LEGO Technic 42008 Service Truck

LEGO Technic set 42008, “Service Truck”, depicts a road service and recovery truck.

Set 42008 belongs to the Technic theme and is based on a practical service vehicle. Its subject is therefore the vehicle and its engineering style, rather than a character scene or a branded franchise.

The 1276 pieces support a detailed Technic build of a truck, using the construction language associated with beams, connectors, axles and shaped body sections.

This set suits builders who collect Technic road vehicles or prefer models based on working machinery. It can be displayed as a service truck, used for vehicle-based play, or placed in a broader Technic collection. Compared with other sets in the same theme, its identity comes from the utility truck subject, not from a license or figure selection.

Inventory of set 42008

The inventory of set 42008 lists 1,276 pieces, spare parts excluded: 140 different lots (one shape in one color) for 116 part shapes. The box also contains 22 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42008

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 31% of the parts, followed by black (24%) and red (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42008

105 of the 116 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 42008

2 part shapes in set 42008 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 4 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42008 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42008 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 supplies 66% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42008 within its line

With 1,276 pieces, set 42008 ranks #68 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #13.