.

That's right @OLdfan, the DNA helix tiles seem to be coming from http://brickset.com/sets/4851-1/Spider-Man-and-Green-Goblin-The-origins

As to the tailfin... wow. I am impressed. Like a needle in a haystack. Thank you.

Thanks for the compliment, but considering my chosen avatar, it's really not that impressive...

Happy to help, and I hope you enjoy your Classic Space goodness!

jason1976

datsunrobbie said:

For instance, the red rails with the grooves come in only 3 sets listed on Brickset, and #7208 and #7945 both contain 4 of them. Narrowing it down further will require looking through more parts.

"Listed on Brickset" are the keywords - this piece (and 4 of them) are in more than 3 sets - http://peeron.com/inv/parts/4217

As people on here have said, its best to check for unique / special pieces, then try and idenitfy them (or ask people on here to identify them, I'm constantly amazed by how good people are on here!) and then work backwards to work out what sets you have, and work out what pieces go with which set.

Good luck!

Jkk9906

Im hoping I'm doing this correctly in the right spot I'm new here. Trying to find out what these pieces might be from. I've googled and googled and no luck thanks for any help!!

oldtodd33

The series for this model is UFO and the part is here. Bricklink is the best for finding parts, navigating is tough at first but you will get used to it. http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=30117pb01&idColor=9#T=S&C=9&O={"color":9}

Here is the tail fins also.  http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=2340pb017L#T=S&C=11&O={"color":11}

legoman1234

Can someone help me?

MattsWhat

^what help do you want?
Those pieces don't all go together if that's what you mean.  The middle torso is the rapper from series 3 for example.  But that isn't his legs, head or hair.

legoman1234

I would like to get links form BrickLink for each part. I can't find them.

MattsWhat

But two of them are just legs?! And legs with a wooden leg are easy to find, not to mention the wig and pirate hat! 
You'll have to wait for someone with a lot of time to help then, being pointed in the right direction (like that torso is the rapper, and I think the guy on the right is from a recent city 4x4 racing set) is what I believe this thread is for, not for getting someone to look through all the heads on bricklink to provide a link because you don't want to.

datsunrobbie

Here's a few, hope they help.

pegleg
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=970d01&idColor=11#T=S&C=11&O={"color":11}

hat
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=2528pb01&idColor=11#T=S&C=11&O={"color":11}

torso 
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=973pb0852c01&name=Torso Viking Vest with Chain Mail and Belts Pattern / Yellow Arms / Yellow Hands&category=[Minifig, Torso Assembly]#T=S&O={}

torso
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=973pb0786c01&idColor=1#T=S&C=1&O={"color":1}

torso
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=973pb1384c01&idColor=34#T=S&C=34&O={"color":34}

head
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/searchproduct.page?q=sweat#T=A

andhe

Heads are
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3626bpb0643&name=Minifig, Head Male Stern Black Eyebrows, White Pupils, Frown, Sweat Drops Pattern - Blocked Open Stud&category=[Minifig, Head]#T=C&C=3
or
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3626cpb0643#T=C

and

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3626cpb1082&idColor=3#T=C&C=3

and

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=3626cpb0650&idColor=3#T=C&C=3
(that last one took a while, I knew I recognised it, but it was under 'scratches' rather than 'scar' like all the similar heads...)

pirate hat looks like the CMF one
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=2528pb06&name=Minifig, Headgear Hat, Pirate Bicorne with Gold Skull, Crossbones and Dots Pattern&category=[Minifig, Headgear]#T=C

I can't see the central hair because of the angle but it looks 'medium dark flesh'
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/searchproduct.page?q=medium dark flesh hair#T=P

but the far right one is
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=99930&idColor=11#T=C&C=11

and the lime legs
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=970c34&idColor=34&name=Lime Hips and Lime Legs&category=[Minifig, Legs Assembly]#T=C&C=34

and white legs which for some reason are classified under the hips...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=970c01&colorID=11&in=A




I had a bit of time.

DB361

Found this in amongst a job lot of Lego I got the other day. 2493 is embedded into the base but that doesn't match up to any known IDs on Brickset or Bricklink. 2003 is the year on the copyright.

Bobflip

This? I searched on Rebrickable for '8 x 8' and limited the results to Reddish Brown elements only.

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=48316c01#T=C

DB361

Looks like the one - thanks Bobflip!

plasmodium

I recognise that! From Harry Potter, for turning people into werewolves or something...I only ever saw it in the catalogue, I had no idea what the rest of it looked like...

LegoAerologist

jadedanc said:

Ok so I just got a lot from auction and it had some VERY old normal bricks and some Very old not so normal items :) Any help anyone? Really just curious about the blue item in the middle of picture. I have NO idea what category to even begin to look under for that one.

