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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. | [[File:RR manual Granite Grinder upgraded.png|thumb|Art of the Granite Grinder with Engine and Drill upgrades]]--> | ||
The '''Granite Grinder''' is a fictional mining vehicle in the [[LEGO Rock Raiders]] theme.<!-- | |||
It has a large chrome drill and large robot/walker feet that pivot back and forth. | It has a large chrome drill and large robot/walker feet that pivot back and forth. | ||
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large chrome drill that can cut through hard rock and large boulders | |||
pivoting feet | |||
Each foot has two clamps that can hold small mining tools. | |||
<ref name="HADU building"/> | |||
long agile legs can climb over difficult terrain | |||
The vehicle is powered by two turbines | |||
single drill at the front | |||
<ref name="PC manual p79"/> | |||
The Granite Grinder is the "big brother" of the Small Digger. Its giant drill is very | |||
high powered and it grinds through rock more quickly than any of the smaller | |||
vehicles. Its unique "walker" legs make it able to cross rubble and rock debris | |||
safely and easily. A Rock Raider must be trained as a Driver to use this vehicle. | |||
The Granite Grinder is a two-legged walker | |||
The vehicle is powered by two turbines (part {{part|2695|39}}) located on the back of its body.<ref name="HADU building"/>--> | |||
The Granite Grinder was designed by Jens Kronvold Frederiksen at [[LEGO Futura]].<ref name="Frederiksen AMA"/> | The Granite Grinder was designed by Jens Kronvold Frederiksen at [[LEGO Futura]].<ref name="Frederiksen AMA"/> | ||
== Set information == | == Set information == | ||
The Granite Grinder was released as LEGO set #4940 '''The Granite Grinder''' in 1999.<ref name="c99uk"/> It was advertised as containing 108 pieces and includes the minifigure [[Axle]].<ref name="SAH"/> It was released in the United States as '''Granite Grinder''' on 1 July 1999 with a retail price of $16.50.<ref name="c99am"/><ref name="SAH"/> In the United Kingdom it was released in August 1999.<ref name="c99uk"/> In Russia it released in September 1999.<ref name="c99ru"/> | The Granite Grinder was released as LEGO set #4940 '''The Granite Grinder''' in 1999.<ref name="c99uk"/> It was advertised as containing 108 pieces and includes the minifigure [[Axle]].<ref name="SAH"/> It was released in the United States as '''Granite Grinder''' on 1 July 1999 with a retail price of $16.50 and a recommended age range of 7–12.<ref name="c99am"/><ref name="SAH"/> In the United Kingdom it was released in August 1999.<ref name="c99uk"/> In Russia it released in September 1999.<ref name="c99ru"/> | ||
== Game appearances == | == Game appearances == | ||
In the Windows version of [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], the Granite Grinder is classified as a Large Vehicle.<ref name="CFG WalkerDigger"/> It costs three Energy Crystals to teleport down one Granite Grinder.<ref name="PC manual p79"/> It teleports down at the [[Super Teleport]].<ref name="PC manual p70"/> Rock Raiders must be trained as drivers to use it.<ref name="PC manual p79"/> | |||
In the Windows version of [[LEGO Rock Raiders (video game)|''LEGO Rock Raiders'']], the Granite Grinder is classified as a Large Vehicle.<ref name="CFG WalkerDigger"/> It costs three Energy Crystals to teleport down one Granite Grinder.<ref name="PC manual p79"/> It teleports down at the [[Super Teleport]].<ref name="PC manual p70"/> Rock Raiders must be trained as drivers to use it. | |||
The Granite Grinder moves at a speed of 0.5 blocks per second. It takes it 0.8 seconds to drill Dirt, 2 seconds to drill Loose Rock, 180 seconds (3 minutes) to drill Hard Rock, and 4 seconds to drill Seams.<ref name="CFG WalkerDigger"/> | The Granite Grinder moves at a speed of 0.5 blocks per second. It takes it 0.8 seconds to drill Dirt, 2 seconds to drill Loose Rock, 180 seconds (3 minutes) to drill Hard Rock, and 4 seconds to drill Seams.<ref name="CFG WalkerDigger"/> | ||
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== Depictions in print == | == Depictions in print == | ||
[[File:HADU Granite Grinder jumping.jpg|thumb|The Granite Grinder jumping over a river]] | [[File:HADU Granite Grinder jumping.jpg|thumb|The Granite Grinder jumping over a river]] | ||
