LEGO Technic 42030 Remote-Controlled Volvo L350F Wheel Loader

LEGO Technic set 42030, Remote-Controlled Volvo L350F Wheel Loader, depicts a Volvo L350F wheel loader with remote control.

This model brings a Volvo construction machine into the LEGO Technic range. The L350F wheel loader is presented as a technical vehicle, with the emphasis on structure, working identity and recognizable industrial form rather than on a purely display shell.

The build uses 1636 pieces and follows the Technic approach of framing, linked assemblies and movable sections suited to a front loader.

The set is aimed at Technic builders and collectors interested in construction machinery for handling, display or comparison with other theme models. In a Technic collection, it sits among licensed industrial vehicles, notable for representing a real Volvo machine through a functional building style.

Inventory of set 42030

The inventory of set 42030 lists 1,636 pieces, spare parts excluded: 174 different lots (one shape in one color) for 139 part shapes. The box also contains 26 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42030

Main color: black, making up 37% of the parts, followed by yellow (21%) and blue (18%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42030

129 of the 139 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 42030

One part shape in set 42030 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. Counting colors, 2 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42030 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42030 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42009 Mobile Crane MK II supplies 68% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42030 within its line

With 1,636 pieces, set 42030 ranks #39 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 478 sets released in 2014, it ranks #9. That is 2.5 times the average Technic set size.