Revisiting Power Miners: The Third Wave

The final wave of LEGO Power Miners brought a lot of new things to the table for the theme. Does it live up to the high standard set by the first two waves?
In this video, we'll take a closer look at 8188 Fire Blaster, 8189 Magma Mech, 8190 Claw Catcher, and 8191 Lavatraz.
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[@CheeseyStudios]

I've gotten a lot of comments about why I have not covered the second wave of Power Miners sets. Unfortunately, I do not own about half of the sets from wave two, and they are costly to obtain. I'd love to do a video on them one day, but for now that video does not exist.

[@kerruo2631]

Great video. My favourite lego sets are from Chima, personally. I still remember seeing Power Miners while looking through a lego catalog though.

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

Darn it

[@butternachohonigbier9914]

I was wondering about that too! I still have the snakelike thing with 6 tires at home and honestly id be more than happy to sponsor that to you for the video purpose!

[@blacktemplarbarachel3387]

Wondered why you skipped over the ones that had the big rock monsters

[@eVeNmOrEiNsAnItY]

[Glances at your recent uploads] Well this aged pretty spectacularly - guessing good bargain or generous donor.

[@vincekris]

Power Miners was such a special Lego theme. I’d love to see Lego do a remake or even bring the entire theme back!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Wholeheartedly agree! Both mining themes they've done - Power Miners and Rock Raiders - have been very well loved.

[@boeserapotheker]

Maybe somebody puts a nice anniversary set on ideas when the 20 years power miners are reached Or 15 years ('cause I don't wanna wait so long)

[@quackanimations6338]

I dont think Lego should bring it back. To understand my opinion, you can look at bionicle

[@they3lloax060]

@@quackanimations6338 they can bring it back, Lego just needs to play their cards right to recapture the original feel.

[@aarondowd7346]

@@quackanimations6338 Unlike bionicle this is minifig scale playsets, which can do good

[@boeserapotheker]

The cool drinks mashine is one of the best playfeatures in Legos history

[@CheeseyStudios]

f a c t s

[@jstinki]

I'm so happy I found fellow Cool Drink enjoyers. I still have the vending machine built and on my desk I couldn't ever bring myself to deconstruct it

[@adamkrajco1920]

I'm really happy they remade it in Ninjago City Docks it was very well done

[@VideoGameFools]

I used the instructions to secretly build a custom one with a friend in third grade in a custom AGENTS base we made, he thought I was a genius haha

[@TheSpookiestSkeleton]

I really loved how they gave their suits and helmets that shiny look like those proximity suits that the airport firefighters and volcano scientists use

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! They turned out fantastic.

[@badpandaproductionz]

I love how absolutely giddy you are over the play feature on the Claw Catcher. I totally get it. Power Miners was the theme that got me into LEGO, my first set was Thunder Driller. Play features like the one on the Claw Catcher, the Crystal Sweeper, and the Rock Wrecker always intrigued me, even though the only one of the three I ever had was the Rock Wrecker.

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's so great that you had Thunder Driller too! That's another great one. This theme was just the best...

[@RealSonofGod69]

Dude, these videos are some of the best set reviews on KZbin. Reviewing every kit in a theme’s wave is such an engaging twist on the standard single set reviews. I hope you do one of these videos for every wave lego has ever made, your presentation is just top notch!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you! Slowly but surely getting there lol. I've already started working on the next two!

[@xraystyle8893]

Even jesus christ himself loves power miners.

[@iokastosastraios8522]

I remember having "set theory" talks with my best friend, one set idea I always wanted to see was a boat that sailed on lava lakes, with enemies being lava sharks naturally. I believe I thought they would be based on the large model of Lego shark lol. I have so many great memories of Power Miners and the sets should still be buried in my collection somewhere waiting to be unbagged and rebuilt. Do you see yourself going over the middle wave of Power Miners? I would adore seeing you roll the Cave Crusher around, might be my favorite vehicle of the line but that's hard to pick lol. Thank you for these retrospectives! They're absolutely amazing and a fantastic trip down memory lane!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Cave Crusher is one of my dream sets! I'm missing two many sets from the second wave at the moment, but I hope I can get them eventually. Also, I love the idea of a lava shark, ha!

