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== Sets == |
== Sets == |
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+ | * [[1290 Lava Buggy]]/[[8003 Volcano Climber]] |
| − | * [[1291 Power Bike]] |
+ | * [[1291 Power Bike]]/[[8004 Dirt Bike]] |
| − | * [[1292 Frost Flyer]] |
+ | * [[1292 Frost Flyer]]/[[8005 Ice Explorer]] |
| − | * [[1293 Swamp Craft]] |
+ | * [[1293 Swamp Craft]]/[[8006 Swamp Craft]] |
| − | * [[8003 Volcano Climber]] |
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| − | * [[8004 Dirt Bike]] |
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| − | * [[8005 Ice Explorer]] |
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| − | * [[8006 Swamp Craft]] |
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* [[8509 Swamp]] |
* [[8509 Swamp]] |
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* [[8510 Lava]] |
* [[8510 Lava]] |
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Revision as of 03:27, 8 May 2012
RoboRiders was a TECHNIC theme launched by LEGO in 1999 as a successor to the Slizers theme. It was short lived, and was discontinued in 2001, when it was replaced by BIONICLE.
A total of seven official and four promotional sets were released while this series lasted. Special RoboRiders canisters, when exposed to cold temperatures, would reveal codes used to play an online game. Their canisters are similar to those of early BIONICLE sets.
The explanation of the code.
Background
Somewhere in cyberspace, there lived an un-named, advanced species, on a world divided into six regions: Dust, Ice, Lava, Stone, Power, and Swamp. A mysterious enemy arrived on their world and unleashed a virus, which spread across their world.
The story as it appeared on the website.
To counter the virus, the species created wheel-shaped armour for themselves, and six motorcycle-like machines, called RoboRiders, to travel in. The RoboRiders could fire elemental blasts by launching their rider. Eventually, the RoboRiders vanquished the virus and saved their world.
It was never revealed who the Boss RoboRider was. It has been speculated that he was either the one who unleashed the virus, or that he was the leader of the RoboRiders. The promotional sets never appeared in the storyline but it has been speculated they were created to help the Roboriders.
Types
Power RoboRider
Power's City-Realm is not a safe place to be. This world is a huge city with acid rain, toxic fumes, and several highways with broken paths that are hard to cross. Power has giant cranes for his enemies. Power is armed with two plasma cannons and a wheel launcher. He has the element of metal-poison. His colour is yellow.
Frost RoboRider
Frost's Ice-Realm is known for temperatures far below frost temperatures; almost reaching -50 degrees Celsius (-58oF). It also has dangerous wind-icestorms and is filled with frozen obstacles. Ice caves, thorns, and monsters are everywhere, but there are also ice monsters. The colour of Frost RoboRider is white and can shoot ice-spears and also has a wheel launcher. His element is ice. He is coloured white and Light Blue.
Lava RoboRider
Lava's Magma-Realm is filled with extreme heat, molten lava spewing out of volcanoes as well as constant rains of fire. Lava monsters are his main enemy. He is capable of swinging his flameaxes, and is armed with a wheel launcher as well. He has the element of fire/lava. He is red and orange.
Swamp RoboRider
Swamp searches for the virus in the murky Swamp-Realm that is filled with deep holes, slippery pathways, and a jungle full of entangled vines. Swamp's enemies are large blue blobs that emerge out of the water. He is armed with twin Katanas to cut through thick vegetation, and is additionally armed with a wheel launcher. He has the element of flora/water, his colour is lime green.
Onyx RoboRider
Onyx stays firmly in his Rock-Realm where he searches in the large mountain caverns and caves, but this is not truly a safe place since there is almost total darkness and Onyx is the only one known to be able to see perfectly well in this realm. His adversaries are giant rock monsters. His weapons are twin laserbeams, and he is armed with a wheel launcher as well. He has the element of earth. Onyx is coloured black.
Dust RoboRider
Dust searches for the enemies in the much-dreaded Desert-Realm. There are howling sandstorms that are very difficult to navigate through, the terrain is very tough to drive in, and there is always a danger of drowning in quicksand or monster sandstorms. Dust's main enemies are the sand pits. Dust is armed with two spears, and is also armed with a wheel launcher. He has the element of sand/wind. Dust is tan-coloured. he also fights large hands that have glowing palms and large worms that live in the sand pits.
Boss RoboRider
The Boss was the last set ever released in the theme. No description has been given so it will remain unknown if he is the evil RoboRider that launched the virus or if he is the commander of the other RoboRiders. He apparently likes to lurk in the Desert-Realm and the Ice-Realm (as seen on box). His elements are unknown, his colour is orange.
Wheels
The wheels were included with the RoboRider sets. There were sixteen different types of Wheels who were characters before they changed into the Wheels. They were availble in every RoboRiders set in different colours. Special golden wheels were released in combo packs.
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  The 16 Roboriders Wheels |
Sets
- 1290 Lava Buggy/8003 Volcano Climber
- 1291 Power Bike/8004 Dirt Bike
- 1292 Frost Flyer/8005 Ice Explorer
- 1293 Swamp Craft/8006 Swamp Craft
- 8509 Swamp
- 8510 Lava
- 8511 Frost
- 8512 Onyx
- 8513 Dust
- 8514 Power
- 8515 RoboRider Wheels
- 8516 The Boss
- Combination Packs
- Combinations
- Lava/Swamp Combo
- Power/Onyx Combo
- Dust/Frost Combo
- Other Combo's Instructions were released on the official website
Gallery
