LEGO Technic 42005 Monster Truck

LEGO Technic set 42005 “Monster Truck” depicts an off-road truck in the style of a monster truck.

Set 42005 “Monster Truck” presents a raised, rugged vehicle clearly framed around the monster truck subject.

The set consists of 329 Technic pieces, using the theme’s familiar beams, axles, connectors and body elements to form the truck. The building experience is therefore focused on the vehicle itself, its stance and the way Technic parts create the structure.

This model suits builders and collectors who want a recognizable Technic vehicle for display or vehicle play. It can sit alongside other Technic cars, trucks and machines as a compact interpretation of the monster truck idea. Its identity is defined by the set number 42005, the Technic theme and the vehicle subject, rather than by story content.

Inventory of set 42005

The inventory of set 42005 lists 329 pieces, spare parts excluded: 62 different lots (one shape in one color) for 58 part shapes. The box also contains 4 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42005

Main color: black, making up 30% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (27%) and red (25%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42005

54 of the 58 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 42005

One part shape in set 42005 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.

Rebuilding set 42005 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42005 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42029 Customized Pick up Truck supplies 66% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42005 within its line

With 329 pieces, set 42005 ranks #243 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #92. That is less than half the average Technic set size.