LEGO Technic 42112 Cement Mixer

LEGO Technic 42112 Cement Mixer depicts a construction site concrete mixer truck, built in the mechanical style associated with the Technic theme.

Set 42112 belongs to LEGO Technic and focuses on a work vehicle used in construction settings.

The build uses 1161 Technic elements to form the truck’s chassis, cab, rear bodywork and mixing drum.

It can be displayed with other construction vehicles, used for play centred on site equipment, or added to a Technic collection of utility vehicles. Within the theme, it sits as a clearly identifiable construction truck rather than a character driven set, with its appeal based on form, assembly and vehicle subject matter.

Inventory of set 42112

The inventory of set 42112 lists 1,161 pieces, spare parts excluded: 128 different lots (one shape in one color) for 107 part shapes. The box also contains 13 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42112

Main color: black, making up 26% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (22%) and blue (17%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42112

102 of the 107 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 42112

2 part shapes in set 42112 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 42112 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42112 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42083 Bugatti Chiron supplies 62% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42112 within its line

With 1,161 pieces, set 42112 ranks #75 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 490 sets released in 2020, it ranks #40.