LEGO Technic 8412 Nighthawk / Sky Wasp

LEGO set 8412 Nighthawk / Sky Wasp, released in 1995 as part of the Technic line, has 287 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 78 different lots, across 5 colors.

Inventory of set 8412

The inventory of set 8412 lists 287 pieces, spare parts excluded: 78 different lots (one shape in one color) for 71 part shapes. The box also contains 2 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8412

Main color: light gray, making up 54% of the parts, followed by black (40%) and dark gray (3.1%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8412

56 of the 71 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 8412

One part shape in set 8412 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. Counting colors, 2 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 8412 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8412 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8485 Control Centre / Control II supplies 75% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8412 within its line

With 287 pieces, set 8412 ranks #256 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 110 sets released in 1995, it ranks #28. That is less than half the average Technic set size.