In chapter 3 of ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]'', [[Bandit]] and [[Jet]] take two Granite Grinders on an expedition underground to find [[Docs]], who has gone missing. The Granite Grinders are stated to be slower than Hover Scouts, but offer more protection and can drill new routes while searching. After finding some [[power crystal]]s, the two Granite Grinders are attacked by a [[lava monster]] and an [[ice monster]], which they escape from with a "turbo boost". Upon finding Docs on the other side of an underground river, Jet runs her Granite Grinder towards the river at full power and leaps over it into a group of lava monsters. Jet's Granite Grinder is damaged from the jump, so she takes its emergency grappling line out and uses it to carry herself and Docs back across the river while the lava monsters salvage the power crystals from the wrecked vehicle.<ref name="HADU ch3"/> A Granite Grinder driven by [[Sparks]] is also seen mining in chapter 2 and on the book's front cover,<ref name="HADU 15"/> although Sparks is shown remaining on the LMS ''Explorer'' for the entire book.<ref name="HADU 6"/> At the back of the book | In chapter 3 of ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]'', [[Bandit]] and [[Jet]] take two Granite Grinders on an expedition underground to find [[Docs]], who has gone missing. The Granite Grinders are stated to be slower than Hover Scouts, but offer more protection and can drill new routes while searching. After finding some [[power crystal]]s, the two Granite Grinders are attacked by a [[lava monster]] and an [[ice monster]], which they escape from with a "turbo boost". Upon finding Docs on the other side of an underground river, Jet runs her Granite Grinder towards the river at full power and leaps over it into a group of lava monsters. Jet's Granite Grinder is damaged from the jump, so she takes its emergency grappling line out and uses it to carry herself and Docs back across the river while the lava monsters salvage the power crystals from the wrecked vehicle.<ref name="HADU ch3"/> A Granite Grinder driven by [[Sparks]] is also seen mining in chapter 2 and on the book's front cover,<ref name="HADU 15"/> although Sparks is shown remaining on the LMS ''Explorer'' for the entire book.<ref name="HADU 6"/> At the back of the book is a collection of LEGO models resembling some of the LEGO Rock Raiders sets but constructed out of different pieces, shown to give inspiration to readers who do not own the sets but want to build the Rock Raiders models out of the LEGO pieces they have. The Granite Grinder model shown uses several [[Insectoids]] elements, including the theme's electric stinger as the vehicle's drill and two transparent neon green domes as its turbines.<ref name="HADU building"/> | ||
In ''[[Race for Survival]]'', Sparks drives a Granite Grinder into the winding tunnels | In ''[[Race for Survival]]'', Sparks drives a Granite Grinder into the winding tunnels under a mountain in Quadrant 14 to find [[Axle]], who is trapped behind a rockfall two miles underground. Axle hears the Granite Grinder's engines and communicates through the boulder pile with [[Wikipedia:Morse code|Morse code]].<ref name="Race 14"/> Sparks and Jet (who had followed him on a [[Hover Scout]]) use a blue 1×12 LEGO plate that the Granite Grinder had been carrying in its back to (unsuccessfully) try to clear the boulders.<ref name="Race 20"/> After later rescuing Axle, Sparks drives the Granite Grinder at its top speed back to the surface while outrunning an impending volcanic eruption.<ref name="Race 40"/> | ||
''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]'' features the Granite Grinder prominently in its entry on how the LEGO Rock Raiders theme was designed. The section contains a photograph of a prototype model of the vehicle, featuring an earlier design with a blockier build, smaller legs, a narrow roll cage, and tubes on either side like the [[Chrome Crusher]] has; a later Granite Grinder design with two drills and legs closer to the final version's can also be seen on a table in a different photograph. Two earlier versions of the Rock Raiders drill used by the Granite Grinder and Chrome Crusher are also shown, detailing the piece's evolution.<ref name="Ultimate Design"/> The Granite Grinder is also featured on the front cover of the book. | ''[[The Ultimate LEGO Book]]'' features the Granite Grinder prominently in its entry on how the LEGO Rock Raiders theme was designed. The section contains a photograph of a prototype model of the vehicle, featuring an earlier design with a blockier build, smaller legs, a narrow roll cage, and tubes on either side like the [[Chrome Crusher]] has; a later Granite Grinder design with two drills and legs closer to the final version's can also be seen on a table in a different photograph. Two earlier versions of the Rock Raiders drill used by the Granite Grinder and Chrome Crusher are also shown, detailing the piece's evolution.<ref name="Ultimate Design"/> The Granite Grinder is also featured on the front cover of the book. | ||
