Loose figures and parts. Not sealed boxes.
Here’s the honest scope, so you don’t waste a photo.
A loose minifigure
Assembled, whole figure in frame. The everyday case.
A single part
A torso, a head, a hairpiece. One part per photo.
A whole tray
It outlines every figure it finds. Identifying them all is the free-account part.
A fig missing parts
Still identified... then flagged inside your collection, never quietly called complete.
Holding a sealed Collectible Minifigures box?
Different job, and honestly not mine. Since Series 25 the boxes carry a printed code, and the free code-reader apps read it perfectly... when Brickset tested five of them in November 2024, every app read every box. Their picks were omgbricks and Minifig Scan, both free. Use one of those for sealed boxes. Come back here for the figures you can actually photograph.
A search engine for minifigures, then a second look.
No magic. Four steps, and I’ll tell you which ones need an account.
Your photo gets compared to the catalog.
Roughly nineteen thousand catalogued LEGO® minifigures. The closest matches come back ranked, best first. The matcher underneath is Brickognize, the free identification engine built by an independent researcher... I build on it and I credit it.
If it’s a close call, you see the runners-up.
Near-twin variants are the whole game with minifigures (same torso, different face). When the top match isn’t a clear winner, the alternates show right under it so you can check the one detail that separates them. A confident match comes back alone.
With a free account, every fig gets a review step.
Nothing lands in your collection until you confirm it. Then AI Smart Verify checks the fig against its full part list... arms, hands, headgear... and flags whatever is off.
Worth comes from real sold prices.
Used and new, from BrickLink sold listings. Not asking prices. Not a guess.
Why photo identification misses sometimes, and what the advertised percentages actually measure: the scanner-accuracy guide. Short version... I don’t publish a number, because nobody’s is independently verified. Mine included.
The tray version.
Try it up top. Switch to A whole tray, drop one photo taken straight down, and watch every figure get outlined. That part is free, no account. With a free account, PowerScan takes it from there: identifies each figure, prices them, and tells you which minifigures your loose parts actually complete... and what’s missing from the rest. That’s the thing I built this for. Buying a bin and finding out what’s really in it.
Just bought a bin? The bulk-lot workflow · How to sort bulk LEGO®
What to do with the loose parts.
Honestly, this is the whole reason Figventory exists. Every bin has the figs... and then a pile of torsos, legs, heads, and hairpieces that used to be figs. Identify one loose part up top and you get its catalog entry. Inside a free account, the buildability engine does the rest: PowerScan identifies a handful of loose parts from one photo, then checks every one against the recipe for every minifigure in the catalog, roughly nineteen thousand of them, exact colors, no close-enough... and tells you which figures you can build right now, which ones are close, what's missing from each, and what those parts run. The pile stops being a pile.
Start with one part: a loose torso to the exact figure · every part on a minifigure · finding the missing piece
Is it complete? What’s it worth?
Every identification leads to those two questions. The review step and AI Smart Verify answer the first. Sold prices answer the second, and the worth guide explains how to read them (used and new are two different markets). Missing a part? The repair guide finds the exact replacement.
Phone, tablet, or desk. Nothing to install.
iPhone & Android
Tap Take photo, point it at the figure, done. No app-store download, nothing to update.
Desktop
Drag a photo in. Works great with a screenshot from a listing you’re sizing up.
Free account
50 minifig IDs, 5 PowerScans, and 30 AI Smart Verifications a month. No card, no trial clock. Bulk tiers are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked
Is there a website that can identify LEGO® minifigures?
Yes... you’re on it. Drop a photo of one loose minifigure and it identifies it: the exact figure, its BrickLink ID, the sets it came in, and what it sells for, used or new. In your browser, no app, no account.
What minifigure is this?
Photograph it up top and find out. Whole figure in frame, decent light, torso print visible. A distinctive figure usually comes back as one confident match. Near-twins come back with the alternates listed, so you can check the one detail that separates them.
Is there an app that identifies LEGO® minifigures by photo?
This works on your phone in the browser: tap Take photo, point it at the figure, done. Nothing to install. With a free account the same identifier scans a whole tray of figures in one photo.
Where does the price come from?
It’s the average of what that exact figure actually sold for on BrickLink over the last six months, used or new (tap either one). Sold prices, not asking prices. The set tiles under it link straight to BrickLink, so you can see exactly what the figure came out of.
Can it identify a single part, like just a torso?
Yes. One part per photo, same as a figure, and the result links to the catalog entry. Want to walk a loose torso all the way back to its exact figure by hand? The torso part-number guide shows the method.
Can it identify a sealed blind-box minifigure?
No, and you don’t need it to. Sealed Collectible Minifigures boxes have carried a printed code since Series 25, and the free code-reader apps read it perfectly... Brickset tested five of them and every one read every box. This page is for loose figures you can photograph.
How accurate is it?
Honest answer: nobody in this space publishes an independently verified number, me included, so read every percentage you see as marketing. What I can tell you is how it works: a similarity search over roughly nineteen thousand catalogued figures, best on clear prints, weaker on worn prints and near-identical variants. The scanner-accuracy guide has the full breakdown, with real photos.
Is it free?
Yes. Identifying one figure at a time here is free with no account. A free account adds saving your figs, tray identification, and AI Smart Verify: 50 minifig IDs, 5 PowerScans, and 30 AI Smart Verifications a month. The paid tiers on the pricing page are for bulk volume.
Can I scan a whole tray of minifigures?
Yes. Switch to A whole tray and drop one photo taken straight down: it finds and outlines every figure, up to 25 shown. Identifying all of them, pricing each one, and seeing which figures your loose parts complete is what a free account adds.
Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. It runs in the browser on any phone or computer, so there’s no app-store download and nothing to update.
Prefer to do it by hand? Every identification method, honestly ranked · from one loose torso to the exact figure.
Thanks for trying it.
Seriously. The identifier is up top whenever you need it, and it isn’t going anywhere. If there’s a deep pile behind that one figure, the tray scan inside a free account is where I’d point you... zero pressure. Good light and a second look at the arms will get you most of the way on their own.
— Matt