LEGO Architecture 21012 Sydney Opera House

LEGO set 21012 Sydney Opera House, released in 2012 as part of the Architecture line, has 270 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 55 different lots, across 7 colors.

Inventory of set 21012

The inventory of set 21012 lists 270 pieces, spare parts excluded: 55 different lots (one shape in one color) for 42 part shapes. The box also contains 7 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 21012

Main color: tan, making up 53% of the parts, followed by white (19%) and trans-brown (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21012

41 of the 42 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 21012

One part shape in set 21012 appears in no other set in the catalog, most often a printed element, a sticker or a mold specific to the model. If it gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 21012 from another set

Share of the parts of set 21012 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 29%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 21012 within its line

With 270 pieces, set 21012 ranks #54 out of 64 Architecture sets in our database, which have an average of 846 parts. Among the 321 sets released in 2012, it ranks #101. That is less than half the average Architecture set size.