Lego Rock Raiders (stylized as LEGO Rock Raiders ) was a Lego theme focused on mining equipment that released in 1999 and 2000. It was the only underground-based Lego theme before Lego Power Miners . The theme, while short-lived, featured sixteen construction sets and numerous story-related media, including three books and a video game .
9-478: Lego Rock Raiders was a short-lived Lego theme that lasted for two years. It was launched in 1999 and discontinued in 2000. Despite this short lifespan, the theme introduced an elaborate storyline that was delivered through video games and comics. The storyline centered on the crew of the spaceship the LMS Explorer and their search for energy crystals. The toy sets were all set on an alien planet. The storyline involved
18-634: A bigger threat emerges in the form of the Crystal King, the undisputed ruler of all Rock Monsters underground. In January 2010, a new sub-theme called Power Miners: Core of the Underworld was introduced, with the plot having the Power Miners collapse to a lower level of caves while fighting the Crystal King with the Titanuim Command Rig, finding themselves in the inner core of the earth and encounter
27-488: The 1999 sets included promotional mini comic books. Four of the sets released in 2000 were promotional sets sold by Kabaya Foods Corporation . Three books and a number of comics about the Lego Rock Raiders theme were published. There were also small promotional mini comic books included with specially marked, first edition releases of the main eight Lego Rock Raiders sets from 1999. A real-time strategy video game of
36-571: The Lava Monsters (Firax, Combustix, Infernox, and Eruptorr). According to BrickLink , The Lego Group released 24 playsets and promotional polybags as part of the Lego Power Miners theme. The product line was eventually discontinued by the end of December 2010. Below is a list of Power Miners sets. The first two promotional sets were released in December 2008, but later in the year a few of
45-700: The Rock Raiders' spaceship being sucked through a wormhole into a distant galaxy. The crew must then mine for energy crystals but in the process must also face territorial Rock Monsters. In 2009, the Power Miners theme was launched, which despite not being set in an alien galaxy, had similarities to the Rock Raiders theme by focusing on a group of miners. There are six characters in the Lego Rock Raiders theme. The Lego Rock Raiders theme featured fifteen Lego sets in total. Eight main sets were released in 1999, while seven smaller ones were released in 2000. First editions of
54-652: The first wave sets were available at Toys "R" Us stores. Finally, in January 2009, the entire first wave was released. A second batch of sets was released in May 2009 and a third wave of sets in August 2009. All four new sets of 2010 were released in January 2010 to Europe, while sets 8190 and 8191 were not released to America until August 2010. Most of the sets were similar to the Lego Rock Raiders theme. In 2009, Titanium Command Rig
63-522: The government to investigate a series of earthquakes that have destroyed several cities on the surface of the Lego World. While underground, they discover Energy Crystals and the Rock Monsters (Meltrox, Boulderax, Glaciator, Sulfurix, Firox, Geolix and Tremorox). They attempt to collect and mine the crystals in order to stop the monsters from consuming them and causing the earthquakes on the surface. However,
72-451: The same name as the theme was developed by Data Design Interactive and released for Microsoft Windows in 1999, with an action-adventure PlayStation game following under a year later. The Ultimate Lego Book contained concept art for Lego Rock Raiders on pages 30–31, showing how the theme developed over time. The original plans were vastly different: Lego Power Miners Lego Power Miners (stylized as LEGO Power Miners )
81-428: Was a product range of the construction toy Lego , themed around a team of "Power Miners" who, while investigating the cause of a series of severe earthquakes, discover Rock Monsters and Energy Crystals. The theme was originally released in 2009 after the discontinued Lego Rock Raiders theme. The product line was discontinued by the end of 2010. The Power Miners (Doc, Duke, Rex, and Brains) are sent underground by
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