LEGO Technic 42027 Desert Racer

LEGO Technic set 42027, Desert Racer, depicts a racing vehicle suited to a desert setting.

Desert Racer sits within LEGO Technic, a theme built around structural design, connections and mechanical style construction rather than characters or scenery. The subject is a small off road racing vehicle with a sporty profile.

Its build is based on typical Technic components such as beams, axles, connectors and body panels, used to form the chassis and outer shape.

It suits builders looking for a compact Technic vehicle for play, display or comparison with other racing and off road models from the same theme. In a collection, it can be grouped with Technic sets that present standalone vehicles without figures or a separate licensed setting.

Inventory of set 42027

The inventory of set 42027 lists 149 pieces, spare parts excluded: 49 different lots (one shape in one color) for 47 part shapes. The box also contains 7 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42027

Main color: black, making up 29% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (26%) and blue (18%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42027

44 of the 47 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 42027

2 part shapes in set 42027 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.

Rebuilding set 42027 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42027 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 57%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42027 within its line

With 149 pieces, set 42027 ranks #332 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 478 sets released in 2014, it ranks #200. That is less than half the average Technic set size.