LEGO Technic 42068 Airport Rescue Vehicle

LEGO Technic set 42068, Airport Rescue Vehicle, depicts a rescue vehicle for an airport setting.

Airport Rescue Vehicle presents a specialised emergency vehicle through the construction style of Technic. The subject sets it apart from road cars and construction machines, placing it instead in the operational world of airport services while remaining firmly within the Technic theme.

The build is therefore focused on the technical structure, bodywork, connectors and mechanical layout rather than on character based storytelling.

This set suits builders who collect service vehicles or want a Technic subject outside more common automotive categories. It can be used for display, handling, or as part of a broader Technic vehicle collection. Among sets from the same theme, it adds an airport emergency service angle to the range of technical models.

Inventory of set 42068

The inventory of set 42068 lists 1,106 pieces, spare parts excluded: 145 different lots (one shape in one color) for 133 part shapes. The box also contains 17 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42068

Main color: black, making up 29% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (19%) and red (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42068

131 of the 133 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 42068

One part shape in set 42068 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 42068 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42068 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42082 Rough Terrain Crane supplies 65% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42068 within its line

With 1,106 pieces, set 42068 ranks #83 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 457 sets released in 2017, it ranks #30.