LEGO Technic 8459 Pneumatic Front-End Loader

LEGO set 8459 Pneumatic Front-End Loader, released in 1997 as part of the Technic line, has 595 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 132 different lots, across 6 colors.

Inventory of set 8459

The inventory of set 8459 lists 595 pieces, spare parts excluded: 132 different lots (one shape in one color) for 102 part shapes. The box also contains 8 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8459

Main color: black, making up 37% of the parts, followed by light gray (34%) and yellow (24%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8459

86 of the 102 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 8459

4 part shapes in set 8459 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 6 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 8459 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8459 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8464 Pneumatic Front End Loader supplies 90% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8459 within its line

With 595 pieces, set 8459 ranks #171 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 149 sets released in 1997, it ranks #8.