[@imahaloguy]

Fun to see these from a Rock Raiders perspective. I wish that it got a second wave, we know now that one was planned but ultimately canceled. We now know there were prototype ice and lava monsters, plus a giant slimy slug for that canceled second wave! So painful to learn 😭

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh dang! I didn't realize that. That would have been awesome

[@thesenate5770]

The sheer joy on your face as you chucked the rock monster into the back of the truck was strangely heartwarming. Great video!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I was having the time of my life, ha! Thank you!

[@thesonicpotato2365]

I can totally see why you love that vending machine. Something incredibly great about that vending machine is that it actually was remade in one if the Monkie Kid sets. They remade it to look slightly better and to fit much more flavors, such as spider and egg yolk. 😂 this was a great theme!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I thought I saw that Monkie Kid one! That's so awesome

[@jmlakin]

I remember being a kid when the first promo images for the second wave appeared. I remember wishing for a "Lava Queen" to go with the Crystal King.

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would have been pretty sweet

[@Nemesis_Chungus]

I would have loved to see a crystal beasts wave. It would have revolved around different crystalized monsters/creatures and the power miners would have to stop them from reaching the surface. Great video btw

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would have been super cool!

[@thatoneduck4836]

"Just use your imagination. You'll get over it" This part had me dying on the floor laughing 🤣

[@nateharvey1300]

I recently got the Claw Catcher for the first time and I’ve been obsessed with the play feature too! I don’t even know why, it’s just so satisfying. I will say, it was clever of them to use the hinged lid as a backboard for the lava monster, cause when I put it all the way back and then tried to catch him, he just went flying lol

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ha! I bet if you give the mechanism a good yank you could probably chuck a monster pretty far - hence the warning stick: Danger - Flying Monsters xD

[@Moose_Bricks]

That looks like a great theme. Those are also some very unique figures, I ve never seen anything quite like that style. Great review!

[@CheeseyStudios]

This theme really does stand out amongst the many many sets LEGO has done. It certainly had an impact on a lot of people!

[@chutas]

10:07 this is just the joy of a happy man, and it's amazing. I can feel the happiness of a working feature for a toy it's just beautiful

[@jordancafer2173]

Truly an amazing overview, its straight to the point but not rushed, it has personality but it doesn't go off the rails, its super informative and relaxed. Thank you for making such great content! :)

[@CheeseyStudios]

It's no problem at all! I'm so glad you appreciate this style of video. These are a delight to make!

[@ae112r]

I've always been one of those people who instinctively hates everything new or different until it's at least a few years old, so as a kid I thought this wave was stupid and paid no attention to it. Looking back now, there were some really cool ideas in here, and I'm a bit sad I missed out on it growing up. Definitely gonna pick these up to finish my Power Miners collection! Great video =D

[@distion]

Last year, when I got back into Lego, I saw a lot of people complain that Eruptorr was a letdown in comparison to the previous waves' crystal king, but I definitely agree with you and think that this (big-) fig (?) is glorious

[@CheeseyStudios]

That boggles my mind that people wouldn't have liked this! It's incredible. Obviously a big big one like Crystal King would have been cool, but man, I still think this would ultimately look superior.

[@Phickic]

This is crazy. I remember all the power miners wave one sets very vividly, but I barely even recognize these sets.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah, this wave definitely flew under the radar.

[@thechristguard1551]

Man I love the Claw Catcher, for one it has those exclusive Bionicle pieces, for two the function succeeds!! So many sets fail because their functions don’t work properly, but that one is awesome just awesome!!!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I know, right? I legit was not expecting it to work at all, maybe 25% of the time at best. But it is so dang consistent. Amazing stuff

[@thechristguard1551]

So awesome, can’t believe how good it is! Thanks for reviewing it!

[@stephenrichter8940]

I have a distinct memory of seeing the vending machine at a friend's house and trying to reconstruct it from memory for the city I was building at home. I absolutely love the vending machine being there and the fact that they put so much thought into making it work all while still being a reasonable size for a minifigure is amazing.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Definitely one of my all-time favorite functions. It's so clever and works every time!

