LEGO Technic Heavy Lift Helicopter (42052): Kit Spotlight
The Heavy Lift Helicopter at 1,042 pieces features twin counter-rotating rotors driven from a single power source, a retractable undercarriage, and a winch system on the belly.
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LEGO Technic Material Handler (42144): Kit Spotlight
The Material Handler modelled a purpose-built waste sorting and logistics machine.
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LEGO Technic 6×6 All Terrain Tow Truck (42070): Kit Spotlight
The 6x6 All Terrain Tow Truck brought six-wheel drive to the Technic line.
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LEGO Technic App-Controlled Transformation Vehicle (42140): Kit Spotlight
The App-Controlled Transformation Vehicle was a concept set rather than a licensed vehicle: LEGO's take on a morphing robot.
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LEGO Technic McLaren Formula 1 Race Car (42141): Kit Spotlight
The McLaren Formula 1 Race Car reproduced the MCL36 in detailed 1:8 scale.
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LEGO Technic Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter (42145): Kit Spotlight
The Airbus H175 Rescue Helicopter at 2,001 pieces was the most detailed Technic helicopter ever made.
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LEGO Technic Extreme Adventure (42069): Kit Spotlight
The Extreme Adventure off-roader came in at 2,382 pieces with a comprehensive drivetrain: six-cylinder engine, 4x4 with lockable centre differential, portal axles, and a roof-mounted winch.
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LEGO Technic BMW M 1000 RR (42130): Kit Spotlight
The BMW M 1000 RR at 1,920 pieces reproduced the superbike in considerable detail.
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LEGO Technic Ferrari Daytona SP3 (42143): Kit Spotlight
The Ferrari Daytona SP3 is widely considered one of the finest Technic sets made.
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LEGO Technic Air Race Jet (42066): Kit Spotlight
The Air Race Jet modelled a pylon racing aircraft with folding landing gear, working flaps and rudders, and a detailed jet engine fan.
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LEGO Technic Volvo Concept Wheel Loader ZEUX (42081): Kit Spotlight
The Volvo Concept Wheel Loader ZEUX was a concept vehicle design exercise, not a production machine.
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LEGO Technic Forest Harvester (42080): Kit Spotlight
The Forest Harvester was a smaller set at 1,003 pieces but a mechanically interesting one.
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LEGO Technic Mack Anthem (42078): Kit Spotlight
The Mack Anthem brought a proper American semi-truck to the Technic range.
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LEGO Technic Ford F-150 Raptor (42126): Kit Spotlight
The Ford F-150 Raptor captured one of America's most popular trucks at 1,379 pieces.
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LEGO Technic Rough Terrain Crane (42082): Kit Spotlight
The Rough Terrain Crane at 4,057 pieces was the largest Technic set when released.
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LEGO Technic Off-Road Buggy (42124): Kit Spotlight
The Off-Road Buggy brought CONTROL+ to a smaller chassis.
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LEGO Technic Heavy-Duty Tow Truck (42128): Kit Spotlight
The Heavy-Duty Tow Truck at 2,017 pieces was the most comprehensive recovery vehicle LEGO had attempted.
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LEGO Technic Ferrari 488 GTE AF Corse #51 (42125): Kit Spotlight
The Ferrari 488 GTE AF Corse #51 reproduced the Le Mans race car in the livery of the AF Corse works team.
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LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron (42083): Kit Spotlight
The Bugatti Chiron is the model that made the general public notice LEGO Technic.
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LEGO Technic 4×4 Mercedes-Benz Zetros Trial Truck (42129): Kit Spotlight
The Mercedes-Benz Zetros was built for the extreme off-road trials circuit.
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LEGO Technic Cat D11 Bulldozer (42131): Kit Spotlight
The Cat D11 Bulldozer was the first Caterpillar collaboration in the Technic line.
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LEGO Technic Car Transporter (42098): Kit Spotlight
The Car Transporter was a completely different type of challenge: 2,493 pieces of articulated truck and trailer with a hydraulic loading ramp.
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LEGO Technic Liebherr R 9800 Excavator (42100): Kit Spotlight
The Liebherr R 9800 Excavator at 4,108 pieces was the most complex Technic set to that point.
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LEGO Technic App-Controlled Top Gear Rally Car (42109): Kit Spotlight
The Top Gear Rally Car was LEGO's first collaboration with BBC Studios.
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LEGO Technic 4×4 X-treme Off-Roader (42099): Kit Spotlight
The 4x4 X-treme Off-Roader was the first Technic set to use CONTROL+, LEGO's Bluetooth-based motor system with a smartphone interface.
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LEGO Technic Porsche 911 RSR (42096): Kit Spotlight
The Porsche 911 RSR was the racing counterpart to the 911 GT3 RS.
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LEGO Technic Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey (42113): Kit Spotlight
The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey is the only LEGO set to be cancelled after production had begun.
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LEGO Technic Land Rover Defender (42110): Kit Spotlight
The Land Rover Defender is consistently cited as one of the best Technic sets ever made.
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LEGO Technic 6×6 Volvo Articulated Hauler (42114): Kit Spotlight
The 6x6 Volvo Articulated Hauler brought proper mining truck engineering to the Technic line.
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LEGO Technic Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 (42115): Kit Spotlight
The Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 at 3,696 pieces represented the first Lamborghini in the Technic line.
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LEGO Technic 4×4 Crawler (9398): Kit Spotlight
The 9398 4x4 Crawler introduced proper remote control to the large Technic line.
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LEGO Technic Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 (8110): Kit Spotlight
The Unimog U400 was LEGO's first major licensed set in the Technic line, and it set the template for everything that followed.
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LEGO Technic Motorized Excavator (8043): Kit Spotlight
The Motorized Excavator brought optional Mindstorms integration to a mainstream Technic set for the first time.
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LEGO Technic Crane Truck (8258): Kit Spotlight
The 2009 Crane Truck was massive and complicated.
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LEGO Technic Motorized Bulldozer (8275): Kit Spotlight
The Motorized Bulldozer was 1,384 pieces of properly tracked construction machine.
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LEGO Technic Tow Truck (8285): Kit Spotlight
The 2006 Tow Truck came in at 1,877 pieces and used Power Functions motors for the first time on a set of this size.
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LEGO Technic Mobile Crane (8421): Kit Spotlight
With 1,884 pieces the 2005 Mobile Crane was enormous for the Power Functions era.
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LEGO Technic Silver Champion (8458): Kit Spotlight
The Silver Champion was LEGO Technic's take on a Formula One car at the turn of the millennium.
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LEGO Technic Super Street Sensation (8448): Kit Spotlight
The Super Street Sensation was a late-nineties race car with a working V8 engine, sequential gearbox, and full independent suspension.
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LEGO Technic Tow Truck (8462): Kit Spotlight
A proper heavy recovery truck with outriggers, extending boom, and winch.
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LEGO Technic Barcode Multi-Set (8479): Kit Spotlight
The Barcode Multi-Set was strange and ahead of its time.
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LEGO Technic Space Shuttle (8480): Kit Spotlight
Released in 1996, the Space Shuttle was technically remarkable: working landing gear, an opening payload bay with a robotic arm, and moveable aerodynamic surfaces.
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LEGO Technic Super Car (8880): Kit Spotlight
The 8880 Super Car is probably the most celebrated classic Technic model ever made.
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LEGO Technic Air Tech Claw Rig (8868): Kit Spotlight
One of the most ambitious Technic sets of the early nineties, the Air Tech Claw Rig used pneumatic cylinders to power two independent cranes.
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