LEGO Minecraft 21255 The Nether Portal Ambush

LEGO Minecraft set 21255, The Nether Portal Ambush, depicts a Nether portal encounter from the Minecraft universe. Released in 2024, it belongs to the Minecraft theme and contains 352 pieces, with an Orc Warrior and hostile mobs shaping the scene.

Set 21255 presents a brick built ambush at a Nether portal, one of the recognizable transition points in Minecraft. Within the LEGO Minecraft theme, it represents a specific gameplay situation rather than a generic structure, using the license’s block based visual language.

The French retail title also refers to a Ghast and 2 magma cubes, placing the action clearly in the Nether setting. The build is therefore organized around confrontation, movement through the portal and the threat posed by nearby mobs.

It suits role play, display and thematic collecting within LEGO Minecraft. In a broader Minecraft layout, it can serve as a compact Nether section, set beside models that represent surface areas, mines or other biomes. Its subject matter makes it useful for builders who want a defined encounter scene.

Inventory of set 21255

The inventory of set 21255 lists 352 pieces, spare parts excluded: 121 different lots (one shape in one color) for 76 part shapes. The box also contains 15 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 21255

Main color: white, making up 19% of the parts, followed by black (15%) and red (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21255

70 of the 76 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 21255 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 21255 from another set

Share of the parts of set 21255 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 21255 within its line

With 352 pieces, set 21255 ranks #71 out of 155 Minecraft sets in our database, which have an average of 393 parts. Among the 571 sets released in 2024, it ranks #248.