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Set 40428 The Joker
Brick Sketches

The Joker

The Joker (40428) is a 2020 LEGO Brick Sketches set portraying Batman's best-known adversary as a flat, picture-style portrait on a small stand. It has 170 pieces and 71 unique parts, built mostly in white, green and light bluish grey.

Set number
40428
Year
2020
Pieces
170
Minifigures
0
Theme
Brick Sketches
Different parts
71
What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 71

As BrickLink list (XML)

Import on BrickLink: Wanted → Upload, upload the file (or paste its content), pick a Wanted List and add the parts.

Spare parts (9)

These extra parts come with the set in case one gets lost.

Description

A comic-book villain as wall art

The Joker is one of the most recognisable villains in the Batman universe, familiar to a wide audience through decades of films, comics and television. Rather than building a conventional model, the Brick Sketches range renders him as a mostly flat portrait, closer to a built picture than a play figure. His signature features, above all the wide grin and green hair, come through clearly using just a handful of sharply defined colour blocks, an approach that works especially well for characters this recognisable. At 170 pieces, the build is short enough to finish in one sitting, without separate build stages to work through.

Green and white as the defining colours

The colour scheme of white, green, lime and light bluish grey follows the Joker's classic look of pale skin and green hair directly. That limited palette is typical of the Brick Sketches line, which relies on a small number of bold colours to keep characters instantly recognisable without any three-dimensional depth to help. Most of the 71 unique parts are small plates and tiles that build up the picture in a mosaic-like way.

A shelf piece, not a play set

As with other sets in the range, the focus here is on display rather than active play with moving parts. The included stand lets the finished portrait stand upright on a shelf, for example alongside other Brick Sketches figures from the DC or Marvel universes. For collectors bringing together well-known comic and film characters as small built artworks, this format offers a compact complement to standard minifigure-based sets. Its small footprint also makes it easy to fit into a growing row of portraits without needing much shelf space.

The full parts breakdown

This page lists all 71 unique parts used in 40428 along with their colours, useful for replacing a missing piece or getting a sense of the colour mix before buying. Because a flat portrait shows any wrong or missing piece clearly in the finished picture, checking the parts list is especially worthwhile if a piece goes missing after the build.

FAQ

Which character does this set depict?
It depicts the Joker, one of the best-known villains from the Batman comics and films.
Is this set suitable for play?
No, it is a flat display model with a stand rather than a set built for active play with moving parts.
How many pieces does 40428 have?
The set has 170 pieces in total, including 71 unique parts.

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