How many pieces does Zoo 5481 have?

It has 128 pieces in 18 different part types. There are no minifigures.

What does Basic Set mean in Duplo?

Basic sets are simple brick collections for free building, without a strictly prescribed model.

Which colours are most common?

Yellow, dark orange, black and orange are the four main colours.

Duplo Basic Set

LEGO® DUPLO® Zoo

Zoo 5481 is a Duplo Basic set from 2006 with 128 pieces in yellow, dark orange, black and orange. It was designed for free building and leaves plenty of room for children's own enclosures and animals.

Set number: 5481
Year: 2006
Pieces: 128
Minifigures: 0
Theme: Basic Set
Different parts: 48

What can I build with it?

Parts list 48

As BrickLink list (XML)

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

Description

Basic means freestyle

Basic sets are the entry line in Duplo. They supply a selection of bricks and figure elements, but no strict instructions that fix the result. Children decide whether the pieces become an enclosure, an entrance or a vehicle. The zoo theme suits that idea because animals offer stories on their own, from feeding time to a day out with the whole group, and none of those stories needs a particular model. Parents need not prescribe anything and can simply watch what happens.

Yellow, orange and black

Yellow, dark orange, orange and black are the main colours. They bring to mind lions, tigers or giraffes, so the zoo theme works without requiring any animal to be copied exactly. Black adds contrast for stripes, eyes or paths. The parts list shows the exact quantities of every colour, so you can see how much room the warm tones take up compared with the remaining pieces in the box. Warm shades dominate.

Few shapes, big effect

Only 18 different part types among 128 pieces means that most bricks appear several times. That is comfortable for small children, who do not have to tell many similar shapes apart and can start stacking at once. Several identical bricks also make walls and fences easier to build. No minifigures are included, so animals or visitors come from other Duplo sets or from imagination. It also keeps sorting simple for little ones.

Growing the collection

Because every Duplo brick fits every other, the zoo can be extended easily, perhaps with a farm, a train for the outing or more animal enclosures. The complete parts list is on this page. With the “What can I build?” tool you can see which other sets might come out of your collection together with these 128 pieces, once you tip several Duplo boxes into one pile. The result is a zoo that keeps growing. Visitors and keepers can join over time.

FAQ

How many pieces does Zoo 5481 have?: It has 128 pieces in 18 different part types. There are no minifigures.
What does Basic Set mean in Duplo?: Basic sets are simple brick collections for free building, without a strictly prescribed model.
Which colours are most common?: Yellow, dark orange, black and orange are the four main colours.

Reviews

No reviews yet. Build the set and tell others how you liked it.

Only signed-in users can write reviews, one per set. We check every review against our rules before it is published; we do not check whether the set was bought or built.