[@tombnomb2938]

That claw grabby thingy made my childhood, wish I'd gotten more into power miners at the time tho.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I think the claw grabby thing made my adulthood lolol

[@snailsaredumb9412]

18:38 I know its not intentional, but that punch really sold the rock monster "breaking out"

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ha! I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out xD I love it

[@MrSaurusOfficial]

Long Live Power Miners! My all time favorite original LEGO theme. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Amen! This will always be my favorite theme too. Glad you enjoyed!

[@vulpinitemplar5036]

I hope in a few more years we get another Rock Raiders spiritual successor, it's such a fun theme :)

[@CheeseyStudios]

Me too. There's lots of fans of Rock Raiders and Power Miners to this day - I feel that another similar theme would do well!

[@stevenwhoward87]

great nostalgic breakdown. I was always a Rockraiders fan more but these are still cool

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you! I'd love to pick up some Rock Raiders stuff one day

[@satellachannel6423]

A Crystal King-sized Lava King would've been awesome, especially with the redesign of the eyes they did for this last wave (that a prefer to the rock monsters). But all the green and orange vehicles were genuinely great and this last wave was kind of weak so i guess it's good that they stopped before it get worse. The grabbing Claw Catcher was the best thing to come out of this last wave for me. Also still mad we never got a trans-yellow crystal in this small set...

[@CheeseyStudios]

Still can't believe after all these years LEGO hasn't made that crystal in any set! One day maybe....

[@justiceraminarman]

Power Miners was one of my favorite themes. Would have loved to have seen a more organic, brick-built underground mine with lots of rock creatures and maybe another big fig or two. The in-house themes are some of my favorites, and this one was excellent!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Nothing beats LEGO's original themes! It's great seeing the designers unleashed like this. So much creativity.

[@PieterVanBruggen]

I loved the claw catcher when i was a kid, it was so much fun

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's awesome! I'm so sad I missed out on it earlier in life, but hey, better late than never!

[@yat0ro358]

I remember getting the Magma Mech as a kid, I enjoyed it so much. I remember it having so many more pieces though! I guess that just goes to show how big pieces were used a lot more back then. Nowadays, a mech of this size would probably have at least 400 pieces (and it will have longer arms, probably)

[@CheeseyStudios]

Very true - the mechs they make now for like Ninjago are insane!

[@jamesstier2588]

I just want to say your videos always put a huge smile on my face whenever I see them, so thank you for that!

[@CheeseyStudios]

So glad you enjoy them! ❤

[@MediaMen22]

Dude I unlocked a whole bunch of core memories watching this, Power Miners were my favorite lego sets as a kid, so much so I had a birthday party that was Power Miner themed🤣

[@CheeseyStudios]

A Power Miners birthday??? I've never been so jealous lololol

[@leviathan4579]

The base was one of my last Lego sets and the vending machine was the highlight for me and my friends. We were so excited about it and the big lava monster was also great.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Lavatraz is definitely a crowd pleaser 😂

[@abominable1016]

OMG I know it was like a year ago but I love you and your brother in Lego Masters! I can’t believe I found your channel.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Ayyy, that's awesome! Glad you found me here :D

[@sourdust6558]

My favorite theme ever! Remember watching Monster see Monster do on the website as a kid

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh yeah! I'd nearly forgotten about that. I'd sure love one of those costumes 😂

[@thegreenknight5283]

I already know all the Lego sets I tried to watch other people reveal them but even knowing I know what's coming up next I'm still so excited for you you make it so entertaining I'm glad you're back

[@CheeseyStudios]

Glad you enjoy these types of videos :D

[@CrusherCrafter]

I used to own the claw catcher as a kid and that was one of the first lego sets that got me into Lego 🥰

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's awesome! Such a great set

[@TheChoppip]

heyy awesome! And by the way I just found an almost complete aero tube hanger on a local online marketplace for 35€ :) Your original video on Life on Mars really caught my attention. Gonna mess around with all those weird parts trying to find cool MOC uses

[@CheeseyStudios]

$35? :O What a score! Enjoy!

[@mitchellbambam5926]

If you ever track down all the wave 2 sets, I think everyone would appreciate another one of these vids on it!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Hopefully I can one day!

