LEGO Technic 8462 Tow Truck

LEGO set 8462 Tow Truck, released in 1998 as part of the Technic line, has 786 pieces. Its inventory breaks down into 150 different lots, across 9 colors.

Inventory of set 8462

The inventory of set 8462 lists 786 pieces, spare parts excluded: 150 different lots (one shape in one color) for 120 part shapes. The box also contains 8 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 8462

Main color: black, making up 58% of the parts, followed by light gray (24%) and blue (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 8462

101 of the 120 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 8462

5 part shapes in set 8462 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, 9 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 8462 from another set

Share of the parts of set 8462 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 8458 Silver Champion supplies 62% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 8462 within its line

With 786 pieces, set 8462 ranks #136 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 233 sets released in 1998, it ranks #12.