LEGO Technic 42006 Excavator

LEGO Technic set 42006, “Excavator”, represents a construction site excavator using the structural language of Technic building.

Set 42006 fits within the Technic tradition of construction machinery and functional vehicle models. Its subject is an excavator, a machine type well suited to Technic because the arm, bucket and working base can be suggested through exposed structural parts.

The build is therefore centred on the vehicle itself rather than on figure interaction. It uses the general Technic vocabulary of beams, axles and connectors to create a mechanical model.

The set is relevant for builders interested in construction equipment, Technic engineering layouts and displayable work vehicles. It can sit alongside other Technic machines or serve as a self contained model in a construction vehicle collection. Within the theme, it is best understood as a non licensed excavator model with a clear real world subject and no figure content.

Inventory of set 42006

The inventory of set 42006 lists 720 pieces, spare parts excluded: 106 different lots (one shape in one color) for 92 part shapes. The box also contains 11 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42006

Main color: black, making up 26% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (23%) and dark bluish gray (17%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42006

89 of the 92 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 42006

One part shape in set 42006 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 42006 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42006 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8043 Motorized Excavator supplies 73% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42006 within its line

With 720 pieces, set 42006 ranks #149 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #32.