LEGO Technic 42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245

Set 42043, Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245, depicts a Mercedes-Benz construction truck in the Technic theme. Released in 2015, it contains 2793 pieces and belongs to the Technic tradition of large functional models based on industrial vehicles.

Set 42043 presents the Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 as a Technic model, with the emphasis on structure, chassis design and visible mechanisms rather than minifigure based scenery. Within Technic, it sits among large licensed vehicles where the bodywork supports a set of working functions.

Its content is focused on the truck itself, including the cab, frame, load area and lifting equipment. The model is known for Technic pneumatics and LEGO Power Functions elements, used in connection with the tipping bed, crane and mechanical operations.

It is suited to builders who value mechanical construction, display of an industrial vehicle and function led play. In a Technic collection, it can be placed alongside trucks, construction machines and transport models whose main interest lies in how the mechanisms are built and operated.

Inventory of set 42043

The inventory of set 42043 lists 2,793 pieces, spare parts excluded: 239 different lots (one shape in one color) for 180 part shapes. The box also contains 39 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42043

Main color: black, making up 33% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (25%) and blue (14%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42043

155 of the 180 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 42043

2 part shapes in set 42043 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, 5 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42043 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42043 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 55%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42043 within its line

With 2,793 pieces, set 42043 ranks #12 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 448 sets released in 2015, it ranks #2. That is 4.2 times the average Technic set size.