LEGO Seasonal 40491 Year of the Tiger

LEGO set 40491, Year of the Tiger, represents the tiger associated with Chinese Lunar New Year.

Year of the Tiger is part of the Seasonal range, where LEGO sets often mark holidays, calendar events and decorative subjects. This model focuses on the tiger as a Chinese Lunar New Year motif, presenting the animal as a compact standalone build rather than as a character driven scene.

Its building experience is centered on shaping the animal and producing a displayable object.

This set is mainly suited to collectors of seasonal releases, builders interested in Lunar New Year subjects and anyone looking for a small display model. Within Seasonal, it belongs with sets tied to a particular celebration, rather than with playsets that depend on minifigure storytelling or a larger setting.

Inventory of set 40491

The inventory of set 40491 lists 193 pieces, spare parts excluded: 78 different lots (one shape in one color) for 51 part shapes. The box also contains 11 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40491

Main color: orange, making up 34% of the parts, followed by black (25%) and white (22%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40491

49 of the 51 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 40491

One part shape in set 40491 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 40491 from another set

Share of the parts of set 40491 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 41%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 40491 within its line

With 193 pieces, set 40491 ranks #173 out of 393 Seasonal sets in our database, which have an average of 230 parts. Among the 483 sets released in 2022, it ranks #292.