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Part and Color Combination Code (PCC Code or simply PCC) is BrickLink's name for the Element ID used by the LEGO Group to identify a specific part in a specific color. PCCs can be found in the parts list in set instructions after 2007. This number is unique for a part and color combination and should not be confused with an item number, which is a unique number of the mold. The PCC code (aka the LEGO Material Code) was originally a concatenation of the mold ID and the color code. That usually resulted in a 6-digit PCC (4+2), but occasionally yielded a 7-digit number (5+2 or 4+3). There is at least one very rare instance of a 8-digit PCC (5+3). Eventually the LEGO Group did away with the concatenation, and instead began assigning the PCC from a master index of (not previously used) 7-digit numbers. The 7-digit numbers are used beyond the molded parts, and are also part of a larger Bill of Materials (BOM) database that contains such items as boxes, trays, tubs, buckets, instructions, and clam shells. The same part in the same color can have up to 10 PCCs in the BrickLink system. These may be viewed on any catalog entry for parts by clicking the Color Images link in the vertical scrollbar to the left of the image display. It is also possible to search the catalog with a PCC number to locate the specific part and color combination. To add |