LEGO Technic 42079 Heavy Duty Forklift

LEGO Technic set 42079, Heavy Duty Forklift, depicts a heavy industrial forklift in the mechanical style of the Technic theme. Released in 2018, it contains 592 pieces and focuses on a working utility vehicle rather than characters or a story driven licence.

Heavy Duty Forklift sits within the Technic theme, where functional vehicles and industrial machines are a recurring subject. The model represents a heavy forklift with a cab, front mast and forks, placing it closer to material handling equipment than to road vehicles, racing cars or display oriented licensed subjects.

Its construction follows the Technic approach, using visible beams, axles and connectors to define the vehicle’s frame and main assemblies. The build is centred on the recognisable parts of a forklift, especially the driving area and the lifting equipment at the front.

It suits builders who collect Technic utility vehicles or prefer mechanical service machines over sports models. On display, it reads as a compact industrial vehicle, while in play it can support warehouse or workshop scenarios. Within the Technic range, it stands as a specialised work vehicle with a practical subject.

Inventory of set 42079

The inventory of set 42079 lists 592 pieces, spare parts excluded: 110 different lots (one shape in one color) for 103 part shapes. The box also contains 11 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42079

Main color: black, making up 29% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (18%) and blue (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42079

99 of the 103 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 42079

One part shape in set 42079 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 42079 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42079 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42108 Mobile Crane supplies 64% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42079 within its line

With 592 pieces, set 42079 ranks #173 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 457 sets released in 2018, it ranks #74.