Random set of the day: Construction Hauler

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Construction Hauler

Construction Hauler

©2013 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 31005 Construction Hauler, released during 2013. It's one of 22 Creator sets produced that year. It contains 256 pieces, and its retail price was US$17.99 / £12.99, which equates to about US$25 / £18 in today's money.

It's owned by 4,084 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at Brick Owl, BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $18.70, or eBay.


17 comments on this article

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By in United States,

"We can haul any construction, as long as it fits on our truck!"

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By in United States,

I love the traffic cones, whose parts are not used in either of the other 2 builds for this set.

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By in United States,

That is a very Optimus Prime-looking semi tractor! :-)

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By in United States,

Would also be phenomenal as a re-release in Model Team format!

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By in United States,

10302 at home:

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By in New Zealand,

Truck looks good, the trailer and loader leave something to be desired.

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By in United States,

Wow, not just two small 2013 sets with a red color scheme in a row, but two such sets of which I own both! I think this is a first for RSotD.

Solid little set; I don't love it as much as 5765, but I remember being mildly impressed with the mostly studless design when it released. And I've kinda developed a fondness for these little Creator trucks over the years: small, well-designed, (mostly) polished models with a decent parts selection. Looks like the last one was released in 2024 (31146), though, before the Creator line was completely overrun by animals and household objects.

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By in United Kingdom,

Has the construction equipment been on a diet? Impressive it got that skinny

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By in Netherlands,

I never paid this one much heed, but it's quite good for what it does! The cab windows on the truck look unusually good, and the lights and details work well. The backhoe is fun. And the alt builds look good too!
The truck could use a secondary color though. But this is better for alt building, so I'm not complaining. Creator sets are better if they're more coherent color-wise!

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By in United Kingdom,

Always thought the back-hoe looked more like a JCB GT than a usable digger with the rake and the stance. But I liked the fact the buckets were brick-built.

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By in Netherlands,

Decent play set, but I can't help but feel all three of the builds look rather awkward.....like all were secondary/tertiary models compromised by pieces available from some main build that got left out last minute.

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By in United States,

@BLProductions said:
"Wow, not just two small 2013 sets with a red color scheme in a row..."

And the color scheme of the one from two days ago isn't too dissimilar, either.

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By in Canada,

@MCLegoboy said:
"I love the traffic cones, whose parts are not used in either of the other 2 builds for this set."

I guess they work as set dressing for just about any road vehicle build.

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By in United States,

@Brickalili said:
"Has the construction equipment been on a diet? Impressive it got that skinny "

You don’t grow a beer gut until you’re old enough to drink beer. And these little guys look pretty young.

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By in United States,

This set is quite obscure in my collection, as I don't remember it too well, but that truck looks like a Transformers robot in vehicle form, and also has quite a lot of detail for the size. Love the windows on the front, and the backhoe is very cute (almost looks like a dragster!). Perhaps it's a microscale version of 60480? The alternate builds aren't as good as the main one, especially the weird bucket truck, while the third build-the SUV with trailer and cute go-kart thing-was the model I liked the most.

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By in United States,

This set is quite obscure in my collection, as I don't remember it too well, but that truck looks like a Transformers robot in vehicle form, and also has quite a lot of detail for the size. Love the windows on the front, and the backhoe is very cute (almost looks like a dragster!). Perhaps it's a microscale version of 60480? The alternate builds aren't as good as the main one, especially the weird bucket truck, while the third build-the SUV with trailer and cute go-kart thing-was the model I liked the most.

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By in United States,

@Buelow_Bricks_07 said:
"Perhaps it's a microscale version of 60480?"

No, it came out thirteen years before; 60480 is a macroscale version of this.

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