LEGO Rock Raiders
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 video game.
Story
The Rock Raiders
LEGO Components
Sets
The Rock Raiders sets
| Set No. | Name | Released | Pieces | Minifigures | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4910 | The Hover Scout | 1999 | 39 | Jet | |
| 4920 | The Rapid Rider | 1999 | 38 | Bandit | |
| 4930 | The Rock Raiders (UK) Rock Raiders Crew (US) |
1999 | 38 | Axle, Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks | |
| 4940 | The Granite Grinder | 1999 | 108 | Axle | |
| 4950 | The Loader-Dozer | 1999 | 89 | Axle, rock monster | Also advertised as #4959; likely a typo |
| 4970 | The Chrome Crusher | 1999 | 167 | Axle | |
| 4980 | The Tunnel Transport | 1999 | 341 | Docs, Jet | |
| 4990 | The Rock Raiders HQ | 1999 | 402 | Bandit, Docs, Jet, Sparks, rock monster | |
| 1274 | 1 Light Hover | 2000 | Jet | Kabaya | |
| 1275 | 2 Chain Dozer | 2000 | Bandit | Kabaya | |
| 1276 | 3 Heli Transporter | 2000 | Docs | Kabaya | |
| 1277 | 4 Drill Craft | 2000 | Sparks | Kabaya | |
| 3347 | Rock Raiders #1 | 2000 | Chief | Mini Heroes Collection | |
| 3348 | Rock Raiders #2 | 2000 | Bandit, Docs, Sparks | Mini Heroes Collection | |
| 3349 | Rock Raiders #3 | 2000 | Axle, Docs, Jet | Mini Heroes Collection Axle's card spells his name "Axel" |
Play Features
Minifigures
Unique parts
The theme introduces an abundance of unique parts. Many of the parts are large and have been criticised for being "juniorized".
Media
Video games
The Rock Raiders franchise got 2 separate video games: One for PC, and one for 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
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!
Rock Raiders comics also appeared in a number of magazines, including LEGO Mania Magazine, LEGO Adventures!, and The Beano.
Story books
Rock Raiders got 3 separate story books.
- Rock Raiders: An Interactive Puzzle Storybook– Anna Knight 1999
- Rock Raiders: High Adventure Deep Underground – Alan Grant, 2000
- Race for Survival – Marie Birkinshaw, 2000
History
The Rock Raiders theme began production in 1997 with the codename "Underground". The sets stopped being produced in 2000.
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.
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