LEGO Modular Buildings 10246 Detective's Office

LEGO set 10246, Detective's Office, depicts a modular city building focused on a detective's office and related adjoining spaces. Released in 2015 within the Modular Buildings theme, it contains 2262 pieces and 6 minifigures.

Detective's Office is part of the Modular Buildings theme, a line of urban structures designed to stand together as a continuous street. The model uses a detective's office as its main subject, giving the building a clear narrative role within a broader city display.

The build uses 2262 pieces and includes 6 minifigures. The set emphasizes exterior architecture, furnished interior areas and small urban details.

It suits builders who want a display model with a strong setting, while still supporting play through its characters and investigative premise. Among Modular Buildings, it works as a distinctive city address, either extending an existing modular street or serving as a focused starting point for a compact urban scene.

Inventory of set 10246

The inventory of set 10246 lists 2,262 pieces, spare parts excluded: 450 different lots (one shape in one color) for 250 part shapes. The box also contains 70 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 10246

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 21% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (15%) and black (13%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 10246

222 of the 250 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 10246

2 part shapes in set 10246 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 6 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 10246 from another set

Share of the parts of set 10246 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 42%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 10246 within its line

With 2,262 pieces, set 10246 ranks #15 out of 22 Modular Buildings sets in our database, which have an average of 2,579 parts. Among the 448 sets released in 2015, it ranks #4.