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{{about|the 1999 LEGO theme|the tie-in video game|LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)}}
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'''LEGO Rock Raiders''' is a discontinued a LEGO theme focused on underground mining equipment. The theme consisted of eight main construction sets released in 1999, as well as seven smaller promotional sets released through 2000. It also had a number of tie-in products, including three books and a [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|video game]].
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'''LEGO Rock Raiders''' was a playtheme released by the LEGO Company in 1999. It featured 8 main sets, 4 promotional Kabaya toy sets, and 3 Mini Heroes Collection sets.  


__TOC__
== Story ==
== Story ==
The Rock Raiders  
The Rock Raiders
 
== LEGO Components ==
== LEGO Components ==
=== Sets ===
=== Sets ===
The Rock Raiders sets  
The Rock Raiders sets  
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{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Set No.
! Year !! Item {{abbr|No.|Number}} !! Name !! Pieces !! Figures !! Designer(s)
!Name
!Released
!Pieces
!Minifigures
!Designers
|-
|-
| 4910
| rowspan="8" | 1999
| The [[Hover Scout]]
| 4910 || The [[Hover Scout]] || || Jet ||
| 1999
| 39
| Jet
|
|-
|-
| 4920
| 4920 || The [[Rapid Rider]] || || Bandit ||
| The [[Rapid Rider]]
| 1999
| 38
| Bandit
|
|-
|-
| 4930
| 4930 || The Rock Raiders || || Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks ||
| The Rock Raiders (UK)<br>Rock Raiders Crew (US)
| 1999
| 38
| Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks
|
|-
|-
| 4940
| 4940 || The [[Granite Grinder]] || || Axle ||
| The [[Granite Grinder]]
| 1999
| 108
| Axle
| [[Jens Kronvold Frederiksen]]<ref name="Frederiksen AMA"/>
|-
|-
| 4950
| 4950 || The [[Loader-Dozer]] || || Axle, Rock Monster ||
| The [[Loader-Dozer]]
| 1999
| 89
| Axle, rock monster
|
|-
|-
| 4970
| 4970 || The [[Chrome Crusher]] || || Axle ||
| The [[Chrome Crusher]]
| 1999
| 167
| Axle
|
|-
|-
| 4980
| 4980 || The [[Tunnel Transport]] || || Docs, Jet ||
| The [[Tunnel Transport]]
| 1999
| 341
| Docs, Jet
|
|-
|-
| 4990
| 4990 || The [[Rock Raiders HQ]] || || Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, Rock Monster ||
| The [[Rock Raiders HQ]]
| 1999
| 402
| Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, rock monster
| Jens Kronvold Frederiksen<ref name="Frederiksen AMA"/>
|-
| 1274
| 1 Light Hover
| 2000?
|
| Jet
|
|-
| 1275
| 2 Chain Dozer
| 2000?
|
| Bandit
|
|-
| 1276
| 3 Heli Transporter
| 2000?
|
| Docs
|
|-
| 1277
| 4 Drill Craft
| 2000?
|
| Sparks
|
|-
| 3347
| Rock Raiders #1
| 2000
|
| Chief
| Simeon Hankins
|-
| 3348
| Rock Raiders #2
| 2000
|
| Bandit, Docs, Sparks
|
|-
| 3349
| Rock Raiders #3
| 2000
|
| Axle, Docs, Jet
|
|}
|}


==== Play Features ====
==== Play Features ====
=== Minifigures ===
Chief is cool and not worth the price.


=== Minifigures ===
* [[Axle]] − The driver
* [[Axle]]
* [[Bandit]] − The sailor
* [[Bandit]]
* [[Chief]] − The leader
* [[Chief]]
* [[Docs]] − The geologist
* [[Docs]]
* [[Jet]] − The pilot
* [[Jet]]
* [[Sparks]] − The engineer
* [[Sparks]]
* [[Rock Monster]] − Large figures
* [[Rock monster]]?
 
Write a little about each figure, maybe some of the media-exclusive ones too?


=== Unique parts ===
=== Unique parts ===
The theme introduces an abundance of unique parts. Many of the parts are large and have been criticised for being "juniorized".
The theme introduces an abundance of unique parts. Many of the parts are large and have been criticized for being "juniorized".


