Truly the best LEGO theme ever. I wish they would revisit it, I feel like it would do really well, but at the same time they set the bar too high in 2009
@@CheeseyStudios some more rock monster colours with the original moulds would be nice... trans bright green, trans yellow, trans light blue, trans purple...
You just gave me a reminder: There was actually a Lego Atlantis theme and it wasnt that bad! Although it obviously hadnt anything to do with the movie.
I love these theme retrospective videos and can’t wait to see more episodes! Also I am shocked how cheap most of these sets are, LEGO has become so much more expensive over the years.
Indeed. I brought this up in another reply but compare this wave of sets to the 2022 Harry Potter lineup which has sets at $20, $50, $50, $80, $90, $100, and $120. Power Miners wave 1 was $6, $8, $10, $20, $27, $30, and $70. One of these themes is much more accessible than the other, even with inflation adjusted prices.
I can’t look at a power miners set (specifically the mine mech) without being reminded of clutch powers. I didn’t get into Lego until a few years after this theme unfortunately ended, so my introduction to it was through the into sequence of that movie. The whole point of that movie was to show off all the original themes that were available at the time of the movie’s release. I only watched clutch powers well after power miners ended so I had no idea that those sets even existed. Now because of finding out about these themes and your series revisiting them, I am able to feel nostalgia for sets that I never even had. I’m very excited to see more themes showcased and seeing the rest of the power miners waves, as always your videos are a delight to watch.
Thank you for making this video! Power Miners was well inside my Lego “dark age”, but since I create Rock Raiders videos on my channel, I always get questions about this theme. Now I can just send people to your video if they are interested in it! 😊
One of my favorite 2000s lego themes. I miss getting sets that weren’t a license, or trying to be a huge blockbuster theme like bionicle, just simple themes to last 3 waves. Never got any of these sets sadly but a great theme and a great video about it.
The sudden and widespread love and appreciation being shown for power miners over the past year or two is really nice to see. For the longest time people didn’t even seem to know what I was talking about when I’d bring up the theme but now so many people are talking about it so frequently and I love that. I genuinely hope that this theme reaches a point where it becomes a classic space of our generation, the prospect of them potentially revisiting it one day would give me so much to look forward to
Even my wife, a rather casual fan of LEGO when she was younger, started getting quite excited when I brought out the rock monsters to shoot this video. She recalled having a few sets and how awesome they were. It definitely made an enormous impression on our generation, and I sure love it too!
@@CheeseyStudios the rock monsters are such a highlight to any lego collection really, they’re just so simple and perfect haha! I’d be curious to ask, did you ever have a “dream color” rock monster you were hoping to see in a future wave? I always wanted a purple one when I was younger haha. I’d love to see them get the classic space men treatment and be rereleased in different colors some day
Dude I’ve been watching you for ages now and I love being able to see your boost in confidence it’s really noticeable and AWESOME I feel in the last 8-9 videos you have been your most entertaining you have been so fun to watch when you are just having fun and jokeing like wait “I have a bunch of crystals” Seriously ammmmazing job so glad you recently got the recognition you deserved in the recent likes and subs boost :D Keep GOINNNG!!!
Thank you Jacob! I really have been having so much funny lately with these. Warming up to the camera takes some time, but I'm definitely getting in more of a routine and it feels great! And it's just hard not to be excited about Power Miners! 😂
I'm a few days away from also getting the full first wave of these sets, I was always a Bionicle kid but this theme resonated with me so much, it deserved so much better
actually as a guy who works in construction, you would not believe how many people share the same name here (currently we have three people with the same name, among a few others who share the same name) so my headcanon is that it's not a 'one true Duke' thing, and it's actually that all three share the same first name and everyone just calls them Duke
@@CheeseyStudios There's actually a fanmade reboot of the game, made with HD graphics and able to run on any system of today. Its called Manic Miners and runs VERY smooth! Looks amazing too
@@CheeseyStudios Rock Raiders was awesome. I bought a massive digger just to get a rock monster, he was cute. I really appreciated that the team included a woman. Lego has historically not included enough female figs.
Power Miners and Alien Conquest were my all time favorite themes as a kid, I absolutely loved them and still do to this day. Cheesy Studios, thank you so much for making this video!
I have so much love for this theme. I absolutely adore just about everything about it. i love the color, the minifigs, the functions, and the builds are just so cool. I remember obsessively watching the videos where the designers showed off the functions and builds. good stuff
Dude. This theme was THE theme. Collected the first 5 vehicles back in the day and got the Crystal Sweeper later on, but man, this was too good. The colours, play features (which I must say have been downgraded or even sidelined in modern themes), rock monster design that is a theme exclusive, introducing the drill and wheel pieces, dynamite... I wish I could go back into the store just once and look at the packed shelf filled with these. The era of Power Miners, Pharaoh's Quest, Mars Mission, Indiana Jones, Space Police 3, Pirates, Castle, Atlantis, Bionicle and Star Wars were IMO Lego's golden days. So many new colours and bricks, cool set write-ups, and hard copy magazines that were, for most kids, the only way to see what was new. I instantly think of this theme when I see orange and lime, it's far too nostalgic. Good times.
I recently rebuilt my Thunder Driller! I’m unfortunately missing a few major pieces somehow. It was the only set I got from the theme but it certainly cemented it as one of my favorites themes.
When I was shopping for lego peices, I saw one of these rock monsters. I loved their design and decide to buy as many different ones as I could, but I recently lost a lot of them. For some reason I never tried to find out what theme they came from, these sets are really cool! (I thought that the large lava monster was an offbrand, but it was still cool so I kept it)
Love the creativity of these Lego original themes! I really hope Lego begins to do more of them and branches out from the few they have had recently. Also wouldn’t mind the return of a few such as Monster Hunters or Hidden Side
@@CheeseyStudios I don't remember that one all that much since I never got it, but the vampire castle I loved and remember building. Lots of Minifigures in there
Oh yes one of the best lego themes ever, the Amount of detail you get in these sets just Amazes me still to this day! I wish lego would bring make themes like this. And you did a good job on the video.
