LEGO Technic 8046 Helicopter

LEGO set 8046 Helicopter, released in 2010 as part of the Technic line, has 152 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 50 different lots, across 9 colors.

Inventory of set 8046

The inventory of set 8046 lists 152 pieces, spare parts excluded: 50 different lots (one shape in one color) for 46 part shapes. The box also contains 5 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8046

Main color: black, making up 30% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (24%) and red (19%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8046

45 of the 46 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 8046 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 8046 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8046 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8068 Rescue Helicopter supplies 70% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8046 within its line

With 152 pieces, set 8046 ranks #329 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 227 sets released in 2010, it ranks #126. That is less than half the average Technic set size.