LEGO Ideas and CUUSOO 21327 Typewriter

LEGO Ideas set 21327 Typewriter was released in 2021 and depicts a retro typewriter designed primarily as a display model.

The model focuses on a mechanical typewriter, using LEGO elements to capture the look of a classic desk object. Within LEGO Ideas and CUUSOO, it stands apart from story-based licences and instead presents a real-world object as the subject of a detailed build.

Its construction highlights the keyboard, carriage and roller, supported by an internal structure that gives the model a mechanical feel. The build is therefore centred on shape, texture and recognisable typewriter features rather than characters or scenery.

This set is aimed at builders who want a display piece, a collectible object or a construction experience linked to retro design. It can be handled carefully, but its main role is decorative. Among LEGO Ideas sets, it fits with models that reinterpret everyday objects through specialised brick-built techniques.

Inventory of set 21327

The inventory of set 21327 lists 2,080 pieces, spare parts excluded: 380 different lots (one shape in one color) for 262 part shapes. The box also contains 36 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 21327

Main color: black, making up 26% of the parts, followed by sand green (23%) and light bluish gray (16%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 21327

227 of the 262 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 21327

29 part shapes in set 21327 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. The table lists 8. Counting colors, 31 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 21327 from another set

Share of the parts of set 21327 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 28%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 21327 within its line

With 2,080 pieces, set 21327 ranks #20 out of 94 LEGO Ideas and CUUSOO sets in our database, which have an average of 1,279 parts. Among the 519 sets released in 2021, it ranks #20.