LEGO Technic 42052 Heavy Lift Helicopter

LEGO Technic set 42052, Heavy Lift Helicopter, depicts a heavy lift helicopter as a technical construction model.

Set 42052 belongs to LEGO Technic, a theme focused on structural building, visible mechanisms and engineering based construction. The subject is a heavy lift helicopter, presented as a specialized aircraft rather than as a model tied to a stated external licence.

The set is built from 1042 Technic pieces, using the system’s beams, axles and connectors to form the helicopter’s body and overall structure. The build emphasis is on the aircraft form and the Technic construction method.

This set suits Technic builders who are interested in aircraft, transport machines and displayable technical models. Within the Technic theme, it can be placed alongside other specialized vehicles, offering an aviation subject among the broader range of mechanical and transport based builds.

Inventory of set 42052

The inventory of set 42052 lists 1,042 pieces, spare parts excluded: 141 different lots (one shape in one color) for 124 part shapes. The box also contains 19 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42052

Main color: black, making up 24% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (19%) and white (17%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42052

120 of the 124 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 42052

One part shape in set 42052 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 42052 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42052 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 42052 within its line

With 1,042 pieces, set 42052 ranks #93 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 459 sets released in 2016, it ranks #26.