LEGO Technic 42117 Race Plane

LEGO Technic set 42117, “Race Plane”, depicts a racing aircraft built in the Technic style. Released in 2021 under the Technic theme, it includes 154 pieces and does not contain any minifigures.

Set 42117 belongs to the Technic theme, where exposed structure, mechanical building methods and vehicle subjects are central. Its subject is a race plane, presented as a compact aircraft model rather than a closed display replica.

The build focuses on the aircraft body, wings, tail section and front area.

It can serve as a play model, a small display item or an entry in a Technic collection.

Inventory of set 42117

The inventory of set 42117 lists 154 pieces, spare parts excluded: 65 different lots (one shape in one color) for 56 part shapes. The box also contains 10 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42117

Main color: black, making up 21% of the parts, followed by white (19%) and light bluish gray (16%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42117

55 of the 56 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 42117

One part shape in set 42117 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. Counting colors, 2 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42117 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42117 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 44%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42117 within its line

With 154 pieces, set 42117 ranks #327 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 519 sets released in 2021, it ranks #299. That is less than half the average Technic set size.