LEGO Discovery 7471 Mars Exploration Rover

LEGO set 7471 Mars Exploration Rover, released in 2003 as part of the Discovery line, has 865 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 111 different lots, across 11 colors.

Inventory of set 7471

The inventory of set 7471 lists 865 pieces, spare parts excluded: 111 different lots (one shape in one color) for 87 part shapes. The box also contains 16 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 7471

Main color: light gray, making up 47% of the parts, followed by black (22%) and dark gray (11%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 7471

75 of the 87 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 7471

5 part shapes in set 7471 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, 9 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 7471 from another set

Share of the parts of set 7471 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 36%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 7471 within its line

With 865 pieces, it is the largest of the 6 Discovery sets in our database, which have an average of 487 parts. Among the 241 sets released in 2003, it ranks #11.