LEGO Creator 40079 Mini VW T1 Camper Van

LEGO set 40079 Mini VW T1 Camper Van, released in 2013 as part of the Creator line, has 76 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 33 different lots, across 8 colors.

Inventory of set 40079

The inventory of set 40079 lists 76 pieces, spare parts excluded: 33 different lots (one shape in one color) for 29 part shapes. The box also contains 2 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40079

Main color: white, making up 36% of the parts, followed by red (22%) and trans-clear (14%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40079

28 of the 29 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 40079

One part shape in set 40079 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 40079 from another set

Share of the parts of set 40079 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 26%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 40079 within its line

With 76 pieces, set 40079 ranks #391 out of 543 Creator sets in our database, which have an average of 421 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #237. That is less than half the average Creator set size.