LEGO Creator 40518 High-Speed Train

LEGO set 40518, High-Speed Train, depicts a high speed train in the Creator theme.

High-Speed Train belongs to the Creator theme and focuses on a recognizable vehicle rather than a licensed story setting. The model represents a modern high speed train, built as a standalone rail vehicle with an emphasis on its overall streamlined appearance.

As a result, the build is centered on the train body, its proportions and exterior detailing within the limits of the model’s scale.

This set can serve as a display piece, as part of open ended transport play or as an addition to a Creator vehicle collection. Within the theme, it sits as a small train model, useful for adding rail transport to a selection that may otherwise focus on other types of vehicles.

Inventory of set 40518

The inventory of set 40518 lists 284 pieces, spare parts excluded: 57 different lots (one shape in one color) for 48 part shapes. The box also contains 4 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40518

Main color: white, making up 31% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (21%) and dark blue (9.5%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40518

47 of the 48 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 40518

One part shape in set 40518 appears in no other set in the catalog, most often a printed element, a sticker or a mold specific to the model. If it gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 40518 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 40518 within its line

With 284 pieces, set 40518 ranks #221 out of 543 Creator sets in our database, which have an average of 421 parts. Among the 483 sets released in 2022, it ranks #234.