Lego Power Miners

Lego Power Miners (stylized as LEGO Power Miners) was a product range of the construction toy Lego,^[2] themed around a team of "Power Miners" who, while investigating the cause of a series of severe earthquakes, discover Rock Monsters and Energy Crystals.^[3] The theme was originally released in 2009^[4] after the discontinued Lego Rock Raiders theme. The product line was discontinued by the end of 2010.^[5]

Power Miners

Subject	Mining and underground monsters
Licensed from	The Lego Group
Availability	2009–2010
Total sets	24^[1]
Official website

Overview

The Power Miners (Doc, Duke, Rex, and Brains) are sent underground by the government to investigate a series of earthquakes that have destroyed several cities on the surface of the Lego World. While underground, they discover Energy Crystals and the Rock Monsters (Meltrox, Boulderax, Glaciator, Sulfurix, Firox, Geolix and Tremorox). They attempt to collect and mine the crystals in order to stop the monsters from consuming them and causing the earthquakes on the surface. However, a bigger threat emerges in the form of the Crystal King, the undisputed ruler of all Rock Monsters underground.^[6][7]

In January 2010, a new sub-theme called Power Miners: Core of the Underworld was introduced, with the plot having the Power Miners collapse to a lower level of caves while fighting the Crystal King with the Titanuim Command Rig, finding themselves in the inner core of the earth and encounter the Lava Monsters (Firax, Combustix, Infernox, and Eruptorr).^[6]

Construction sets

According to Bricklink, The Lego Group released 24 playsets and promotional polybags as part of the Lego Power Miners theme.^[1] The product line was eventually discontinued by the end of December 2010.^[5]

Below is a list of Power Miners sets. The first two promotional sets were released in December 2008, but later in the year a few of the first wave sets were available at Toys "R" Us stores. Finally, in January 2009, the entire first wave was released. A second batch of sets was released in May 2009 and a third wave of sets in August 2009. All four new sets of 2010 were released in January 2010 to Europe, while sets 8190 and 8191 were not released to America until August 2010. Most of the sets were similar to the Lego Rock Raiders theme.^{[citation needed]}

Reference	Name	Released	Pieces	Notes
8907	Rock Hacker	2008	29	Limited promotional release
8908	Monster Launcher	2008	12	Limited promotional release
8956	Stone Chopper	2009	31
8957	Mine Mech	2009	67
8958	Granite Grinder	2009	97
8959	Claw Digger	2009	197
8960	Thunder Driller	2009	235
8961	Crystal Sweeper	2009	474
8707	Boulder Blaster	2009	293	Limited edition
8962	Crystal King	2009	168
8963	Rock Wrecker	2009	225
8708	Cave Crusher	2009	259	Special edition
8964	Titanium Command Rig	2009	706
8709	Underground Mining Station	2009	637	Limited edition
8188	Fire Blaster	2010	67
8189	Magma Mech	2010	183
8190	Claw Catcher	2010	259
8191	Lavatraz	2010	381

Awards and nominations

In 2009, Titanium Command Rig was awarded "DreamToys" in the Construction category by the Toy Retailers Association.^[8]

See also

• Lego Rock Raiders

References

1. "BrickLink Reference Catalog - Sets - Category LEGO Power Miners". Bricklink. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. Instructions provided by Lego on how to complete some of the constructions for this series are available here. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
3. LEGO Power Miners Teaser. 2 September 2009 – via YouTube.
4. . Archived from the original 6 November 2008.
5. "Power Miners LEGO Sets". BrickEconomy. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
6. Herman, Sarah (2012). Building a History: The Lego Group. Pen & Sword Books Ltd. p. 221.
7. Farshtey, Gregory; Lipkowitz, Daniel; Hugo, Simon (1 October 2020). LEGO Minifigure A Visual History New Edition. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-241-50202-0.
8. "2009 Construction". Toy Retailers Association. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}