LEGO Technic 42146 Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000

Set 42146, Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000, represents a Liebherr crawler crane in the LEGO Technic theme.

Set 42146 is based on the Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000, presented as a LEGO Technic interpretation of a tracked lifting machine. Within the theme, it belongs to the construction and heavy equipment area, where structure, gearing and controlled movement are central to the model.

The build therefore concentrates on the crawler base, the crane superstructure and the Technic mechanisms needed to operate the model’s main functions.

This set is aimed at Technic builders who are interested in construction machinery for building, operating and display. In a Technic collection, it sits with large working machines rather than character driven models, and it is best understood as a functional crane model within the broader vehicle based theme.

Inventory of set 42146

The inventory of set 42146 lists 2,883 pieces, spare parts excluded: 213 different lots (one shape in one color) for 162 part shapes. The box also contains 25 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42146

Main color: black, making up 30% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (18%) and dark bluish gray (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42146

140 of the 162 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 42146

7 part shapes in set 42146 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. Counting colors, 9 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42146 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42146 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 58%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 42146 within its line

With 2,883 pieces, set 42146 ranks #11 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 518 sets released in 2023, it ranks #14. That is 4.4 times the average Technic set size.