LEGO Creator 11974 Polar Bear

LEGO set 11974 “Polar Bear” depicts a brick built polar bear and belongs to the Creator theme.

Set 11974 “Polar Bear” fits within the Creator theme’s range of compact, easily identifiable builds. Its subject is an animal, presented as a stylised polar bear made from LEGO elements. It is not described as a vehicle, building or character scene, but as a standalone brick built model.

The build therefore centres on shaping the animal itself, using the available parts to suggest its body, posture and visible details.

This set may suit collectors of Creator animal models, builders looking for a short standalone project, or anyone wanting a modest wildlife themed display piece. In a Creator collection, it sits as a self contained animal build and can be grouped naturally with other brick built creatures or with models connected to Arctic wildlife.

Inventory of set 11974

The inventory of set 11974 lists 56 pieces, spare parts excluded: 24 different lots (one shape in one color) for 23 part shapes. The box also contains 5 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 11974

Main color: white, making up 64% of the parts, followed by black (20%) and light bluish gray (11%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 11974

23 of the 23 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

No part in set 11974 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 11974 from another set

Share of the parts of set 11974 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 30%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 11974 within its line

With 56 pieces, set 11974 ranks #444 out of 543 Creator sets in our database, which have an average of 421 parts. Among the 518 sets released in 2023, it ranks #462. That is less than half the average Creator set size.