LEGO Architecture 21002 Empire State Building

LEGO set 21002 Empire State Building, released in 2009 as part of the Architecture line, has 77 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 20 different lots, across 3 colors.

Inventory of set 21002

The inventory of set 21002 lists 77 pieces, spare parts excluded: 20 different lots (one shape in one color) for 18 part shapes. The box also contains 2 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 21002

Main color: tan, making up 84% of the parts, followed by black (7.8%) and light bluish gray (7.8%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21002

17 of the 18 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 21002 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 21002 from another set

Share of the parts of set 21002 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 21007 Rockefeller Center supplies 64% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 21002 within its line

With 77 pieces, set 21002 ranks #59 out of 64 Architecture sets in our database, which have an average of 846 parts. Among the 254 sets released in 2009, it ranks #179. That is less than half the average Architecture set size.