All those sets have such amazing features. I always wanted the big crystal collector, so far I've only replicated it with my own pieces. And the blue minimonster is just 👌
The greatest part about this theme is that you can get one of each of the rock monsters with the first 5 sets. As a kid, I only ever got those five because Boulder Blaster wasn't as easy to get, and my parents didn't want to pay for a set as expensive as Crystal Sweeper. However, that's totally fine because that meant that I had exactly one of each of the rock monsters. These sets really are amazing. Personally, I'd argue that the original nine and a half year run of Bionicle was the best LEGO IP, but Power Miners was definitely a close second. I literally just randomly stumbled across this video today. Thank you so much for reminding me of some awesome sets from childhood that I loved. Power miners was one of the first LEGO IPs that I actually owned sets from as most of my early LEGO collection was LEGO Star Wars sets. My only complaint with the video is that you only briefly glossed over the fact that you can stick the dynamite in the rock monsters' mouths, and never even mentioned that you can do also do it with the crystals as seen in the marketing animation.
Please also do the other two waves of Power Miners! This is such a lovely nostalgia trip! :) My favourite will always be the King of the Rock Monsters, I was so happy with I got it and even played with it so much that it was the only time a Lego part broke for me haha. I would love to hear what you have to say about the other sets
I wish I had more wave two stuff! I'm missing three large sets sadly. But I will be showcasing all the sets from the last wave! Crystal King is soooo good.
@@CheeseyStudios Ah yeah thats reasonable, wave two truly had a lot more larger sets... only just realised two of them were limited etitions too, generally these probably are a lot harder to come by... I only own two of them too. But awesome! Looking forward to the 3rd wave then, only just realised it only consisted of 4 sets? What the hell Lego. How amazing it would be if they brought this theme back... there is so much potential... other cave types and monsters... flooded... frozen... but im just rambling here haha.
I had these sets as a kid and I genuinely didn’t believe they were real until a year ago or so. No one in my family remembered my sets and I wasn’t sure myself. This has unlocked thousands of memories for me.
I had these as a kid and I agree this is the best Lego theme, the color scheme is beautiful and the somewhat sci-fi but sleek industrial equipment is such a unique idea
Loved this theme so much! It's such a charming theme, fun play functions, great aesthetics, the rock monsters have a ton of character, especially compared to stuff like the Mars Mission aliens. Would love to see a reboot/rebranding of this one.
@@CheeseyStudios same here. Even that City mining subtheme from a few years ago had some pretty creative builds. A Rock Raiders II or Power Miners II or even some other Space spinoff would be very welcomed.
these were some of my very first legos in elementary and i just remember my dad who i’m not very close with anymore taking his time to help teach me how to build each one, thank you for making this video it brings me back ❤
I think it would have been cool to see a galaxy squad approach where there was a consistent lime color but depending on the specialization of a team, there would be different secondary colors. Maybe each team also had a different design style, such as one being more industrial and conventional, another more mech-focused and experimental, etc. Power Miners was a fun theme, and it's a shame it only had like, what, 3 waves? It and Atlantis really feel like victims of Lego at the time, where these themes would have two strong waves and and a lackluster third wave that changed up things. Mars mission was also similar. I miss original Lego themes. So much of the company's portfolio are licensed or evergreen stuff now.
Yeah, the "rebrand" attempt to revitalize themes like this always made it so the theme ended at an awkward and incomplete point. Glad we got the Temple of Atlantis at least though!
Dude, I don’t know what it is but your videos stick out to me in terms of quality. I literally found you no less than 2 days ago and you have a new subscriber. Would absolutely LOVE to see more retrospectives of classic lego themes! This era of Lego was my childhood Also just at the start so if you mentioned this my bad, but the thing that stuck out to me the most with Power Miners was the durability. Most of those sets are *rock* solid and the Claw Digger and Thunder Driller in particular could quite literally be dropped down the stairs and be ok
So glad you found the channel! These are my favorite type of video to do, and I definitely have plans for more. I do think I neglected to talk about the stability, but you're totally right - these things were bulletproof! Even compared to Mars Mission just a few years earlier there's so much improvement
I’ve watched a lot of your Revisiting videos and nothing brought me as much joy as watching you just play with the Crystal Sweeper. It’s Lego! It’s fun to see you mess around with it :)
Truly an incredible theme, kinda sad it got shut down. I own all sets, and got 5 sets twice, so I could build some combination sets and mocs. Rock and Stone!
@@CheeseyStudios same for me, all I'm missing is the Stationary Base a 2nd Time for a Moc that was once in a lego magazine, 2 more sets for the 3rd and biggest combination set and the titanium drill rig for a moc that was in a german magazine once. Apart from that I own all official sets.
This is the set that got me back into Lego. My sister got me the two smallest sets for my birthday while visiting her. Instantly fell in love with the rock monsters and the unique power miner characters. I've done individual reviews of all the sets on my channel. Don't forget to mention the combo builds! I've recently started getting duplicate sets so that I can build and review all the combo builds. Gonna need a second and third of the Underground Mining Station. It has 2 alt builds. Lots of spare parts in the end for mocs though, right? Edit: The 3d dynamite was first used in these sets, as well as quite a few other elements.
First off, this was a great video and retrospective. High quality and very entertaining. This theme holds a special place in my heart. I had the vehicles 2 through 6 but didn't really see the need to buy the smallest set as my younger brother had that one and I already had the red rock monster. Even still, I sort of viewed my five vehicles as a complete set, something I was proud to have collected as I was never really able to buy every set of a Lego theme. I remember driving these bad boys around on the carpet and stairs, going on expeditions looking for monsters and crystals. You're right about the rock monsters being the main draw, and I also really liked the crystal pieces. The thing I remember most from these sets is the claw digger's sheer destructive capability, you could swing those arms with some serious force. I definitely chipped and bashed up those orange claw pieces on my set lol.
Thank you! It's great to see how many people have fond memories of these sets. They were such a delight, and I'm sure glad I got to grow up with them too.
