LEGO® Minifigure Scanner

The square next to the barcode is a Data Matrix code, a 2D code most collectors call a QR code. LEGO has printed it on every Minifigures blind box since Series 25 (set 71045, January 2024).

• The first seven digits identify the figure. Scanned, the square gives a long string of digits, and the first seven belong to one minifigure. The Series 25 Vampire Knight, for example, is 6472871 on a European box and 6471970 on an American one (Jay's Brick Blog, 5 January 2024).
• The letter under the square names the factory. Below the square is a short production line of five characters. The fourth is S for the plant in the Czech Republic, which packs boxes for the UK and the EU, or R for the plant in Mexico, which packs boxes for the US and Canada (brickfact, Jay's Brick Blog, brick'em). The two factories use different numbers for the same figure, so the scanner labels each result Europe S, Americas R, or Region not specified when the code lists we checked disagree on the region.
• One figure can have several codes. In the later series, European boxes often carry two or three different codes for the same figure (Series 26: two; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: three) and American boxes one. For the Shrek Series, only Brickbank labels the European codes as European; brick'em lists just the American ones.
• The barcode doesn't help. The long barcode is the same on all 12 boxes of a series: on Series 29 it is 5702018066980 on every box.

The code depends on the factory, not the shop: a box bought in New York keeps its American code in London.

Australia and New Zealand. We haven't found a source that says which factory supplies shops in Australia and New Zealand. The only report we found, by Bricking Around (1 May 2024), said Australian Series 26 boxes had no scannable codes; we have seen nothing since that confirms or contradicts it for later series. Check the fourth character under the square: S means the code is in the European lists, R in the American ones.

Before Series 25 there was no square code to scan, which is why codes for Series 24, Disney 100 or The Muppets don't exist. How older series were marked (brickfact, Wikipedia):

• Series 1 and 2 (2010): a second, figure-specific barcode on the back of the bag.
• Series 3 and 4: a pattern of embossed dots in the bottom seal, known as bump codes.
• Later bags, up to Disney 100 (May 2023): no marking at all. Collectors felt through the foil for the biggest part.
• Marvel Studios Series 2 (September 2023): the first series in cardboard boxes. The box has a small printed code, but it doesn't name the figure, so apps can only estimate (brickfact).
• Series 25 (January 2024) onwards: the large square code this scanner reads.

Every series with its release date is in our LEGO Minifigures series list.

ColleX is a collection tracker, so each scan is checked against your own marks: the scanner tells you whether you're missing the figure, have it on your Want list, or already own it and would get a duplicate. One tap marks it Have or Want, and the series card shows how many of the 12 you have. Without an account the marks stay on this device. What to do with a duplicate is in the last question below.

LEGO had not announced Series 30 as of 2 November 2026, so there are no Series 30 codes to scan. What circulates among fans: StoneWars (25 June 2026), citing the Polish blog fanklockow.pl, expects 12 figures on 1 January 2027 and treats 71054 as the likely set number; BrickEconomy lists 71054 as a rumoured set for January 2027. When the boxes appear, their codes go into the scanner once two independent code lists agree.