LEGO Rock Raiders
| Availability | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Total sets | 15 |
| Characters | 7 |
LEGO Rock Raiders was a 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
| Year | Item No. | Name | Pieces | Figures | Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4910 | The Hover Scout | Jet | ||
| 4920 | The Rapid Rider | Bandit | |||
| 4930 | The Rock Raiders | Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks | |||
| 4940 | The Granite Grinder | Axle | |||
| 4950 | The Loader-Dozer | Axle, Rock Monster | |||
| 4970 | The Chrome Crusher | Axle | |||
| 4980 | The Tunnel Transport | Docs, Jet | |||
| 4990 | The Rock Raiders HQ | Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, Rock Monster |
Play Features
Minifigures
Chief is cool and not worth the price.
- Axle − The driver
- Bandit − The sailor
- Chief − The leader
- 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
The theme introduces an abundance of unique parts. Many of the parts are large and have been criticized for being "juniorized".
Media
Video games
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.
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
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.[1]
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
References
- ↑ 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.
External links
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