LEGO City 3178 Seaplane

LEGO City 3178, Seaplane, depicts a small floatplane connected with the City harbor setting.

Set 3178, Seaplane, belongs to the Harbor branch of LEGO City. Its subject is a light aircraft for water based scenes, fitting naturally beside docks, coastal routes and civilian transport stories within a broader City layout.

The build focuses on a compact seaplane made from 102 pieces. That description identifies a dark blue plaid shirt, dark blue legs, a red cap and silver sunglasses.

The set suits play, a small display or a collection of civilian City vehicles. Within the Harbor setting it adds an aviation element to an environment otherwise associated with water, quays and boats. It can be placed as a connector between harbor scenes and wider urban layouts rather than as a stand alone licensed subject.

Inventory of set 3178

The inventory of set 3178 lists 102 pieces, spare parts excluded: 61 different lots (one shape in one color) for 54 part shapes. The box also contains 5 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 3178

Main color: dark bluish gray, making up 23% of the parts, followed by yellow (22%) and white (18%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 3178

50 of the 54 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 3178

One part shape in set 3178 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. Counting colors, 2 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 3178 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 3178 within its line

With 102 pieces, set 3178 ranks #487 out of 723 City sets in our database, which have an average of 306 parts. Among the 227 sets released in 2010, it ranks #148. That is less than half the average City set size.