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[[File:RR manual Granite Grinder.png|thumb|Art of the Granite Grinder from the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' video game]] | [[File:RR manual Granite Grinder.png|thumb|Art of the Granite Grinder from the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' video game]] | ||
The '''Granite Grinder''' is a fictional mining vehicle in the [[LEGO Rock Raiders]] theme. It is depicted as a large but speedy walker vehicle with a powerful drill. The Granite Grinder was released as its own LEGO construction set in the summer of 1999. It appears in LEGO Rock Raiders books and comics and can be used in the theme's [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|tie-in computer game]]. | The '''Granite Grinder''' is a fictional mining vehicle in the [[LEGO Rock Raiders]] theme. It is depicted as a large but speedy walker vehicle with a powerful drill. The Granite Grinder was released as its own LEGO construction set in the summer of 1999. It appears in LEGO Rock Raiders books and comics and can be used in the theme's [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|tie-in computer game]]. | ||
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== Design and origin == | == Design and origin == | ||
[[File:ULB 4940 Granite Grinder Prototype.jpg|left|thumb|Early prototype model]] | |||
The Granite Grinder is a bipedal walker vehicle. Its pivoting legs consist of two large feet connected to each other by [[Technic]] liftarm pieces, which the vehicle body connects into the middle of. Attached to its front is a chrome-coloured Rock Raiders drill, exclusive to it and the [[Chrome Crusher]].<ref name="BL drill"/> Its body largely consists of a large cab and brown [[Wikipedia:Roll cage|roll cage]], which are also used by other large Rock Raiders vehicles.<ref name="BL cage"/> On its back are two dark turquoise wheels meant to represent [[Wikipedia:Turbine|turbines]].{{R|Grant|p=47}} The rear end is topped by a large arch piece, also found on other large Rock Raiders vehicles,<ref name="BL arch"/> which widens the vehicle's profile. It seats one [[minifigure]], and it has two clips on each of its feet at minifigure height for holding tools.<ref name="Slugger 4940"/><ref name="4940 manual"/><ref name="4940 inventory"/> | The Granite Grinder is a bipedal walker vehicle. Its pivoting legs consist of two large feet connected to each other by [[Technic]] liftarm pieces, which the vehicle body connects into the middle of. Attached to its front is a chrome-coloured Rock Raiders drill, exclusive to it and the [[Chrome Crusher]].<ref name="BL drill"/> Its body largely consists of a large cab and brown [[Wikipedia:Roll cage|roll cage]], which are also used by other large Rock Raiders vehicles.<ref name="BL cage"/> On its back are two dark turquoise wheels meant to represent [[Wikipedia:Turbine|turbines]].{{R|Grant|p=47}} The rear end is topped by a large arch piece, also found on other large Rock Raiders vehicles,<ref name="BL arch"/> which widens the vehicle's profile. It seats one [[minifigure]], and it has two clips on each of its feet at minifigure height for holding tools.<ref name="Slugger 4940"/><ref name="4940 manual"/><ref name="4940 inventory"/> | ||
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The Granite Grinder's pivoting technic liftarm leg design was previously used in the 1997 Roboforce sets Robo Raider (set 2151, designed by Henrik Rubin Saaby)<ref name="BL Henrik"/> and Robo Raptor (set 2152).<ref name="Slugger 4940"/> Prior to Roboforce, brick-build walker legs had been used in LEGOLAND Space sets going back to the 1985 set Xenon 2 Walking Machine (set 6882).<ref name="c85uk"/> | The Granite Grinder's pivoting technic liftarm leg design was previously used in the 1997 Roboforce sets Robo Raider (set 2151, designed by Henrik Rubin Saaby)<ref name="BL Henrik"/> and Robo Raptor (set 2152).<ref name="Slugger 4940"/> Prior to Roboforce, brick-build walker legs had been used in LEGOLAND Space sets going back to the 1985 set Xenon 2 Walking Machine (set 6882).<ref name="c85uk"/> | ||
[[File:ULB 2x3 Slope & Prototype Sets (Granite Grinder).jpg|thumb|Later prototype model]] | |||
Two earlier prototypes of the Granite Grinder are shown in ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''. One photograph shows an early prototype featuring a design with a blockier build, smaller legs, a narrow roll cage, and tubes on either side like the [[Chrome Crusher]] has; an early Rock Raiders [[minifigure]] is also shown with it. A later Granite Grinder design with two drills and legs closer to the final version's can also be seen on a table in another photograph. Two earlier versions of the Rock Raiders drill used by the Granite Grinder and Chrome Crusher are also shown in the book. The drill piece was originally much smaller and had a regular plastic appearance to it. Later, it was made larger and given a chrome look, but had a sharper point and a [[Technic]] pin on its rear end: the final version replaces the sharp point with a LEGO stud, and the pin with a hole for a pin to be inserted into.