LEGO Technic 42101 Buggy

LEGO Technic set 42101, Buggy, depicts a small off road vehicle within the Technic theme.

Set 42101 belongs to LEGO Technic, the theme focused on mechanical building methods and vehicle subjects. The model represents a compact buggy with an open, off road character.

Its build is therefore centred on the vehicle itself, not on a character based scene. The French retail title refers to a “2-en-1” set, so it may be described as a small Technic model with an alternative build option, without assuming undocumented details about that second model.

This set suits builders who want a compact Technic vehicle for play, display, or a modest vehicle collection. On display, it reads clearly as a buggy without needing extra context. Within Technic, it sits among the smaller sets, useful for representing the theme’s vehicle focus in a concise format rather than as a large display model.

Inventory of set 42101

The inventory of set 42101 lists 117 pieces, spare parts excluded: 48 different lots (one shape in one color) for 47 part shapes. The box also contains 6 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42101

Main color: black, making up 42% of the parts, followed by red (17%) and light bluish gray (14%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42101

46 of the 47 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 42101

One part shape in set 42101 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 42101 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42101 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 49%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42101 within its line

With 117 pieces, set 42101 ranks #361 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 490 sets released in 2020, it ranks #308. That is less than half the average Technic set size.