== Media ==
== Media ==
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{{Main|LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)}}
{{Main|LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)}}


A video game of the same name was developed by [[Data Design Interactive]] and published by [[LEGO Media International]] in November 1999. Two different versions of the game were published on [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] and [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. The Windows version is a real-time strategy game with elements of resource management and construction. The player controls a team of Rock Raiders through a series of missions, completing tasks and constructing units while fending off hostile creatures and managing environmental dangers. The PlayStation game is an action and strategy game focusing around vehicle usage. The player controls a single character through missions, using any resources and equipment found to complete tasks.
The Rock Raiders franchise got 2 separate video games: One for PC, and one for PlayStation 1. They featured vastly different gameplay, where the PC game was a resource management RTS game, and the PlayStation game was a third-person action game.


Development of the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' video game began in late 1997. Unlike previous LEGO video games, the LEGO Rock Raiders theme and game were developed simultaneously. The PlayStation version was initially conceived as a port of the Windows game before being redeveloped in only six months between February and August 1999. While released in Europe alongside the Windows game, in North America its release was delayed until August 2000.
==== PC ====
The PC game was a RTS-style resouce management game where the player has to complete tasks while fending off hostile creatures and managing environmental dangers.
 
==== PlayStation 1 ====
The PlayStation game


=== Comic books ===
=== Comic books ===
Each set had comic books!
Each set had comic books! There were some in magazines too.


Rock Raiders comics also appeared in a number of magazines, including ''[[LEGO Mania Magazine]]'', ''[[LEGO Adventures!]]'', ''[[Klick]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:The Beano|The Beano]]''.
=== Story books ===
 
Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books.
A number of comics were also created for the theme. Each of the original eight sets featured small mini comic books in certain specially-marked releases (which ones?). There were also Rock Raiders magazine comics published in ''LEGO Mania Magazine'' and ''LEGO Adventures!'', as well as an appearance in the ''Time Cruisers'' comic and an eight-part comic in ''The Beano''.


=== Story books ===
* ''[[Rock Raiders (1999 book)|Rock Raiders]]''
Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books:
* ''[[Race for Survival]]''
* ''[[Rock Raiders (1999 book)|Rock Raiders: An Interactive Puzzle Storybook]]'' – An illustrated storybook written by [[Anna Knight]], illustrated by [[Roger Harris]], and published in 1999 by [[Dorling Kindersley]] as part of the LEGO Game Books series. The book is divided into fully-illustrated two-page spreads, with each scene containing a short amount of story and a puzzle for the reader to solve.
* ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]''
* ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]'' – A graphic novel written by [[Wikipedia:Alan Grant|Alan Grant]] and illustrated by Robin Smith and [[LEGO Media International]], published in 2000. The story is divided into chapters, and features occasional narration by Jet, as well as puzzles on certain pages and ideas for LEGO models the reader can build.
* ''[[Race for Survival]]'' – A short novel written by [[Marie Birkinshaw]] and published in 2000 as part of the Dorling Kindersley ''Readers'' series. Unlike the other two books, which retell the theme's story, this story is set six months later, featuring the Rock Raiders returning to the theme's alien planet. Each page features brief articles on [[w:Geology|geology]] relevant to events in the story.


==History==
==History==
[[File:ULB Rock Raiders Concept Art.jpg|thumb|Early concept art]]
[[File:ULB Rock Raiders Concept Art.jpg|thumb|Are those Insectoids? yooo Lego totally doesn't want us to see this!]]
The Rock Raiders theme began production in 1997 with the codename "Underground". The sets stopped being produced in 2000.


The sets were designed by Jan Harder Blæsild, [[André Sang-Tae Stenbryggen]], Betina Barkholt Krøigaard, [[Jens Kronvold Frederiksen]], Troels Halken, and [[Søren Gehlert Dyrhøj]] at LEGO Futura.<ref name="credits Thanks"/>
The Rock Raiders theme began production in 1997 with the codename "Underground". The sets stopped being produced in 2000. They wrote about it in ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''.<ref name="Ultimate Lego Book"/>


=== Prototypes ===
=== Prototypes ===
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Many speculate the Raiders are still Rocking to this day.
Many speculate the Raiders are still Rocking to this day.