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<ref name="HADU 15">Grant, pp. 14–15.</ref> | <ref name="HADU 15">Grant, pp. 14–15.</ref> | ||
<ref name="HADU building">Grant, Alan (2000). "Let's Get Building". ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]''. [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. pp. 46–48. {{ISBN|1-903276-05-5}}.</ref> | <ref name="HADU building">Grant, Alan (2000). "Let's Get Building". ''[[Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground]]''. [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. pp. 46–48. {{ISBN|1-903276-05-5}}.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Mania Sep99">Staff (September 1999). "The Rock Raiders Really Rock!". ''[[LEGO Mania Magazine]]'' (US). Issue 30. [[LEGO Systems, Inc]]. pp. 2–4.</ref> | |||
<ref name="Race 14">Birkinshaw, Marie (2000) "Quadrant 14.". ''[[Race for Survival]]''. [[Wikipedia:DK (publisher)|Dorling Kindersley]] pp. 14–17. {{ISBN|0-7894-5458-0}}.</ref> | <ref name="Race 14">Birkinshaw, Marie (2000) "Quadrant 14.". ''[[Race for Survival]]''. [[Wikipedia:DK (publisher)|Dorling Kindersley]] pp. 14–17. {{ISBN|0-7894-5458-0}}.</ref> | ||
<ref name="Race 20">Birkinshaw, pp. 20–21.</ref> | <ref name="Race 20">Birkinshaw, pp. 20–21.</ref> | ||
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{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
[[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders]] | [[Category:LEGO Rock Raiders vehicles]] | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 29 July 2023
The Granite Grinder is a fictional mining vehicle in the LEGO Rock Raiders theme.
The Granite Grinder was designed by Jens Kronvold Frederiksen at LEGO Futura.[1]
Set information
The Granite Grinder was released as LEGO set #4940 The Granite Grinder in 1999.[2] It was advertised as containing 108 pieces and includes the minifigure Axle.[3] It was released in the United States as Granite Grinder on 1 July 1999 with a retail price of $16.50 and a recommended age range of 7–12.[4][3] In the United Kingdom it was released in August 1999.[2] In Russia it released in September 1999.[5]
Game appearances
In the Windows version of LEGO Rock Raiders, the Granite Grinder is classified as a Large Vehicle.[6] It costs three Energy Crystals to teleport down one Granite Grinder.[7] It teleports down at the Super Teleport.[8] Rock Raiders must be trained as drivers to use it.[7]
The Granite Grinder moves at a speed of 0.5 blocks per second. It takes it 0.8 seconds to drill Dirt, 2 seconds to drill Loose Rock, 180 seconds (3 minutes) to drill Hard Rock, and 4 seconds to drill Seams.[6]
The Granite Grinder has the following dependency:[7][9]
- Rock Raider
- Tool Store (Level 1)
- Teleport Pad (Level 1)
- Power Station (Level 1)
- Support Station (Level 2)
- Super Teleport
The Granite Grinder has the following upgrades:[7]
- Engine: Costs 20 pieces of Ore (4 Building Studs). This upgrade increases the vehicle's speed to 0.8 blocks per second, a 60% increase.[6] Two extra turbines are attached to the bottoms of the arch piece.
- Drill: Costs 20 pieces of Ore (4 Building Studs). This upgrade increases the vehicle's drilling speed to 0.4 seconds for Dirt, 1 second for Loose Rock, 150 seconds (2.5 minutes) for Hard Rock, and 2 seconds for Seams.[6] This doubles the speed for most rock types, but is only a 16.67% increase for Hard Rock. The vehicle's chrome drill is removed and replaced by two drills positioned on each side of the original, held in place by two 2×10 plates.
- Scanner: Costs 5 pieces of Ore (1 Building Stud). This upgrade gives the vehicle a scanning radius of 5 blocks.[6] A large scanner, identical to the one that the Chrome Crusher has, is attached to the top of the vehicle.
The game's manual refers to the Granite Grinder's legs enabling it to cross rubble and debris with ease.[7] However, no vehicles are slowed down by rubble in the game.
Internally, the Granite Grinder is uniquely made of two objects: WalkerLegs and WalkerBody.[10] WalkerLegs serves as the main object, with WalkerBody and all upgrades mounted to it.
The Granite Grinder does not appear in the PlayStation version of LEGO Rock Raiders.