I don't know the model Number, but its a racing car from the 90s. When its assembled you pull it back, winding it up, and let it go.

LegoAerologist

AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz said:

Two items, the first is a yellow head, as you can see in the pictures it's larger than the average Lego head, and in the second photo you can see the hole in the bottom is smaller. Lego or off brand? Second item is a piece that fits on over the upper body of a minifig, it fits snuggly over Lego, so not sure if it's Lego as there are no markings at all. Does anyone recognize these from a castle set maybe?

Both of these should be form a  soccer torment set, I recognize the head band paint job from, 3409 Championship Challenge, which have been working on for a while. However, if it does not fit a standard body, its not standard.

Same with the armor, I might be wrong, but I don't think they are Lego.

LegoAerologist

jadedanc said:

Here is a couple of more of the "interesting" items in lot....Not real sure about any of them. Have never seen a 2x2 that comes apart like that or the grey item that reminds me of a snake. The windows I can tell are pretty old, gonna go look for those right now. Just thought some would like to see that there are some interesting finds out there still :)

Classic! 70 and 80s House and space explorer sets  the "snake" thing, is a robotic arm from many of the land craft and spaceships. Yes, the 2 part brick is not spouse to come apart, but it dose:)  Love it!

Jackad7

http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?M=sw593&name=Qui-Gon Jinn (75058)&category=[Star Wars][Star Wars Episode 1]#T=S&O={}

Does anyone know if the torso listed on bricklink for this is accurate? I'm trying to find one just like that except I want a flesh part at the top and bricklink says it's an orange undershirt.

GallardoLU

you'll want this Qui-Gon here: http://brickset.com/minifigs/sw410/Qui-Gon-Jinn-(9499), or http://brickset.com/minifigs/sw593/Qui-Gon-Jinn-(75058)

there are 2 that have the flesh tone at the top. not sure why bricklink has them all with the orange undershirt.

Jackad7

That's what it looked like. Do you know where I could get the torso without buying the figure?

TigerMoth

GallardoLU said:

there are 2 that have the flesh tone at the top. not sure why bricklink has them all with the orange undershirt.

Possibly becuase they're on the replacement parts site that way - if nothing else, it's simply the current equivalent.

However, if you look at the instructions for some of the early sets that contain it, the front cover has the orange undershirt, but the pictures showing assembly of the figure do not. It may well be that the orange undershirt version never went into production.

Jackad7 said:

That's what it looked like. Do you know where I could get the torso without buying the figure?

How many? If you have #75058 and it's missing or broken, it's available as a replacement part - but it's not available to buy. That means they're available; you just have to work out how.

Jackad7

Alright thanks for the help everyone!

LegoAerologist

I need an Id on 3 parts, by description they are NinjaGo, Serpentine first gen. But the base plate is marked (c) 2010 Lego. I have been told Serpentine did not come out until 2011. Do these 3 even belong together? What is the appropriate set, and Mini figure, these go with? (this set is open for trade or sale, as is)

bandit778

Those three parts are from either #9456 - Spinner Battle Arena or #9579 - Starter Set which both were released in 2012. I am presuming that the (c) 2010 would be a production date of the part not necessarily from when the set was released but I am open to somebody more in the know saying whether this is correct.

bobabricks

@LegoAerologist As @bandit778 stated, serpentine sets were released in 2012. The year on the part doesn't exactly mean the year it was produced, it's the year the part was designed. You can still find parts in sets today that might say "2003 the Lego Group" or maybe even older.

As for the year being 2010 and the mold Being released in 2011 with older Ninjago sets, it's just that parts and sets take quite a while to design and the date of design can be one or maybe even two years before the part is released in a set.

But to answer your question in short, yes all three of these pieces go together in set #9579

MattsWhat

^all three pieces from either #9456 or #9579 . Part numbers 4654052 and 4654171 are the big parts.  Not sure about the copyright date, I'm guessing maybe that isn't always the year of release as it presumably stamped on when manufactured.  I'm sure @Aanchir can fill in the details.

Edit: Damn, not noticing the next page and being late to the party.

TigerMoth

MattsWhat said:

Not sure about the copyright date, I'm guessing maybe that isn't always the year of release as it presumably stamped on when manufactured.

It's more complicated than that. The spinner piece is made from several parts. Each of which can have their own, and potentially different, date. Potentially again, none of those dates may relate to either the date of manufacture or when the set was available.

LegoAerologist

, TigerMoth MattsWhat bandit778  bobabricks    Thank you for your comments, this was very helpful.

JessyDooDah

Does anyone know what these partial sets are? :)

JessyDooDah

Just worked out the one at the top is #4436 it looks a bit like a horse jump which threw me for a minute! Help on the other 4 would be greatly appreciated!

jason1976

Think the two yellow pieces and bottom left are from #7772 - doesn't look much like a lobster at the moment though!