LEGO Minecraft 21173 The Sky Tower

LEGO Minecraft 21173, The Sky Tower, depicts an elevated tower within the block based visual language of Minecraft.

The Sky Tower is part of LEGO Minecraft, a theme built around translating the game’s environments, creatures and scenarios into bricks. This model focuses on a vertical structure placed in the sky, giving it a different role from ground level shelters, mines or landscape scenes within the same theme.

The French retail title also refers to a cat and 2 flying phantoms, which place the build firmly within the Minecraft setting. Its construction language is based on stacked, angular forms and simple surfaces, matching the visual style of the licence rather than realistic architectural detailing.

It suits builders who want a taller focal point for a LEGO Minecraft display or a raised location for play. The tower can stand on its own, or be combined with other Minecraft sets to create routes, threats and exploration areas. In a collection, it is easy to position as an aerial scene because of its upright silhouette and the inclusion of Pilot.

Inventory of set 21173

The inventory of set 21173 lists 565 pieces, spare parts excluded: 163 different lots (one shape in one color) for 88 part shapes.

Colors of set 21173

Main color: black, making up 20% of the parts, followed by dark turquoise (18%) and tan (13%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21173

79 of the 88 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 21173 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 21173 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 21173 within its line

With 565 pieces, set 21173 ranks #29 out of 155 Minecraft sets in our database, which have an average of 393 parts. Among the 519 sets released in 2021, it ranks #116.