LEGO Technic 8258 Crane Truck

LEGO Technic set 8258 “Crane Truck” represents a crane truck and was released in 2009 within the Technic theme.

Set 8258 “Crane Truck” depicts a truck fitted with a crane, a subject well suited to Technic’s focus on specialized vehicles and mechanical construction. The supplied theme data places it in Technic only, with no separate licensed property indicated.

The build uses 1877 pieces and is centered on the truck’s chassis, cab, bodywork and crane equipment. As a Technic model, its appeal lies in the structural approach to the vehicle rather than in character play.

This set is aimed at builders who collect Technic vehicles, especially service trucks and lifting equipment. It can work as a display model or as part of a Technic vehicle lineup, where it sits naturally alongside other utility and construction related machines.

Inventory of set 8258

The inventory of set 8258 lists 1,877 pieces, spare parts excluded: 177 different lots (one shape in one color) for 134 part shapes. The box also contains 24 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8258

Main color: black, making up 34% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (28%) and red (15%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8258

125 of the 134 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 8258

One part shape in set 8258 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.

Rebuilding set 8258 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8258 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42043 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3245 supplies 65% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8258 within its line

With 1,877 pieces, set 8258 ranks #31 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 254 sets released in 2009, it ranks #3. That is 2.9 times the average Technic set size.