Depictions in print
In chapter 3 of Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground, Bandit and Jet take two Granite Grinders on an expedition underground to find Docs, who has gone missing. The Granite Grinders are stated to be slower than Hover Scouts, but offer more protection and can drill new routes while searching. After finding some power crystals, the two Granite Grinders are attacked by a lava monster and an ice monster, which they escape from with a "turbo boost". Upon finding Docs on the other side of an underground river, Jet runs her Granite Grinder towards the river at full power and leaps over it into a group of lava monsters. Jet's Granite Grinder is damaged from the jump, so she takes its emergency grappling line out and uses it to carry herself and Docs back across the river while the lava monsters salvage the power crystals from the wrecked vehicle.[11] A Granite Grinder driven by Sparks is also seen mining in chapter 2 and on the book's front cover,[12] although Sparks is shown remaining on the LMS Explorer for the entire book.[13] At the back of the book is a collection of LEGO models resembling some of the LEGO Rock Raiders sets but constructed out of different pieces, shown to give inspiration to readers who do not own the sets but want to build the Rock Raiders models out of the LEGO pieces they have. The Granite Grinder model shown uses several Insectoids elements, including the theme's electric stinger as the vehicle's drill and two transparent neon green domes as its turbines.[14]
In Race for Survival, Sparks drives a Granite Grinder into the winding tunnels under a mountain in Quadrant 14 to find Axle, who is trapped behind a rockfall two miles underground. Axle hears the Granite Grinder's engines and communicates through the boulder pile with Morse code.[15] Sparks and Jet (who had followed him on a Hover Scout) use a blue 1×12 LEGO plate that the Granite Grinder had been carrying in its back to (unsuccessfully) try to clear the boulders.[16] After later rescuing Axle, Sparks drives the Granite Grinder at its top speed back to the surface while outrunning an impending volcanic eruption.[17]
The Ultimate LEGO Book features the Granite Grinder prominently in its entry on how the LEGO Rock Raiders theme was designed. The section contains a photograph of a prototype model of the vehicle, featuring an earlier design with a blockier build, smaller legs, a narrow roll cage, and tubes on either side like the Chrome Crusher has; a later Granite Grinder design with two drills and legs closer to the final version's can also be seen on a table in a different photograph. Two earlier versions of the Rock Raiders drill used by the Granite Grinder and Chrome Crusher are also shown, detailing the piece's evolution.[18] The Granite Grinder is also featured on the front cover of the book.
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References
- ↑ Frederiksen, Jens Kronvold [lego] (11 April 2019). "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!". Reddit. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LEGO Group (1999). "Rock Raiders". LEGO catalogue "New for 99". LEGO UK Ltd. pp. 6–7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LEGO Shop At Home Services (1999). "Get the Brickonium Before the Rock Monster Gets You!". LEGO Shop-At-Home. Summer 1999 "Rockin' Adventures". LEGO Systems, Inc. pp. 4–5.
- ↑ LEGO Group (1999). "Rock Raiders". LEGO System catalogue (Americas). LEGO Systems, Inc. pp. 6–8. Item no. 4127017.
- ↑ LEGO Group (1999). "Rock Raiders". LEGO catalogue "1999" (Russia). LEGO Russia Ltd. pp. 42–43. Item no. 4321375-SNG.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Main Lego Config File, line 2670–2697.
WalkerDigger {}section. - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Instruction Manual, p. 79.
- ↑ Instruction Manual, p. 70.
- ↑ Main Lego Config File, lines 3237–3265.
Dependencies {}section. - ↑ Main Lego Config File, line 2016–2031.
VehicleTypes {}section. - ↑ Grant, Alan (2000). "What's up Docs?". Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground. LEGO Systems, Inc. pp. 30–39. ISBN 1-903276-05-5.
- ↑ Grant, pp. 14–15.
- ↑ Grant, p. 6.
- ↑ Grant, Alan (2000). "Let's Get Building". Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground. LEGO Systems, Inc. pp. 46–48. ISBN 1-903276-05-5.
- ↑ Birkinshaw, Marie (2000) "Quadrant 14.". Race for Survival. Dorling Kindersley pp. 14–17. ISBN 0-7894-5458-0.
- ↑ Birkinshaw, pp. 20–21.
- ↑ Birkinshaw, pp. 40–41.
- ↑ Pickering, David; Turpin, Nick; Jenner, Caryn (eds.) (1999). "The Design Concept". The Ultimate LEGO Book. DK publishing. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-7894-4691-X.
<ref> tag with name "Mania Sep99" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.Sources
- Data Design Interactive (last modified 25 September 1999). Main Lego Config File. File path:
Rock Raiders\LegoRR1.wad\Lego.cfg. - 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.