14:20 Doc being upset that power miners ended too quickly , awesome video by the way , right now I'm going for the 3rd wave and I just bought recently the claw Catcher...I mean I first got the Fire blaster for my birthday like a month ago and that made me go straight and collect the 3rd wave so quick , next month I'm going for Lavatraz and Magma mech and it's so insane that I'll get them all new and sealed at a good price even if it's still quite...expensive but thanks for bringing back power miners , it's such a great theme like I couldn't ask for more about it , just sad that it didn't go far than 3 waves but I'm still grateful for it that it happened , so again thank you for bringing it back , May power miners never end in our deep hearts 😭
I needed this video...power miners was so nostalgic, like bionicle for most. Had this whole wave and they where amazing, could play with them forever....My child self thanks you👏
What a great theme! Each set has a distinct playability feature and fun pieces to build with. The rock monsters are some really unique figures, and the colors indeed slap. Great retrospective!
I LOVED power miners as a kid! I always felt like this was a lesser known LEGO theme so I'm very happy to see it get some recognition! (Although my heart will always truly belong to Mars Mission and Bionicles)
Oh my gosh, I always remembered these sets but not the name. Thank you for bringing those sweet, sweet memories back! I had Brains and Rex sets, and still have the orange pieces and wicked tires!
Excited to see this theme getting the love it deserves. We had about 10 years in between Rock Raiders and Power Miners, it should be about time for the third run of the crystal mining theme. I can only hope LEGO is seeing the respect fans are giving this theme in the last few years and bring it back for a revival. I recently completed my power miners collection earlier this year with the Underground Mining Station. Can't wait to see the wave 2+3 videos!
I remember when these came out, my youngest brother loved them and me and my other brother found joy in the Rock Raiders nostalgia. I personally only owned the mech from this set, but we had a few of these and a few from the next wave.
I only ever had two of the Power Miners sets but I loved it a lot. Happy to watch this video and learn a lot more about this theme! Between I love this theme and Agents a lot!
"An absolutely ridiculous story, so you know we're off to great start to this theme." 😆 I have acquired a couple of these sets through bulk buys and really like the color scheme. Orange will always be my favorite color and paired with the lime green is just perfect. Fun video! Thanks for sharing your awesome collection.
I loved the look of these sets. I really wanted to get more when I was a kid and seeing how cool the Sweeper and Boulder Blaster now I REALLY wished I had them as a kid.
This is such a cool theme that I never really knew about. They came out during a time in my life where I didn't pay attention to Lego. I hate that I watch this video, because now I need all of these for my city. Lol It fits perfect with my theme and I can tell a great story with my city using these sets. Great video, my pocket book doesn't not thank you though.
@@CheeseyStudios essentially that's exactly what I want to do. I'm doing a pop culture themed city that is going to be under a zombie apocalypse. I was going to build a bunker system under the city and now I know who's going to be in charge of that.
i’ve always watch the ads not knowing it was an actual product when i was younger lol. The world building is really expansive, it would be great to see more of it
Great video! I only bought the mech back in the day, to get a rock monster (an adorable little figure with fun proportions) and the new diamond element. It's so funny to me to see Power Miners as nostalgic theme that people fondly remember now, because I always remember that parts of the AFOL community HATED it when it came out. It was not well received and was the butt of jokes for a while. It makes me wonder if newer themes that were somewhat lukewarm during their run, like Nexo Knights, will get similar nostalgia 10+ years from now.
Interesting! I was honestly totally unaware of any AFOL hate it might have received because I can promise you that all the kids at school thought these things were the bomb. Are all the kids who "grew up with" Vidiyo gonna be the ones having nostalgic retrospectives in the future? 😂
I enjoy your retrospective videos especially when getting the feeling that you actually had history with them and played with these sets feel more real than just watching many other lego youtubers reviewing set’s because lego sent them obligated to some kind of contract many AFOL just review a product and forget its is a toy first and foremost its a building toy you are supposed to enjoy and many sets are meant to be played with
Damn the nostalgia hit me hard with this one, for me my introduction to legos was Power Miners and Agents. Kinda wished you showed the combining feature but amazing video none the less.
Power miners is my favorite theme of all time and I miss it every day. I wish it didn’t come out when I was so young so that I could buy more of them. The idea and builds allow for so much play and cool interesting functions, like the blades, sweeper, and drill.
This was by far my favorite Lego series as a kid, I had every single set and each one has an awesome memory connected to it, because I got it for Christmas, my birthday etc.. :)
This theme was great! I have vehicles 4, 8, and the crystal king, which I thought was the best trio of sets. Also been binging your channel and I think it's great.
Just picked up the Thunder Driller, And Claw Digger for less than retail and Crystal Sweeper for 65 because of this video and my nostalgia. Also picked up the rock wrecker so I could own every type of rock monster. All the sets with instructions and boxes too. Cant wait for the wave 2 video
Recently my uncle gave me his tub of old Legos. Specifically they are from the late 1970s to late 1990s range. Beautiful! There’s tons of old gray elements, like halberds and swords. Plus there’s a bunch of the old Wild West old gray rifles that aren’t made anymore. I have a ton of knights too, like the Bull knights, Lion knights, forestmen, and bat knights. Best thing ever.
Power Miners was such a good one. Between the actual sets, the goofy videos from the website, and the Rock Monsters, what wasn't there to love about it?
i love your shirt!!! i remember really liking the aesthetic of these but the only set i ever got back then was the stone chopper one! such cool vehicles i wish they would make more original stuff like this
Thank you! This theme is truly special and I love the creativity that comes out of LEGO with their original themes. I'm working on another Power Miners video this week and I swear I'm falling even more in love with this theme!
i had all of these!! except the boulder blaster... also, watching you play with the crystal sweeper was so nostalgic for me! i lost mine when a tree fell on my house :(
If I remember, the Stone Chopper was my 1st lego set from all time, following by a clone walker battle pack from Clone Wars. The theme hasn't stuck in me so much but hey, it's still a remarkable set! In a way or another, the figs are still alive and rocking! HAH ROCKING!
and hey, if you need any theme for a future retrospective, try the Agents/Ultra Agents or Chima. ...Chima will make 10 years next year, this shows how we're old.
I love your reviews and can't wait to watch more. You've hit a spot that I didn't know I was craving. I hope that you'll eventually do the LEGO Atlantis sets.
You'll be happy to hear I've actually been working on Atlantis this past month! I was only missing a few sets from the first wave, but I've almost got them all together now!