<ref name="Ultimate"/> Two other prototypes are known and will be added later. While the final model uses only one drill, the upgraded version in the video game uses two, positioned on each side of the front, similar to some prototype designs. | Two earlier prototypes of the Granite Grinder are shown in ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''. One photograph shows an early prototype featuring a design with a blockier build, smaller legs, a narrow roll cage, and tubes on either side like the [[Chrome Crusher]] has; an early Rock Raiders [[minifigure]] is also shown with it. A later Granite Grinder design with two drills and legs closer to the final version's can also be seen on a table in another photograph. Two earlier versions of the Rock Raiders drill used by the Granite Grinder and Chrome Crusher are also shown in the book. The drill piece was originally much smaller and had a regular plastic appearance to it. Later, it was made larger and given a chrome look, but had a sharper point and a [[Technic]] pin on its rear end: the final version replaces the sharp point with a LEGO stud, and the pin with a hole for a pin to be inserted into.<ref name="Ultimate"/> Two other prototypes are known and will be added later. While the final model uses only one drill, the upgraded version in the video game uses two, positioned on each side of the front, similar to some prototype designs. | ||
== Set information == | == Set information == | ||
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<ref name="SAH">LEGO Shop At Home Services (1999). [https://archive.org/details/Lego-Shop-At-Home-Summer-1999-Rock-Raiders-Cover/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater "Get the Brickonium Before the Rock Monster Gets You!"]. ''[[LEGO Shop-At-Home]]''. Summer 1999 "Rockin' Adventures". [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. pp. 4–5.</ref> | <ref name="SAH">LEGO Shop At Home Services (1999). [https://archive.org/details/Lego-Shop-At-Home-Summer-1999-Rock-Raiders-Cover/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater "Get the Brickonium Before the Rock Monster Gets You!"]. ''[[LEGO Shop-At-Home]]''. Summer 1999 "Rockin' Adventures". [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. pp. 4–5.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Slugger 4940">R.R. Slugger (3 September 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ar745DaMXA "LEGO 4940 Granite Grinder ~ R.R. Slugger's Rock Raiders Retrospective!"]. YouTube.</ref> | <ref name="Slugger 4940">R.R. Slugger (3 September 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ar745DaMXA "LEGO 4940 Granite Grinder ~ R.R. Slugger's Rock Raiders Retrospective!"]. YouTube.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Ultimate">Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.) (1999). "The Design Concept". ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''. [[ | <ref name="Ultimate">Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.) (1999). [https://archive.org/details/ultimatelegobook0000unse/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater "The Design Concept"]. ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''. [[Dorling Kindersley]]. pp. 30–31. {{ISBN|0-7513-5948-3}}.</ref> | ||
<ref name="WalkerBody AE">Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). WalkerBody [[AE file]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Vehicles\WalkerBody\WalkerBody.ae</samp>.</ref> | <ref name="WalkerBody AE">Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). WalkerBody [[AE file]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Vehicles\WalkerBody\WalkerBody.ae</samp>.</ref> | ||
<ref name="WalkerLegs AE">Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). WalkerLegs [[AE file]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Vehicles\WalkerLegs\WalkerLegs.ae</samp>.</ref> | <ref name="WalkerLegs AE">Data Design Interactive (25 September 1999). WalkerLegs [[AE file]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). LEGO Media International. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR0.wad\Vehicles\WalkerLegs\WalkerLegs.ae</samp>.</ref> | ||
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* [[Data Design Interactive]] (25 September 1999). [[Main Lego Config File]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). [[LEGO Media International]]. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg</samp>. | * [[Data Design Interactive]] (25 September 1999). [[Main Lego Config File]]. ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' (Windows). [[LEGO Media International]]. File path: <samp>Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg</samp>. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 6 September 2025
The Granite Grinder is a fictional mining vehicle in the LEGO Rock Raiders theme. It is depicted as a large but speedy walker vehicle with a powerful drill. The Granite Grinder was released as its own LEGO construction set in the summer of 1999. It appears in LEGO Rock Raiders books and comics and can be used in the theme's tie-in computer game.
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