Getting toy and game parts remade

A board game with one missing piece, a model railway with a broken coupling or a remote-control car with a lost battery cover is often otherwise fine. The existing Spool List spare-parts guide lists toy and model parts, including missing pieces for toys, model railways and board games, among typical jobs.

Toys are also where safety rules are strictest. In the EU, toys for children under 14 come under a new Toy Safety Regulation, (EU) 2025/2509, which applies from 1 August 2030 and replaces the current directive (Intertek, December 2025). Keep remade parts to games and models for older children and adults.

Parts makers commonly remake

• Board game pieces, tokens, dice towers and inserts
• Model railway couplings, buffers and lineside details
• Model kit and scale-model parts
• Battery covers for toys and remote controls
• Remote-control car body clips, bumpers and wheel hubs (non-structural)
• Puzzle and construction-set connectors for older children

Don't have these remade

• Anything for babies and children under 3, including rattles, teethers and small parts that could be swallowed
• Ride-on toys' structural, steering or braking parts
• Battery compartments for button cells that need a child-resistant fixing
• Cot, playpen, high chair and car-seat parts
• Trademarked characters and logos you don't have permission to copy

Buy certified originals for these and have them fitted by a qualified person. The safety page explains why.

Try these first

1. Contact the game publisher or toy brand: many send missing pieces.
2. Check second-hand copies of the same game or set.
3. For model railways, check the manufacturer's spares and specialist shops.

If nobody sells the part at a sensible price, a maker is the next step.

Good to know

Game artwork and character designs are usually protected. A plain replacement token is different from copying a branded figure; makers may ask.

What to put in your post

• Game or toy name, edition and the piece's name.
• Photos of a matching piece if you have one, with a ruler.
• The age of the children who will use it.
• Photos from every side with a ruler in shot, and the measurements that matter. The measuring guide shows how.

Step by step: find the model number, measure the part and photograph it for a quote.

Not sure it is a good job for a maker? Run the checker. Ready to write it up? The brief builder drafts the description for you.

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