Like most great lego themes, I think it was a combination of great models and a great media campaign that really solidified it. You've had the fantastic TV shorts that had both suspense and gonzo action, the designer videos with Mark Stafford and Tim.. Something :P And the Monster See, Monster Do vids that almost gave a sense of ARG to the theme. A very 2000s mtv/nickelodeon vibe, which funnily enough was kinda reflected in the sets' colour scheme. Fantastic stuff. "It's a rock - it's alive! And it's eating the crystals!"
My brother and I were obsessed with all the videos they put out for this theme, checking every day to see if there was a new one uploaded on the LEGO website xD
I've got a few more planned yet, don't worry! They do take forever to make (been working on Power Miners for about three months lol) but there'll be more eventually :D
I agree with you 100%! I loved the theme as a kid, and this year I actually sat behind my Desktop to collect them all and I actually Manager to get them all fairly inexpensive, except for the underground mining facility which is still on my wanted list!
This and Atlantis were literally just my child hood. Always wanted the crystal sweeper as a kid and now that I have a job I bought one sealed and I’m so happy I did. Hopefully plan on getting all of the power miners sets sealed eventually
Truly the best LEGO theme ever. I wish they would revisit it, I feel like it would do really well, but at the same time they set the bar too high in 2009
That's a good point - I'm honestly not sure how they could outdo what they did back in 2009. Still would love to see them try though!
@@CheeseyStudios some more rock monster colours with the original moulds would be nice... trans bright green, trans yellow, trans light blue, trans purple...
@@CheeseyStudios I think they could make rock monsters using the new mixels system instead of the bigfigs.
chima and nexo knights were also kinda fun
yeah I'm scared they will disappoint us just like with hero factory / bionicle's return
As soon as I saw the thumbnail so much nostalgia swept over me. I loved the power miners
Rebuilding these sets was an insane trip down memory lane for sure...
As a kid obsessed with the movie Atlantis, the mining drill had to be one of my favourites that I remember most.
Oh yeah! I can see the similarities
Same here! My favorite movie and it gave the vibes so well
You just gave me a reminder: There was actually a Lego Atlantis theme and it wasnt that bad! Although it obviously hadnt anything to do with the movie.
YES! this man gets it!
I asked this for Christmas one year as "The Lego Atlantis drill"
You told me there would be digging!!
Power miners was the stuff when I was a kid, the Industrial Orange and Green was really pleasing and the designs too. One of my fave wave of Lego
On paper, those colors should surely *never* work, yet it's pulled off perfectly here. Great stuff!
I love these theme retrospective videos and can’t wait to see more episodes! Also I am shocked how cheap most of these sets are, LEGO has become so much more expensive over the years.
Indeed. I brought this up in another reply but compare this wave of sets to the 2022 Harry Potter lineup which has sets at $20, $50, $50, $80, $90, $100, and $120. Power Miners wave 1 was $6, $8, $10, $20, $27, $30, and $70. One of these themes is much more accessible than the other, even with inflation adjusted prices.
I can’t look at a power miners set (specifically the mine mech) without being reminded of clutch powers. I didn’t get into Lego until a few years after this theme unfortunately ended, so my introduction to it was through the into sequence of that movie. The whole point of that movie was to show off all the original themes that were available at the time of the movie’s release. I only watched clutch powers well after power miners ended so I had no idea that those sets even existed. Now because of finding out about these themes and your series revisiting them, I am able to feel nostalgia for sets that I never even had. I’m very excited to see more themes showcased and seeing the rest of the power miners waves, as always your videos are a delight to watch.
So glad you liked this one! I've got more videos like this planned as I really enjoy doing them. :D
Best type of nostalgia is when you forget about it completely and get that sudden “O yeahhhhh” moment. Loved this set
Thank you for making this video!
Power Miners was well inside my Lego “dark age”, but since I create Rock Raiders videos on my channel, I always get questions about this theme. Now I can just send people to your video if they are interested in it! 😊
I'll have to send the Rock Raiders fans your way as people are always asking about them here, ha!
@@CheeseyStudios Deal! Haha 😉👍
One of my favorite 2000s lego themes. I miss getting sets that weren’t a license, or trying to be a huge blockbuster theme like bionicle, just simple themes to last 3 waves. Never got any of these sets sadly but a great theme and a great video about it.
Yeah, LEGO's in-house themes are always the best.
The sudden and widespread love and appreciation being shown for power miners over the past year or two is really nice to see. For the longest time people didn’t even seem to know what I was talking about when I’d bring up the theme but now so many people are talking about it so frequently and I love that. I genuinely hope that this theme reaches a point where it becomes a classic space of our generation, the prospect of them potentially revisiting it one day would give me so much to look forward to
Even my wife, a rather casual fan of LEGO when she was younger, started getting quite excited when I brought out the rock monsters to shoot this video. She recalled having a few sets and how awesome they were. It definitely made an enormous impression on our generation, and I sure love it too!
@@CheeseyStudios the rock monsters are such a highlight to any lego collection really, they’re just so simple and perfect haha! I’d be curious to ask, did you ever have a “dream color” rock monster you were hoping to see in a future wave? I always wanted a purple one when I was younger haha. I’d love to see them get the classic space men treatment and be rereleased in different colors some day
@@Dani_Kitty7 Not gonna lie, my dream monster was definitely purple too!
Dude I’ve been watching you for ages now and I love being able to see your boost in confidence it’s really noticeable and AWESOME I feel in the last 8-9 videos you have been your most entertaining you have been so fun to watch when you are just having fun and jokeing like wait “I have a bunch of crystals”
Seriously ammmmazing job so glad you recently got the recognition you deserved in the recent likes and subs boost :D
Keep GOINNNG!!!
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Thank you Jacob! I really have been having so much funny lately with these. Warming up to the camera takes some time, but I'm definitely getting in more of a routine and it feels great! And it's just hard not to be excited about Power Miners! 😂
I'm a few days away from also getting the full first wave of these sets, I was always a Bionicle kid but this theme resonated with me so much, it deserved so much better
Bionicle probably deserved better there at the end too :,c
actually as a guy who works in construction, you would not believe how many people share the same name here (currently we have three people with the same name, among a few others who share the same name) so my headcanon is that it's not a 'one true Duke' thing, and it's actually that all three share the same first name and everyone just calls them Duke
Ha! I love that. I can definitely get behind that theory too 😂
I was super into the LEGO Rock Raiders game as a little kid, so you can imagine how insanely nostalgic this line was for me when it came out in 2009.
