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1. Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Discussion by JukEboX · January 4 · Home› The Database

   So I am confused. In my Collection it says I have certain number of pieces that is 20K more than in the Parts section. In the part section it says this "Note that the inventories we use, from LEGO Customer Services, are often incomplete so the number of parts shown below may be different to that shown in the Sets box…

2. Re: Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Comment by arathemis · January 29 · Home› The Database

   But who needs this kind of info (parts number)? I can't see the use of such info, if only to confuse some folks. When you are missing a part you'd go look for it on BL or BnP. You won't go to the brickset page of that set and see "oh this set has 189 parts out of 214 pieces still available". 

3. Re: Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Comment by Huw · January 4 · Home› The Database

   Yes that pretty much sums it up. The number in the sets owned box uses the piece count recorded in the database for each set. The number in the parts box is the sum of the parts in the inventories that LEGO has published for the sets you own. If you only own sets from, say, 2010 onwards, the numbers will be closer than if…

4. Re: Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Comment by 560Heliport · January 4 · Home› The Database

   The number in the Collection section comes from the number of pieces each set contains. The number in the Parts section comes from the parts that are available from Customer Sevices, where parts no longer in production won't show up. Check a set from, say, 30 years ago- the numbers can vary a lot. So the number from your…

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