LEGO Other 40174 LEGO Chess

LEGO Chess, set 40174, represents a brick built chess game with a board and assembled playing pieces. It is listed under the root theme Other, was released in 2017, and contains 1450 pieces.

Set 40174, LEGO Chess, turns the familiar game of chess into a LEGO building model. It is not tied to a story based licence or to a character driven range. Its placement in the root theme Other suits a set that represents a standalone play object rather than a scene, vehicle, or location.

The contents are focused on the board and the buildable chess pieces, so repetition, symmetry, and clear separation between the opposing sides are central to the model.

This set is suitable for chess players, LEGO collectors, and builders interested in functional display objects. It can be kept on display as a constructed item, while still retaining a clear play purpose. Within Other, it is best understood as a practical object based on a traditional game, not as a themed scene.

Inventory of set 40174

The inventory of set 40174 lists 1,450 pieces, spare parts excluded: 100 different lots (one shape in one color) for 52 part shapes. The box also contains 21 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40174

Main color: white, making up 28% of the parts, followed by black (28%) and light bluish gray (18%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40174

52 of the 52 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 40174 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 40174 from another set

Share of the parts of set 40174 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 30%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 40174 within its line

With 1,450 pieces, set 40174 ranks #5 out of 87 Other sets in our database, which have an average of 339 parts. Among the 457 sets released in 2017, it ranks #19. That is 4.3 times the average Other set size.