That's awesome. I'd love to see it rebooted/remade again some day. I know I'd go nuts for that too 😂
@@CheeseyStudios There's actually a fanmade reboot of the game, made with HD graphics and able to run on any system of today. Its called Manic Miners and runs VERY smooth! Looks amazing too
@@CheeseyStudios Rock Raiders was awesome. I bought a massive digger just to get a rock monster, he was cute. I really appreciated that the team included a woman. Lego has historically not included enough female figs.
Power Miners and Alien Conquest were my all time favorite themes as a kid, I absolutely loved them and still do to this day. Cheesy Studios, thank you so much for making this video!
My pleasure! Glad you could relive some good memories with this :D
I have so much love for this theme. I absolutely adore just about everything about it. i love the color, the minifigs, the functions, and the builds are just so cool. I remember obsessively watching the videos where the designers showed off the functions and builds. good stuff
This is peak LEGO in my opinion. Miss their original themes like this.
I can't believe it only existed for 2 years, felt like an eternity for me
This was my absolute favorite as a kid, and I still have most of my sets for my future kids. Rock Raiders is also pretty badass!
I really need to get some Rock Raiders sets at one point!
This and Space Police 3 are my favorite themes in terms of unique designs, they did not have to go that hard back in '09
Dude. This theme was THE theme. Collected the first 5 vehicles back in the day and got the Crystal Sweeper later on, but man, this was too good. The colours, play features (which I must say have been downgraded or even sidelined in modern themes), rock monster design that is a theme exclusive, introducing the drill and wheel pieces, dynamite... I wish I could go back into the store just once and look at the packed shelf filled with these. The era of Power Miners, Pharaoh's Quest, Mars Mission, Indiana Jones, Space Police 3, Pirates, Castle, Atlantis, Bionicle and Star Wars were IMO Lego's golden days. So many new colours and bricks, cool set write-ups, and hard copy magazines that were, for most kids, the only way to see what was new. I instantly think of this theme when I see orange and lime, it's far too nostalgic. Good times.
Couldn't agree more. It was awesome to be a kid growing up during those years - there was no shortage of amazing kits and themes.
I recently rebuilt my Thunder Driller! I’m unfortunately missing a few major pieces somehow. It was the only set I got from the theme but it certainly cemented it as one of my favorites themes.
That's sweet! I'm glad that's the one you got too - best set of the whole line in my opinion!
When I was shopping for lego peices, I saw one of these rock monsters. I loved their design and decide to buy as many different ones as I could, but I recently lost a lot of them. For some reason I never tried to find out what theme they came from, these sets are really cool! (I thought that the large lava monster was an offbrand, but it was still cool so I kept it)
The large lava monster is incredible! I can totally see why you wouldn't think him to be LEGO - he's so unique, even today!
Love the creativity of these Lego original themes! I really hope Lego begins to do more of them and branches out from the few they have had recently. Also wouldn’t mind the return of a few such as Monster Hunters or Hidden Side
every day i pray for the Lego Monster Fighters to return. Nice to see another fan of the series
That Monster Fighters Haunted House is one the best looking sets of all time.... Great stuff
@@CheeseyStudios I don't remember that one all that much since I never got it, but the vampire castle I loved and remember building. Lots of Minifigures in there
Oh yes one of the best lego themes ever, the Amount of detail you get in these sets just Amazes me still to this day! I wish lego would bring make themes like this. And you did a good job on the video.
Glad you enjoyed! This theme was so sell executed. I love seeing what the designers come up with without having licensing restrictions
All those sets have such amazing features. I always wanted the big crystal collector, so far I've only replicated it with my own pieces.
And the blue minimonster is just 👌
Rock Monsters just too good. The blue does work really well
Came for the rock monsters. Stayed for the channel. Love seeing your unapologetic passion for such a hobby. Keep doing your thing, bro!
I’d love for them to redo something to do with this theme- so much nostalgia! Loved this video!!
A reboot would be amazing. I'll keep holding on to hope! Glad you enjoyed the video :D
The greatest part about this theme is that you can get one of each of the rock monsters with the first 5 sets. As a kid, I only ever got those five because Boulder Blaster wasn't as easy to get, and my parents didn't want to pay for a set as expensive as Crystal Sweeper. However, that's totally fine because that meant that I had exactly one of each of the rock monsters. These sets really are amazing. Personally, I'd argue that the original nine and a half year run of Bionicle was the best LEGO IP, but Power Miners was definitely a close second. I literally just randomly stumbled across this video today. Thank you so much for reminding me of some awesome sets from childhood that I loved. Power miners was one of the first LEGO IPs that I actually owned sets from as most of my early LEGO collection was LEGO Star Wars sets. My only complaint with the video is that you only briefly glossed over the fact that you can stick the dynamite in the rock monsters' mouths, and never even mentioned that you can do also do it with the crystals as seen in the marketing animation.
Glad you came across this video too! If I do another Power Miners video I'll be sure to showcase the crystals :)
Please also do the other two waves of Power Miners! This is such a lovely nostalgia trip! :) My favourite will always be the King of the Rock Monsters, I was so happy with I got it and even played with it so much that it was the only time a Lego part broke for me haha. I would love to hear what you have to say about the other sets
I wish I had more wave two stuff! I'm missing three large sets sadly. But I will be showcasing all the sets from the last wave! Crystal King is soooo good.
@@CheeseyStudios Ah yeah thats reasonable, wave two truly had a lot more larger sets... only just realised two of them were limited etitions too, generally these probably are a lot harder to come by... I only own two of them too.
But awesome! Looking forward to the 3rd wave then, only just realised it only consisted of 4 sets? What the hell Lego. How amazing it would be if they brought this theme back... there is so much potential... other cave types and monsters... flooded... frozen... but im just rambling here haha.
I had these sets as a kid and I genuinely didn’t believe they were real until a year ago or so. No one in my family remembered my sets and I wasn’t sure myself. This has unlocked thousands of memories for me.
