Research Realm:To-do list

Sources to find

• Triangle Projects (1988). Baynes, Ken (ed.). The ART of LEGO. Clwyd County Council. ISBN 0-904449-40-8.

Article progress

Themes/Products

• LEGO Mindstorms
• LEGO Rock Raiders
  • Figure out how to handle set stuff and other merch
  • LMS Explorer - depictions unfinished, maybe a description of its layout?
  • Planet (Rock Raiders) - barebones
  • Power crystal - barebones
  • Media
    • LEGO Rock Raiders (video game) - finish gameplay and reception sections
    • LEGO Rock Raiders (PlayStation video game) - barebones
    • Race for Survival - only has plot
    • Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground - only has plot
    • Rock Raiders (1999 book) - only has plot, which may need rewriting
    • RockRaiders EP - background and details regarding marl
  • Characters
    • some article about the generic Rock Raider, just Rock Raider or Rock Raider (character) or Rock Raider (minifigure)?
    • Axle
    • Bandit
    • Chief
    • Docs
    • Jet - barebones
    • Sparks
  • Creatures
    • Rock Monster
    • Ice Monster
    • Lava Monster
    • Slimy Slug
    • Bat (Rock Raiders)
    • Spider (Rock Raiders)
    • Scorpion (Rock Raiders)
    • Rock Whale
    • maybe one for unused creatures, especially the Lurker? as well as Armoured Dillo, Scabby Scavenger, Snake, depending on how much info each has.
  • Vehicles
    • Cargo Carrier
    • Chrome Crusher
    • Granite Grinder - The only vehicle page actually mostly done, just needs some more development info and more images. Base the other vehicle pages on this?
    • Hover Scout
    • Large Mobile Laser Cutter
    • Loader Dozer
    • Rapid Rider
    • Small Digger
    • Small Mobile Laser Cutter
    • Small Transport Truck
    • Tunnel Scout
    • Tunnel Transport - no art from the pc manual, need to see how feasible it is to scan the psx manual without damaging it
  • Buildings
    • Rock Raiders HQ
    • Docks
    • Geological Center
    • Mining Laser
    • Ore Refinery
    • Power Station
    • Super Teleport
    • Support Station - not quite finished but a good start
    • Teleport Pad
    • Tool Store
    • Upgrade Station
  • Missions - not dealing with these pages until after the above are done. Maps?
  • Files
    • DDI Wad - write more about the format using trigger's research, figure out the other four versions of it and document their specifications, maybe write about RNC?
    • Main Lego Config File - if we go into detail about every entry that might end up becoming a separate list page
    • Map file - Covering all map types?
      • Object List
      • Trigger List - finish researching this - some bytes in it are still mysterious
      • PTL file
      • BLX file? maybe just merge this into Map file
    • AE file
      • LightWave Object + LightWave Scene maybe? at least for 5.6 format
    • NERPs + tutorials on how it works
  • game community stuff
    • Guide: Running LEGO Rock Raiders
    • OpenLRR
    • tools like Wad extractor, map tools?

Misc Fiction

• United Galaxies - need to make this more article-like while deciding how to handle articles on fictional locations and... groups? political entities? whatever this thing is

Software

• Academy of Flight - maybe link to some set/theme pages later, otherwise done unless more info comes out
• ‎LEGO Creator (video game) - start class
• LEGO Print Creator - will do a slight rewrite, otherwise idk what else to add unless someone contacts someone from Lego Media or The Bending Spoon and they remember this somehow
• LEGO Racers (video game)
  • LEGO Racers (Game Boy Color video game) - finish this soon
  • Tracks
    • Imperial Grand Prix
    • Dark Forest Dash
    • Magma Moon Marathon
    • Desert Adventure Dragway
    • Tribal Island Trail
    • Royal Knights Raceway
    • Ice Planet Pathway
    • Amazon Adventure Alley
    • Knightmare-athon
    • Pirate Skull Pass
    • Adventure Temple Trail
    • Alien Rally Asteroid
    • Rocket Racer Run
  • Racers – Lots of overlap with characters from other themes
    • Rocket Racer
    • Veronica Voltage
  • LEGO Racers 2
  • Drome Racers

• Alternate Installers - idk what MR was doing with this
• Unreleased LEGO software - need to find what other software there is; there's apparently a lot from the TT era but idk what's what - some early ones in particular like the James Bond and Tomb Raider ones seem more like propositions than actually cancelled games. Also recent articles about cancelled TT stuff post-Skywalker Saga name some disney-related game but aren't clear about if it's Lego or not.

Companies

• The LEGO Group (or Lego Company)
  • LEGO Futura
    • XYZ - as short as this is it's probably done unless anyone from Lego talks about it more
  • LEGO Media International
  • Decide what to do about various branches of Lego in other countries - pages for each company like LEGO Systems Inc, LEGO UK Ltd, LEGO GmbH, etc. or pages like "LEGO in Germany", "History of LEGO in the United States", etc.
• Dorling Kindersley - figure out if this is gonna actually include info about DK or just be a list of Lego DK books
• game developers
  • Climax
  • Data Design Interactive - got up to Robocod before kinda fizzling out
    • Artworld UK
  • High Voltage Software
  • Mindscape
  • Superscape

People

• Kristiansen family
  • Ole Kirk Christiansen
  • Godtfred Kirk Christiansen
  • Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
• LEGO designer
  • Steen Sig Andersen
  • Jan Harder Blæsild
  • Erling Dideriksen
  • Søren Dyrhøj
  • Bo Eggert
  • Jens Kronvold Frederiksen
  • Troels Halken
  • Jens Nygaard Knudsen
  • Bjarke Lykke Madsen
  • Niels Milan Pedersen
  • Jan Ryaa
  • Henrik Rubin Saaby
  • Sten Schmidt
  • Mark Stafford
  • André Sang-Tae Stenbryggen
  • Jørn Thomsen
  • Bjarne Tveskov (or Bjarne P. Tveskov)
• artists
  • Christian Faber
  • Roger Harris
  • Rolf Lagersson (or Lagerson)
• writers
  • Anna Nilsen

Misc, Unofficial

• LEGO.com
• fansites
  • rec.toys.lego
  • DDI Dump
• fangames
  • ‎Linking Leroy
  • Manic Miners - Start class

other stuff needed

more magazine scans, scans of handheld and console game manuals