LEGO Educational and Dacta 45560 EV3 Expansion Set

LEGO set 45560 EV3 Expansion Set, released in 2013 as part of the Educational and Dacta line, has 856 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 140 different lots, across 16 colors.

Inventory of set 45560

The inventory of set 45560 lists 856 pieces, spare parts excluded: 140 different lots (one shape in one color) for 133 part shapes. The box also contains 6 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 45560

Main color: black, making up 35% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (28%) and blue (11%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 45560

123 of the 133 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

No part in set 45560 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 45560 from another set

Share of the parts of set 45560 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42009 Mobile Crane MK II supplies 64% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 45560 within its line

With 856 pieces, set 45560 ranks #39 out of 480 Educational and Dacta sets in our database, which have an average of 281 parts. Among the 356 sets released in 2013, it ranks #25. That is 3 times the average Educational and Dacta set size.