Lol! I'm glad this brought back good memories though. This theme was the bomb
Sick collection- it's cool to see some other Lego themes that I'm not as familiar with, due to me not growing up with it
Glad I've been able to introduce you to some new stuff! I've got a few more of these videos planned too :D
I had these as a kid and I agree this is the best Lego theme, the color scheme is beautiful and the somewhat sci-fi but sleek industrial equipment is such a unique idea
Loved this theme so much! It's such a charming theme, fun play functions, great aesthetics, the rock monsters have a ton of character, especially compared to stuff like the Mars Mission aliens. Would love to see a reboot/rebranding of this one.
I sure hope LEGO gives us at least sone sort of underground theme again. Love the creativity we see from the designers
@@CheeseyStudios same here. Even that City mining subtheme from a few years ago had some pretty creative builds. A Rock Raiders II or Power Miners II or even some other Space spinoff would be very welcomed.
these were some of my very first legos in elementary and i just remember my dad who i’m not very close with anymore taking his time to help teach me how to build each one, thank you for making this video it brings me back ❤
Glad I could bring back some good memories
I think it would have been cool to see a galaxy squad approach where there was a consistent lime color but depending on the specialization of a team, there would be different secondary colors. Maybe each team also had a different design style, such as one being more industrial and conventional, another more mech-focused and experimental, etc.
Power Miners was a fun theme, and it's a shame it only had like, what, 3 waves? It and Atlantis really feel like victims of Lego at the time, where these themes would have two strong waves and and a lackluster third wave that changed up things. Mars mission was also similar.
I miss original Lego themes. So much of the company's portfolio are licensed or evergreen stuff now.
Yeah, the "rebrand" attempt to revitalize themes like this always made it so the theme ended at an awkward and incomplete point. Glad we got the Temple of Atlantis at least though!
Dude, I don’t know what it is but your videos stick out to me in terms of quality. I literally found you no less than 2 days ago and you have a new subscriber. Would absolutely LOVE to see more retrospectives of classic lego themes! This era of Lego was my childhood
Also just at the start so if you mentioned this my bad, but the thing that stuck out to me the most with Power Miners was the durability. Most of those sets are *rock* solid and the Claw Digger and Thunder Driller in particular could quite literally be dropped down the stairs and be ok
So glad you found the channel! These are my favorite type of video to do, and I definitely have plans for more. I do think I neglected to talk about the stability, but you're totally right - these things were bulletproof! Even compared to Mars Mission just a few years earlier there's so much improvement
20:20 bro forgot he was a lego collector
🤣🤣🤣
Only ever had the Stone Chopper and Mine Mech but my brother had almost every set from the theme. Lot of fond memories of these sets. Great video.
Hopefully he shared a little bit! I have a lot of great memories playing with these with my brother too. Glad you enjoyed!
It would be interesting if they released a new power miners set, maybe for the series anniversary or Lego's anniversary.
That would be too cool!
I’ve watched a lot of your Revisiting videos and nothing brought me as much joy as watching you just play with the Crystal Sweeper. It’s Lego! It’s fun to see you mess around with it :)
Truly an incredible theme, kinda sad it got shut down. I own all sets, and got 5 sets twice, so I could build some combination sets and mocs.
Rock and Stone!
That's epic! I'm still missing a few sets but I hope I can complete the collection one day too!
@@CheeseyStudios same for me, all I'm missing is the Stationary Base a 2nd Time for a Moc that was once in a lego magazine, 2 more sets for the 3rd and biggest combination set and the titanium drill rig for a moc that was in a german magazine once.
Apart from that I own all official sets.
Holy moly that's the most power miner and I'm all ways waiting for your videos
Glad you like my videos so much! Always lots more in the works
This is the set that got me back into Lego. My sister got me the two smallest sets for my birthday while visiting her. Instantly fell in love with the rock monsters and the unique power miner characters. I've done individual reviews of all the sets on my channel. Don't forget to mention the combo builds! I've recently started getting duplicate sets so that I can build and review all the combo builds. Gonna need a second and third of the Underground Mining Station. It has 2 alt builds. Lots of spare parts in the end for mocs though, right? Edit: The 3d dynamite was first used in these sets, as well as quite a few other elements.
I didn't realize Underground Mining Station had alternate builds. I'll have to look into that!
First off, this was a great video and retrospective. High quality and very entertaining.
This theme holds a special place in my heart. I had the vehicles 2 through 6 but didn't really see the need to buy the smallest set as my younger brother had that one and I already had the red rock monster. Even still, I sort of viewed my five vehicles as a complete set, something I was proud to have collected as I was never really able to buy every set of a Lego theme.
I remember driving these bad boys around on the carpet and stairs, going on expeditions looking for monsters and crystals. You're right about the rock monsters being the main draw, and I also really liked the crystal pieces.
The thing I remember most from these sets is the claw digger's sheer destructive capability, you could swing those arms with some serious force. I definitely chipped and bashed up those orange claw pieces on my set lol.
Thank you! It's great to see how many people have fond memories of these sets. They were such a delight, and I'm sure glad I got to grow up with them too.
I loved Power Miners when it came out and seeing them all again just brings back all those fond feelings 👍
It was so much fun rebuilding all these. Brought back lots of good memories for me too
14:20 Doc being upset that power miners ended too quickly , awesome video by the way , right now I'm going for the 3rd wave and I just bought recently the claw Catcher...I mean I first got the Fire blaster for my birthday like a month ago and that made me go straight and collect the 3rd wave so quick , next month I'm going for Lavatraz and Magma mech and it's so insane that I'll get them all new and sealed at a good price even if it's still quite...expensive but thanks for bringing back power miners , it's such a great theme like I couldn't ask for more about it , just sad that it didn't go far than 3 waves but I'm still grateful for it that it happened , so again thank you for bringing it back , May power miners never end in our deep hearts 😭
I needed this video...power miners was so nostalgic, like bionicle for most. Had this whole wave and they where amazing, could play with them forever....My child self thanks you👏
Glad you enjoyed ❤
What a great theme! Each set has a distinct playability feature and fun pieces to build with. The rock monsters are some really unique figures, and the colors indeed slap. Great retrospective!
It's amazing how well this theme still stands out in an era filled with great sets and themes. Glad you enjoyed the video!
I LOVED power miners as a kid! I always felt like this was a lesser known LEGO theme so I'm very happy to see it get some recognition! (Although my heart will always truly belong to Mars Mission and Bionicles)
It was a great era for LEGO for sure. Couldn't go wrong with most any of its offerings!
