Set Review
42082 - Rough Terrain Crane Set Review by Geoff Gray Photography by Geoff Gray and the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group graciously offered BrickJournal a chance to review some of their newer Technic sets this fall, including 42082 Rough Terrain Crane. I immediately accepted the offer and I was not disappointed by the sets. This review focuses specifically on set 42082. The information in this review is my personal opinion and does not necessarily reflect the views of The LEGO Group. The set is the largest Technic set released to date (by part count) at 4057 parts. The Bucket Wheel Excavator (42055) is second at 3929 parts, the Bugatti Chiron (42083) is third at 3599 parts. All other Technic sets come in at less than 3000 parts. Despite the large part count, the model (when completed) is not overwhelming. In fact, it doesn’t look like it could contain so many parts. The build was very clean, and it felt quite “balanced.” I know that is a strange way to describe a build, but despite being a technically challenging build, it seemed to flow easily. The overall model was split into many smaller sections that attached to each other and then got secured with a few extra parts. One technique the design team added to the build which was a lifesaver, was to use different colored beams on the front and rear drive-train sections. This was valuable because when those sections were attached to the middle section, it would have been difficult to tell which side was the front when adding extra pieces to the assembly. By checking the color of a few beams, I was able to tell if I was working on the proper side.
The Rough Terrain Crane.
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