LEGO Discovery 7470 Space Shuttle Discovery

LEGO set 7470 Space Shuttle Discovery, released in 2003 as part of the Discovery line, has 827 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 188 different lots, across 11 colors.

Inventory of set 7470

The inventory of set 7470 lists 827 pieces, spare parts excluded: 188 different lots (one shape in one color) for 136 part shapes. The box also contains 10 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 7470

Main color: white, making up 40% of the parts, followed by black (35%) and light gray (13%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 7470

130 of the 136 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 7470

2 part shapes in set 7470 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. Counting colors, 7 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 7470 from another set

Share of the parts of set 7470 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 7470 within its line

With 827 pieces, set 7470 ranks #2 out of 6 Discovery sets in our database, which have an average of 487 parts. Among the 241 sets released in 2003, it ranks #14.