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The [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']] video game's instruction manual states that [[Chief]] is rumoured to have encountered a Rock Monster in his youth. He has never spoken about his experience to anyone, but has written about it in the ''Explorer'''s computer, describing the creature as being twice as tall as him with "fiery" eyes and remembering that it devoured a pile of Energy Crystals and disappeared into the surrounding rock. At the time of the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' story, only a few other people had seen Rock Monsters prior.{{R|manual PC|p=83}} | The [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']] video game's instruction manual states that [[Chief]] is rumoured to have encountered a Rock Monster in his youth. He has never spoken about his experience to anyone, but has written about it in the ''Explorer'''s computer, describing the creature as being twice as tall as him with "fiery" eyes and remembering that it devoured a pile of Energy Crystals and disappeared into the surrounding rock. At the time of the ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' story, only a few other people had seen Rock Monsters prior.{{R|manual PC|p=83}} | ||
In the [[Rock Raiders (1999 book)|''Rock Raiders'']] puzzle storybook, the Rock Raiders first encounter a Rock Monster shortly after arriving underground from the surface. Docs sees a Rock Monster enter the cave; the Rock Monster breaks open a rock that contains a power crystal and eats the crystal, letting the Rock Raiders know that power crystals can be found inside similar rocks.{{R|Knight|pp=8–9}} | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="Birkinshaw">Birkinshaw, Marie (2000) ''[[Race for Survival]]''. [[Wikipedia:DK (publisher)|Dorling Kindersley]]. {{ISBN|0-7894-5458-0}}.</ref> | |||
<ref name="Grant">Grant, Alan (2000). ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]''. [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. {{ISBN|1-903276-05-5}}.</ref> | |||
<ref name="Knight">Knight, Anna (1999). ''[[Rock Raiders (1999 book)|Rock Raiders]]''. [[Dorling Kindersley]]. {{ISBN|0-7894-4707-X}}.</ref> | |||
<ref name="manual PC">McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). [https://archive.org/details/LEGORockRaiders-manual-Win-EU-2299598/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER)]. [[LEGO Media International]]. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.</ref> | <ref name="manual PC">McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). [https://archive.org/details/LEGORockRaiders-manual-Win-EU-2299598/mode/1up?view=theater ''LEGO Rock Raiders'' Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER)]. [[LEGO Media International]]. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:42, 29 September 2023
Rock monsters are a fictional extraterrestrial lifeform in the LEGO Rock Raiders theme.
Design
Futura made these ones
Its figure was released in the Loader-Dozer and Rock Raiders HQ sets.
Depiction
In the story of the LEGO Rock Raiders theme, rock monsters are one of the alien creatures encountered by the Rock Raiders on the uncharted planet that the LMS Explorer is stranded in orbit around.
The LEGO Rock Raiders video game's instruction manual states that Chief is rumoured to have encountered a Rock Monster in his youth. He has never spoken about his experience to anyone, but has written about it in the Explorer's computer, describing the creature as being twice as tall as him with "fiery" eyes and remembering that it devoured a pile of Energy Crystals and disappeared into the surrounding rock. At the time of the LEGO Rock Raiders story, only a few other people had seen Rock Monsters prior.[1]: 83
In the Rock Raiders puzzle storybook, the Rock Raiders first encounter a Rock Monster shortly after arriving underground from the surface. Docs sees a Rock Monster enter the cave; the Rock Monster breaks open a rock that contains a power crystal and eats the crystal, letting the Rock Raiders know that power crystals can be found inside similar rocks.[2]: 8–9
[2]: 14–15 [2]: 26–27 [2]: 28–29 [2]: 30
Game information
LEGO Rock Raiders (Windows)
In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Rock Monster is one of the creatures that the player can encounter during certain missions. Rock Monsters eat Energy Crystals they find lying around. If there are no accessible Energy Crystals, Rock Monsters will move towards buildings and try to destroy them.
The Rock Monster can travel across land and moves at a speed of 0.6 blocks per second.
References
- ↑ McPhail, Jim (13 December 1999). LEGO Rock Raiders Instruction Manual (UK FRONT, BACK, I/F & I/B COVER). LEGO Media International. Serial no. IB2G-ROC3 2299598.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Knight, Anna (1999). Rock Raiders. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7894-4707-X.
- ↑ Birkinshaw, Marie (2000) Race for Survival. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7894-5458-0.
- ↑ Grant, Alan (2000). Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground. LEGO Systems, Inc. ISBN 1-903276-05-5.
