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'''LEGO Rock Raiders''' was a LEGO theme focused on underground mining equipment. The theme consisted of eight main construction sets released in 1999, followed by seven smaller promotional sets in 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''' is a discontinued 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 <ref name="Shop At Home - Summer 1999"/>
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year !! Item {{abbr|No.|Number}} !! Name !! Pieces !! Figures !! Designer(s)
|-
| rowspan="8" | 1999
| 4910 || The [[Hover Scout]] || 39 || Jet ||
|-
| 4920 || The [[Rapid Rider]] || 38 || Bandit ||
|-
| 4930 || The Rock Raiders{{efn|Released in the United States as "Rock Raiders Crew" and "Rock Raiders Figures".<ref name="Shop At Home - January 2000"/>}} || 38<ref name="Shop At Home - January 2000"/> || Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks ||
|-
| 4940 || The [[Granite Grinder]] || 108 || Axle ||
|-
| 4950 || The [[Loader-Dozer]] || 89 || Axle, Rock Monster ||
|-
| 4970 || The [[Chrome Crusher]] || 167 || Axle ||
|-
| 4980 || The [[Tunnel Transport]] || 349 || Docs, Jet ||
|-
| 4990 || The [[Rock Raiders HQ]] || 402 || Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, Rock Monster ||
|}
 
==== Play Features ====
==== Play Features ====
=== Minifigures ===
=== Minifigures ===
* [[Chief]]
Chief is cool and not worth the price.
* [[Docs]]
 
* [[Jet]]
* [[Axle]] − The driver. Don't trust his evil twin Axel!
* [[Bandit]]
* [[Bandit]] − The sailor
* [[Axle]]
* [[Chief]] − The leader
* [[Sparks]]
* [[Docs]] − The geologist
* [[Jet]] − The pilot
* [[Sparks]] − The engineer
* [[Rock Monster]] − Large figures
 
Write a little about each figure, maybe some of the media-exclusive ones too?


=== Unique parts ===
=== Unique parts ===
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== Media ==
== Media ==
=== Video games ===
=== Video games ===
[[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']]
{{Main|LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|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.
Developed by [[Data Design Interactive]] and published by [[LEGO Media International]].


The Rock Raiders franchise got 2 separate video games: One for PC, and one for [[wikipedia:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. 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 ====
==== 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.
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 ====
==== PlayStation 1 ====
The PlayStation game
The PlayStation game
=== Comic books ===
=== Comic books ===
Each set had comic books!
Each set had comic books! There were some in magazines too.
 
=== Story books ===
=== Story books ===
Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books.
Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books.


* ''[[Rock Raiders: An Interactive Puzzle Storybook]]''– Anna Knight 1999
* ''[[Rock Raiders (1999 book)|Rock Raiders]]'' – An "interactive puzzle storybook" written by [[Anna Knight]], illustrated by [[Roger Harris]], and published in 1999 by [[Dorling Kindersley]] as part of the ''LEGO Game Books'' series.
* ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]'' – Alan Grant, 2000
* ''[[Race for Survival]]'' – A short novel written by [[Marie Birkinshaw]], illustrated by Roger Harris, and published in 2000 as part of the Dorling Kindersley ''Readers'' series.
* ''[[Race for Survival]]'' – Marie Birkinshaw, 2000
* ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]'' – A graphic novel written by [[Alan Grant]] and illustrated by Robin Smith and [[LEGO Media International]], published in 2000.


==History==
==History==
The Rock Raiders theme began production in 1997 with the codename "Underground". The sets stopped being produced in 2000.  
[[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. They wrote about it in ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]''.<ref name="Ultimate Lego Book"/>
 
=== Prototypes ===
=== Prototypes ===
RR Prototypes r kewl.
RR Prototypes r kewl.
=== Release===
=== Release===
Rock Raiders was commercially okay-ish.
Rock Raiders was commercially okay-ish.
=== Legacy===
=== Legacy===
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 marvelous 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
== Notes ==
{{notelist}}
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Shop At Home - Summer 1999">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Lego-Shop-At-Home-Summer-1999-Rock-Raiders-Cover/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Underground Adventures! |magazine=[[LEGO Shop-At-Home]] |date=Summer 1999 |publisher=[[LEGO Systems, Inc|LEGO Shop At Home Services]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Enfield, Connecticut|Enfield, Connecticut]] |pages=2-5}}</ref>
<ref name="Shop At Home - January 2000">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Lego-shop-at-home-January-2000/img031.jpg |title=Get the Brickonium Before the Rock Monster Gets You! |magazine=[[LEGO Shop-At-Home]] |date=January 2000 |publisher=[[LEGO Systems, Inc|LEGO Shop At Home Services]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Enfield, Connecticut|Enfield, Connecticut]] |page=31}}</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>
}}
== External links ==
* ''[[Wikipedia:Lego Rock Raiders|Lego Rock Raiders]]'' at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
{{LEGO Rock Raiders}}
[[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders| ]]
[[Category:LEGO themes launched in 1999|Rock Raiders]]
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Latest revision as of 10:13, 9 September 2025

LEGO Rock Raiders
Availability1999–2000
Total sets15
Characters7

LEGO Rock Raiders is a discontinued 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 [1]

Year Item No. Name Pieces Figures Designer(s)
1999 4910 The Hover Scout 39 Jet
4920 The Rapid Rider 38 Bandit
4930 The Rock Raiders[note 1] 38[2] Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks
4940 The Granite Grinder 108 Axle
4950 The Loader-Dozer 89 Axle, Rock Monster
4970 The Chrome Crusher 167 Axle
4980 The Tunnel Transport 349 Docs, Jet
4990 The Rock Raiders HQ 402 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. Developed by Data Design Interactive and published by LEGO Media International.

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.[3]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Released in the United States as "Rock Raiders Crew" and "Rock Raiders Figures".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Underground Adventures!". LEGO Shop-At-Home. Enfield, Connecticut: LEGO Shop At Home Services. Summer 1999. pp. 2–5.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Get the Brickonium Before the Rock Monster Gets You!". LEGO Shop-At-Home. Enfield, Connecticut: LEGO Shop At Home Services. January 2000. p. 31.
  3. ↑ 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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