Oh my gosh, I always remembered these sets but not the name. Thank you for bringing those sweet, sweet memories back! I had Brains and Rex sets, and still have the orange pieces and wicked tires!
Ayy, that's awesome! Glad you still remembered these. These kits are the bomb
Excited to see this theme getting the love it deserves. We had about 10 years in between Rock Raiders and Power Miners, it should be about time for the third run of the crystal mining theme. I can only hope LEGO is seeing the respect fans are giving this theme in the last few years and bring it back for a revival. I recently completed my power miners collection earlier this year with the Underground Mining Station. Can't wait to see the wave 2+3 videos!
Nice one! I'm really short on sets on wave two sadly - the station is one missing from my collection. It's got such a cool function!
I remember when these came out, my youngest brother loved them and me and my other brother found joy in the Rock Raiders nostalgia. I personally only owned the mech from this set, but we had a few of these and a few from the next wave.
That's awesome! This had to be great to see for so many Rock Raiders fans. Not too often a theme gets a reboot all those years later
I had all of these sets save the last one. Watching this was the most nostalgic I've fealt in a long long time.
Such a great theme. Glad you got to experience these sets in person
Such an amazing theme, i had every set from the first and second wave, man do i feel nostalgic for it
When you got to thunder driller I genuinely choked up. That thing was such a huge part of my childhood and damn I might just cough up for a new one
Such a great and iconic set!
I only ever had two of the Power Miners sets but I loved it a lot. Happy to watch this video and learn a lot more about this theme! Between I love this theme and Agents a lot!
Agents was another great one! Glad you enjoyed
I had almost this entire wave as a child, and I think I’m a better person for it. Loved these sets:)
"An absolutely ridiculous story, so you know we're off to great start to this theme." 😆 I have acquired a couple of these sets through bulk buys and really like the color scheme. Orange will always be my favorite color and paired with the lime green is just perfect. Fun video! Thanks for sharing your awesome collection.
The colors are so good! It shouldn't work but it does and I love it. Glad you enjoyed!
LETS GOOOOOOOO POWER MINER DUDE THAT IS AWESOME (i love duke and brains xD) BUT FR awesome video and great idea with the power miner set.
This theme's a banger for sure - excited to do more Power Miners vids!
I loved the look of these sets. I really wanted to get more when I was a kid and seeing how cool the Sweeper and Boulder Blaster now I REALLY wished I had them as a kid.
They function well and look great doing it. Yeah, these were a lot of fun! (Still are!)
This is such a cool theme that I never really knew about. They came out during a time in my life where I didn't pay attention to Lego. I hate that I watch this video, because now I need all of these for my city. Lol
It fits perfect with my theme and I can tell a great story with my city using these sets. Great video, my pocket book doesn't not thank you though.
I feel it fits in with a city pretty well too! My brother and I displayed these underneath the table our LEGO city was on
@@CheeseyStudios essentially that's exactly what I want to do. I'm doing a pop culture themed city that is going to be under a zombie apocalypse. I was going to build a bunker system under the city and now I know who's going to be in charge of that.
this is such an awesome theme, this one and space police were like my absolute favorites
Space Police III was another great one, yeah. Wish I had gotten more of those sets
i’ve always watch the ads not knowing it was an actual product when i was younger lol. The world building is really expansive, it would be great to see more of it
They did go all out on the advertising with those 3d animations!
Great video! I only bought the mech back in the day, to get a rock monster (an adorable little figure with fun proportions) and the new diamond element.
It's so funny to me to see Power Miners as nostalgic theme that people fondly remember now, because I always remember that parts of the AFOL community HATED it when it came out. It was not well received and was the butt of jokes for a while.
It makes me wonder if newer themes that were somewhat lukewarm during their run, like Nexo Knights, will get similar nostalgia 10+ years from now.
Interesting! I was honestly totally unaware of any AFOL hate it might have received because I can promise you that all the kids at school thought these things were the bomb. Are all the kids who "grew up with" Vidiyo gonna be the ones having nostalgic retrospectives in the future? 😂
@@CheeseyStudios Maybe! Either that, or they'll remember it some day and wonder whether it was some kind of Lego-based fever dream.
I enjoy your retrospective videos especially when getting the feeling that you actually had history with them and played with these sets feel more real than just watching many other lego youtubers reviewing set’s because lego sent them obligated to some kind of contract many AFOL just review a product and forget its is a toy first and foremost its a building toy you are supposed to enjoy and many sets are meant to be played with
Damn the nostalgia hit me hard with this one, for me my introduction to legos was Power Miners and Agents. Kinda wished you showed the combining feature but amazing video none the less.
I might have to do another video on the combiner models some time!
The drill was and is still my favorites. Damm this video brings so many fantastic memories.
This theme was an all-timer. I miss it dearly...
NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD!! My cousin and I LOVED this theme of LEGO sets! We tried to collect them all together. My first one was #2 but my favorite was #6
That's awesome! Did you ever end up getting them all?
YAY.... another amazing Cheesey Studios video.. great job, great looking theme.. watching while building lol
You oughta pick some of these Power Miners sets up too, Grumpy. xD Glad you liked the video - I changed a few things since you saw it last haha
Power miners is my favorite theme of all time and I miss it every day. I wish it didn’t come out when I was so young so that I could buy more of them. The idea and builds allow for so much play and cool interesting functions, like the blades, sweeper, and drill.
They did such a great job with making all the builds so unique. That can be really hard in an all-vehicle theme like this!
classic sets, had a few as a kid and still really like them today, nice
That's awesome! I know a lot of people who have hung on to these too. It's just too good!
This was by far my favorite Lego series as a kid, I had every single set and each one has an awesome memory connected to it, because I got it for Christmas, my birthday etc.. :)
Good stuff for sure
This theme was great! I have vehicles 4, 8, and the crystal king, which I thought was the best trio of sets. Also been binging your channel and I think it's great.
amazing 30 minute video cheesey studios!
Glad you liked it!
