LEGO Star Wars 40288 BB-8

LEGO set 40288 BB-8, released in 2018 as part of the Star Wars line, has 48 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 18 different lots, across 7 colors.

Inventory of set 40288

The inventory of set 40288 lists 48 pieces, spare parts excluded: 18 different lots (one shape in one color) for 16 part shapes. The box also contains 4 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40288

Main color: white, making up 52% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (21%) and red (10%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40288

14 of the 16 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 40288

2 part shapes in set 40288 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.

Rebuilding set 40288 from another set

Share of the parts of set 40288 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 33%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 40288 within its line

With 48 pieces, set 40288 ranks #735 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. Among the 457 sets released in 2018, it ranks #397. That is less than half the average Star Wars set size.