LEGO Technic 8047 Compact Excavator

LEGO Technic set 8047, “Compact Excavator”, represents a compact excavator built in the mechanical style associated with the Technic theme.

Set 8047 belongs to the LEGO Technic theme and focuses on a construction vehicle rather than a character based scene.

This set is suited to builders and collectors interested in construction machinery and compact Technic vehicles.

Inventory of set 8047

The inventory of set 8047 lists 252 pieces, spare parts excluded: 67 different lots (one shape in one color) for 62 part shapes. The box also contains 6 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8047

Main color: black, making up 46% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (24%) and yellow (8.3%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8047

60 of the 62 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 8047 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

Rebuilding set 8047 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8047 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 55%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 8047 within its line

With 252 pieces, set 8047 ranks #267 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 227 sets released in 2010, it ranks #103. That is less than half the average Technic set size.