Lego Power Miners
{{Short description|2009 Lego product}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox Lego theme
|name=Power Miners
|image=200px
|subthemes=
|parentthemes=
|subject=Mining and underground monsters
|licensedfrom = The Lego Group
|from=2009
|to=2010
|sets=24{{Cite web|title=BrickLink Reference Catalog - Sets - Category LEGO Power Miners|url=https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catID=689&catXrefLevel=0&catType=S&catLike=W|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Bricklink}}
|website=http://powerminers.lego.com/
}}
Lego Power Miners (stylized as LEGO Power Miners) is a discontinued product range of the construction toy Lego,Instructions provided by Lego on how to complete some of the constructions for this series are available [http://lego.brickinstructions.com/lego_instructions/set/8962/Crystal_King_ here]. Retrieved 5 November 2014. themed around a team of "Power Miners" who, while investigating the cause of a series of severe earthquakes, discover Rock Monsters and Energy Crystals.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYZMpFCLncU|title=LEGO Power Miners Teaser|date=September 2, 2009|via=YouTube}} The theme was originally released in 2009[https://web.archive.org/web/20081106064625/http://club.lego.com/en-us/news/NewsDetails.aspx?id=89870 "Mystery Monsters invade LEGO Magazine!"]. Archived from the [http://club.lego.com/en-us/news/NewsDetails.aspx?id=89870 original] 6 November 2008. after the discontinued Lego Rock Raiders theme. The product line was discontinued by the end of 2010.{{Cite web|title=Power Miners LEGO Sets|url=https://www.brickeconomy.com/sets/theme/power-miners|access-date=15 June 2021|website=BrickEconomy|language=en}}
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.{{Cite book|last1=Farshtey|first1=Gregory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAr0DwAAQBAJ&dq=LEGO%C2%AE+Minifigure+A+Visual+History+New+Edition+-+Lego+Power+Miners&pg=PT141|title=LEGO Minifigure A Visual History New Edition|last2=Lipkowitz|first2=Daniel|last3=Hugo|first3=Simon|date=2020-10-01|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited|isbn=978-0-241-50202-0|pages=140|language=en}}
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).{{Cite book |last=Herman |first=Sarah |title=Building a History: The Lego Group |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Ltd |year=2012 |pages=221}}
Construction sets
According to BrickLink, The Lego Group released 24 playsets and promotional polybags as part of the Lego Power Miners theme. The product line was eventually discontinued by the end of December 2010.
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|date=September 2021}}
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| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.toyretailersassociation.co.uk/dreamtoys-2009/construction/ |title=2009 Construction | website= Toy Retailers Association | access-date=9 November 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://powerminers.lego.com/}}{{Dead link|date=December 2022}}
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