Just picked up the Thunder Driller, And Claw Digger for less than retail and Crystal Sweeper for 65 because of this video and my nostalgia. Also picked up the rock wrecker so I could own every type of rock monster. All the sets with instructions and boxes too. Cant wait for the wave 2 video
That's epic! Well played getting them for decent prices too. Part 2 is coming in December - it's scheduled and ready to go :D
Recently my uncle gave me his tub of old Legos. Specifically they are from the late 1970s to late 1990s range. Beautiful! There’s tons of old gray elements, like halberds and swords. Plus there’s a bunch of the old Wild West old gray rifles that aren’t made anymore. I have a ton of knights too, like the Bull knights, Lion knights, forestmen, and bat knights. Best thing ever.
That's epic - I love getting bulk old pieces like that!
This theme occupies the vast majority of my lego related childhood memories, i love it with all my heart to this day.❤
Power Miners was such a good one. Between the actual sets, the goofy videos from the website, and the Rock Monsters, what wasn't there to love about it?
It even had that addicting flash game on legos classic website😂
i love your shirt!!! i remember really liking the aesthetic of these but the only set i ever got back then was the stone chopper one! such cool vehicles i wish they would make more original stuff like this
Thank you! This theme is truly special and I love the creativity that comes out of LEGO with their original themes. I'm working on another Power Miners video this week and I swear I'm falling even more in love with this theme!
If there is something I love made of LEGO, those are machines, particularly crazy vehicles, and this theme has just awesome technics!
LEGO designers have indeed always done great vehicles!
These were my favorite sets as a kid. I remember having sooooo much fun playing with the sets after building them.
So many good memories here too!
I loved Power Miners so much! Have all these sets bagged up in the attic, will have to reassemble them one day when I have space
Definitely! They're so great. I'll almost certainly put a few on display.
I adored Power Miners as a kid. Never for the builds themselves but the minfigs and crystals. Those were always awesome to me as a kid.
My appreciation for the builds has certainly grown over time, but yes, I've always loved the figures!
i had all of these!! except the boulder blaster...
also, watching you play with the crystal sweeper was so nostalgic for me! i lost mine when a tree fell on my house :(
I owned the titanium command rig! And my brother had the rest, we loved these sets soooo much
That's epic! Great stuff to have as a kid
The designs looks like every childs dream
If I remember, the Stone Chopper was my 1st lego set from all time, following by a clone walker battle pack from Clone Wars. The theme hasn't stuck in me so much but hey, it's still a remarkable set! In a way or another, the figs are still alive and rocking!
HAH ROCKING!
ROCKING NICE ONE LOL
and hey, if you need any theme for a future retrospective, try the Agents/Ultra Agents or Chima.
...Chima will make 10 years next year, this shows how we're old.
I don't have any Ultra Agents or Chima, but I have most of the first wave of Agents sets! Might get to that one eventually
Power Miners and the old Mars Space themed sets were my favorites as a kid, by far and away some of the coolest and most interestingly designed sets
Agreed. It was a great time to grow up with LEGO
I didn't grow up on this theme but l can see why it's so appreciated these are great
I love your reviews and can't wait to watch more. You've hit a spot that I didn't know I was craving. I hope that you'll eventually do the LEGO Atlantis sets.
You'll be happy to hear I've actually been working on Atlantis this past month! I was only missing a few sets from the first wave, but I've almost got them all together now!
@@CheeseyStudios Awesome! I can't wait.
This was so surreal I can’t believe that other people had the same experience as me I absolutely love this thank you so much 😭😭❤️❤️
So glad you enjoyed! Hoping to do some more Power Miners videos in the future
Like most great lego themes, I think it was a combination of great models and a great media campaign that really solidified it. You've had the fantastic TV shorts that had both suspense and gonzo action, the designer videos with Mark Stafford and Tim.. Something :P And the Monster See, Monster Do vids that almost gave a sense of ARG to the theme. A very 2000s mtv/nickelodeon vibe, which funnily enough was kinda reflected in the sets' colour scheme. Fantastic stuff.
"It's a rock - it's alive! And it's eating the crystals!"
My brother and I were obsessed with all the videos they put out for this theme, checking every day to see if there was a new one uploaded on the LEGO website xD
this was my favorite theme ever, i had so many of the sets and i was obsessed with them
So many good memories. Can't get enough of these either!
We need more of these kind of videos beacouse they are great and i really hope you make more of them
I've got a few more planned yet, don't worry! They do take forever to make (been working on Power Miners for about three months lol) but there'll be more eventually :D
Okay good
I agree with you 100%!
I loved the theme as a kid, and this year I actually sat behind my Desktop to collect them all and I actually Manager to get them all fairly inexpensive, except for the underground mining facility which is still on my wanted list!
That's fantastic! I'm still looking for a good deal on the Mining Station myself. That's a tough one to get!
@@CheeseyStudios absolutely, glad to see a fellow minimg station struggler!
This line felt like the spiritual successor to the Rock Raiders theme. Loved Rock Raiders so naturally Power Miners was a favorite as well!
I really need to pick up some Rock Raiders stuff some time!
@@CheeseyStudios look forward to a set video or two if you do. Looking forward to seeing your next video regardless!
8960 - if you look from above - actually is a mole ... simple but perfect design. I love it.
Oh yeah! Really great stuff. The designers for this did such great work
This and Atlantis were literally just my child hood. Always wanted the crystal sweeper as a kid and now that I have a job I bought one sealed and I’m so happy I did. Hopefully plan on getting all of the power miners sets sealed eventually
That's epic! I might have to pick up a sealed set (probably a much smaller one, ha!) just to have it too.
@@CheeseyStudios that’s awesome! You should do a retrospective on the Atlantis sets! They’re fairly cheap for what they are.
Thankfully I do have a few already! I might be able to pull an Atlantis video off.
“Power Miners is the best in-house LEGO theme”
Galidor: 👁🫦👁
One of these days I'll have to buy one for a review. April 1st perhaps? 😂
YEESSSSS WOOOOO THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR WOOOOOOO YEAH
I was so hyped to do this one too! I've got another big Power Miners video hopefully coming next month too. We'll se e how it goes!
@@CheeseyStudios hope you can finish wave two and complete the series
I still have every set sitting on my counter. I used to hate dusting them off but then I realized them getting dusty fits the aesthetic lol
Ha! That's such a good point. I can tell by your name you're a true fan 😂