''LEGO Rock Raiders'' was succeeded by the incredibly popular ''BLock Raiders'' - an absolute marvellous game made by [[Stewart Green]], a legendary computer programmer.
LEGO Rock Raiders was succeeded by the incredibly popular BLock Raiders - an absolute marvellous game made by Stewart Green, a legendary computer programmer.


Oh yeah there's also Power minurss
Oh yeah there's also Power minurss
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="credits Thanks">[[Data Design Interactive]] (November 1999). ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). [[LEGO Media International]]. Credits. "Additional Thanks – A big thank you to all our families for support throughout the development of the project and to Jan Blaesild, André Stenbryggen, Betina Krøigaard, Jens Frederiksen, Troels Halken and Søren Dyrhøj at Futura."</ref>
<ref name="Ultimate Lego Book">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Ultimate LEGO Book |publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]] |location=[[Wikipedia:London|London]] |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Pickering |editor-first2=Nick |editor-last2=Turpin |editor-first3=Caryn |editor-last3=Jenner |pages=30–31 |year=1999 |section=The Design Concept |ISBN=0-7513-5948-3}}</ref>
<ref name="Frederiksen AMA">Frederiksen, Jens Kronvold [lego] (11 April 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20190415165704/https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/bc2o7a/hello_there_im_jens_kronvold_frederiksen_im_the/ Hello there. I’m Jens Kronvold Frederiksen. I'm the Design Director for LEGO and have been designing LEGO® Star Wars™ sets for the past 20 years. Ask Me Anything!]. [[wikipedia:reddit|Reddit]]. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2023.</ref>
}}
}}
== External links ==
* ''[[Wikipedia:Lego Rock Raiders|Lego Rock Raiders]]'' at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
{{LEGO Rock Raiders}}


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[[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders| ]]
[[Category:LEGO themes launched in 1999|Rock Raiders]]
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Latest revision as of 06:00, 8 September 2025

LEGO Rock Raiders
Availability1999–2000
Total sets15
Characters7

LEGO Rock Raiders was a playtheme released by the LEGO Company in 1999. It featured 8 main sets, 4 promotional Kabaya toy sets, and 3 Mini Heroes Collection sets.

Story

The Rock Raiders

LEGO Components

Sets

The Rock Raiders sets

Year Item No. Name Pieces Figures Designer(s)
1999 4910 The Hover Scout Jet
4920 The Rapid Rider Bandit
4930 The Rock Raiders Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks
4940 The Granite Grinder Axle
4950 The Loader-Dozer Axle, Rock Monster
4970 The Chrome Crusher Axle
4980 The Tunnel Transport Docs, Jet
4990 The Rock Raiders HQ Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, Rock Monster

Play Features

Minifigures

Chief is cool and not worth the price.

Write a little about each figure, maybe some of the media-exclusive ones too?

Unique parts

The theme introduces an abundance of unique parts. Many of the parts are large and have been criticized for being "juniorized".

Media

Video games

Main articles: LEGO Rock Raiders (video game) and LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game)

The Rock Raiders franchise got 2 separate video games: One for PC, and one for PlayStation 1. They featured vastly different gameplay, where the PC game was a resource management RTS game, and the PlayStation game was a third-person action game.

PC

The PC game was a RTS-style resouce management game where the player has to complete tasks while fending off hostile creatures and managing environmental dangers.

PlayStation 1

The PlayStation game

Comic books

Each set had comic books! There were some in magazines too.

Story books

Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books.

History

Are those Insectoids? yooo Lego totally doesn't want us to see this!

The Rock Raiders theme began production in 1997 with the codename "Underground". The sets stopped being produced in 2000. They wrote about it in The Ultimate LEGO Book.[1]

Prototypes

RR Prototypes r kewl.

Release

Rock Raiders was commercially okay-ish.

Legacy

Many speculate the Raiders are still Rocking to this day.

LEGO Rock Raiders was succeeded by the incredibly popular BLock Raiders - an absolute marvellous game made by Stewart Green, a legendary computer programmer.

Oh yeah there's also Power minurss

References

  1. ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn, eds. (1999). "The Design Concept". The Ultimate LEGO Book. London: Dorling Kindersley. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-7513-5948-3.
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