TheMegazordman1 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Hello everyone I was just wondering who all used to build with the Rock raider Sets of figures from about 1999 -2000 ? If you do not know what Rock raiders is it was a story line and sets from lego that was produced in 1999 to 2000 It was about a group of explorers that are returning home from a space exploration when their ship is damaged and thrown in to a worm hole to a far off Galaxy ,. Their ship has lost its warp drive and must be repaired and re-energized by mining energy crystals from a near by planet . They do so fighting slugs, bats, and the dreaded rock monsters along the way until they finally find a massive hoard of energy crystals deep withing the planet and are able to leave back home . Now that you know the story of rock raiders or you may have already knew it , I have a question for you and that question is . If someone was to put a Idea up on the Lego Idea website where such things as the back to the future and Ecto-1 sets have been released that was a idea to bring back the Rock raiders showing new vehicles and other such things would you vote for it ? Now i know lego had the power miners a few years back but to me that was to rock raiders as what Hero factory is to Bionicle rock raiders had the fact that unlike power miners the machines they used had a very Ridly Scott alien`s movie look to them like they were real working machines they even had parts that looked like the paint was worn off and used like machinery actually does . So in short if there was a idea put up to bring rock raiders back Would you vote for it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Probably not. As the years go on, I feel less and less nostalgia for the extremely dated Rock Raiders theme. The builds in the theme were incredibly basic, using lots of bulky, specialized parts; the characters felt overly edgy like so many things from the turn of the millenium; and the color scheme, while unique enough, feels kind of blah compared to those of more recent themes. I actually greatly preferred Power Miners, which traded juniorized builds for complex and semi-realistic functional models, traded the dour color scheme for a bright one better suited for mining vehicles (with stickered wear and tear that even glowed in the dark), introduced a variety of expressive rock monsters instead of a single lump of brown with one point of articulation, and included a cast of miners with more personality and working-class charm. If you can create a model that can correct all or most of these flaws while still remaining recognizeable to the classic Rock Raiders theme, I might be willing to support it. But as it stands I'm not dying for the Rock Raiders theme to return in any real capacity. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMegazordman1 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Probably not. As the years go on, I feel less and less nostalgia for the extremely dated Rock Raiders theme. The builds in the theme were incredibly basic, using lots of bulky, specialized parts; the characters felt overly edgy like so many things from the turn of the millenium; and the color scheme, while unique enough, feels kind of blah compared to those of more recent themes. I actually greatly preferred Power Miners, which traded juniorized builds for complex and semi-realistic functional models, traded the dour color scheme for a bright one better suited for mining vehicles (with stickered wear and tear that even glowed in the dark), introduced a variety of expressive rock monsters instead of a single lump of brown with one point of articulation, and included a cast of miners with more personality and working-class charm. If you can create a model that can correct all or most of these flaws while still remaining recognizeable to the classic Rock Raiders theme, I might be willing to support it. But as it stands I'm not dying for the Rock Raiders theme to return in any real capacity.I see what you mean bout the models being rather blocky and simple. and of course the rock monsters would need to be updated as well it really is a shame that they never produced the lava or Ice monsters that were seen in the game . And about your saying of the rock raiders them selves In the sets I see what htey mean they didnt really have that much personality but really what minifigs did at the time rock raiders came out besides maybe the adventures line (anther line that would be awesome to bring back again like with the Pharaoh sets . ) and I will do my best to make a moc to represent a possible new set while taking in to account your comments . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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