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#2402 TIPS: Rebrickable Database Features

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Have you noticed we at T&B often label the part numbers when analysing MOCs? We do that with the help of the databases so you can search that number up if need be. Where? Again in the LEGO databases. We’ve already introduced you to Brickset before, so time for another favourite of ours today – @rebrickable!


#2402 TIPS: Rebrickable Database Features Have you noticed we at T&B often label the part numbers when analysing MOCs? We do that with the help of the databases so you can search that number up if need be. Where? Again in the LEGO databases. We’ve already introduced you to Brickset before, so time for another favourite of ours today – Rebrickable! Let us show you our favourite features there and how it helps us!

Most of us had our first experience with LEGO databases when looking up sets, so let’s start here! Images on the left and info on the right: year, part count, and theme. The price info only has market price (= RRP if not retired) – great for a quick overview.

While not being the most extensive, the set info on Rebrickable does bring something unique: the notes below the images document any peculiarities on release, e.g. different versions, availability, or GWP thresholds. If the set has different versions during its run, you can even use the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the inventory section to find and compare their inventory! Notice the “95.4%” on the side panel on the right? The part inventory and its integration with your collection is where Rebrickable shines – see next page!

When looking at the set inventory, what you don’t have are highlighted if you are logged in: red border for parts not owned, yellow for owned but not enough. In fact, checking if you can build a certain set/MOC from what you have is a major feature, hence the % on the previous page. There are also many options to sort the inventory, including “price,” which is not possible elsewhere. Parts appearing less than 3 times are labelled rare; length for tiles, plates, and axles are also labelled. Bonus: quick link to the set’s page on other databases on the side panel on the right!

If we click on an element in the inventory, a pop-up window will show its details: name, part number, category, and more advanced info! This includes links to its page on other databases, the link to sets and year it appeared in, links to related parts, and a full summary of the ones you own, from which set and in what colour!

If we then click on the title i.e. part name, we leave the pop-up in the set page and enter the part page with even more info available. Most notably a full table of all colours of the part ever released, where you can sort in any order you’d like. When analysing MOCs, we sometimes Ctrl+F the colour here to make sure it’s indeed this piece we glimpse in the photo!

Clicking on a colour brings you to the element page – the unique combination of a part (i.e. mould) and a colour. The only info not on the part page already is the list of sets with this element. You can sort the sets in different order and see how many are included in that set here. This is also a good place for a quick sanity check – thinking of the sets may remind you how the piece is usually used; if not, click on the set for instructions!

For each element, both the pop-up in the set page and the part page show you its related parts; these include parts that fit together, are a pair, or even better, print of another part! At T&B, we often search up part numbers to label them in our posts, and this feature has saved us a lot of time. It is just super helpful to find all existing prints of this part or that element with one click.

The related-parts feature includes the subtlest of them all – related moulds. On the part page, there’s even comparison photos/descriptions and timeline of their existence!

Another helpful feature is the flexible naming convention, which allows you to find the part when searching with its common name, e.g. “splat gear,” or “cheese slope.” This is not the case elsewhere. There are more useful features we haven’t covered yet, such as the cross-reference colour table, listing all colours ever existed with their names and links from other databases. Have you used these features before? What’s your favourite? Let us know in the comments!

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