LEGO Technic 42050 Drag Racer

LEGO Technic 42050, Drag Racer, is a drag racing vehicle model released in 2016 as part of the Technic theme. The set contains 647 pieces and depicts a low, competition focused car associated with straight line acceleration rather than everyday road driving.

Set 42050 sits within LEGO Technic, a theme built around structural parts, mechanical layouts and vehicle subjects. As a Drag Racer, the model represents a specialized racing car intended visually for acceleration runs, not a standard road car or a licensed character vehicle.

Its build is based on typical Technic elements such as beams, axles, connectors and body panels, creating a model with an exposed technical character.

This set suits builders and collectors interested in Technic vehicles, especially racing subjects with a distinct purpose. It can be displayed as a dragster style model or placed alongside other Technic cars, trucks and machines, where its role is that of a specialized competition vehicle within the broader theme.

Inventory of set 42050

The inventory of set 42050 lists 647 pieces, spare parts excluded: 113 different lots (one shape in one color) for 102 part shapes. The box also contains 11 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42050

Main color: black, making up 48% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (19%) and blue (14%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42050

99 of the 102 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 42050

One part shape in set 42050 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 42050 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42050 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42111 Dom's Dodge Charger supplies 66% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42050 within its line

With 647 pieces, set 42050 ranks #157 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 459 sets released in 2016, it ranks #66.