[@thegreenknight5283]

What I would have loved to seen from it next is to explore more of the lava lions and then in the final set you can have this like big Cliffside with a bunch of sets and everything that you can place on and have the lava king with two eruptors with

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would be pretty epic!

[@TheFirstCurse1]

I loved the outfits that the miners had in this wave. They were some of the coolest looking outfits for bounty hunters.

[@CheeseyStudios]

The silver is so cool!

[@Shrimpmann]

the vending machine in this set was one of my favourites, i remember whenever i made a base i would include that vending machine.

[@xDracolich]

Somehow, watching this person being happy while talking about LEGO-sets is making me happy

[@CheeseyStudios]

[@Vegvysyr]

I would've loved more terrain sets. The whole thing takes place underground and, even though some of the builds include some rocks, there are some City sets that do the whole "Mining" thing better by incorporating the environment and play features. It would've helped with the immersion to place the terrain set(s) with the vehicles to sell the whole "underground" thing for sure.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! I like how with the City mining sets you actually have to 'mine' the gold. We could have used some of that in Power Miners rather than just picking crystals up off the ground lol

[@Crosshair_sniper_9904]

Thank you for bringing back such good gold times with the power miners , unfortunately yes this might not have been the best wave of all but as you said it lived up to high enough expectations , I bought like a month ago the claw Catcher and I agree with you , it brings me so much joy to play with , it's all done so well on it , I wish I had it as a kid but now getting it and live again those times , brings so much joy in my heart for the power miners , thank you for sharing those good memories ! I'm gonna soon get the 2 last sets the magma mech and Lavatraz... I'm happy but half sad because of that I'll take a break for power miners because it's so hard to find new ones and at a good price , the fact that this final wave was affordable for me was already enough and I'm grateful I got into it , it might haven't been the best wave but certainly got some good stuff especially for Eruptorr my first big fig ever to get in my collection that's insane !

[@CheeseyStudios]

Really glad you enjoyed the video! Claw Catcher is brilliant - it's fantastic you've gotten to experience that joy for yourself, too!

[@Crosshair_sniper_9904]

@@CheeseyStudios and to answer to your question about what lego should have got next for the lava sets , well I was thinking about more variations about lava monsters and maybe lava King or something like that , and for the vehicles , maybe thought for a cargo boat or something like that and some vehicles that are meant to grab the crystals from the lava , not like crystal sweeper but having a crane function into it

[@danielharris5044]

I didn't get many Power Miners sets as a kid, but Claw Catcher and the Crystal King were the rare ones I did get. The function of Claw Catcher brought me so much joy!

[@CheeseyStudios]

I know, right? It's brilliant!

[@ella4406]

Thank you for this, this brought back so much nostalgia, I remember being so happy when I got the monster chucking vehicle set for Christmas. You earned a new subscriber :)

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you - glad to have you here!

[@christophstahl8169]

Power Miners were fantastic. Those Sets still look great and the play value is still exeptional. Loved the part 1 video, love this one. However we are missing the middle, including the two big sets. I sincerly hope a part 3 video is coming. The Titanium Command Rig was an absolute win. With it's 100 usd price tag it is already commanding in driving mode but in drill mode it towers over the whole range. Terrific play value. Very sturdy set too. The 80 usd set was the Underground Mining Station. That was big aswell but ours fell apart often from heavy playing and the play features are plenty but slighty on the useless side. Still great set. And the two remaining vehicles, the Cave Crusher and Rock Wrecker were fantastic too. I only wished they varied the bigfigs more. In four sets you get Geolix twice and Tremorox twice. Also you clearly have the Crystal King, so that needs to be properly featured aswell. Also in those five sets you get a total of only one rock monster! That is just mean.

[@CheeseyStudios]

My dream is to eventually finish off that middle wave! At the moment I've only got Rock Wrecker and Crystal King. Sure hope I can change that one day! Of course it just has to be the most expensive wave xD

[@Ehksoduss]

You talking about the throw function really made my day :)

[@CheeseyStudios]

The throwing function definitely made my day too, ha!

[@yaleson714]

The video is so great🎉 Power miners is the first theme (also the best theme) that I started collecting Lego. Hope that I can see the Atlantis sets video, which is also my childhood memories❤.

[@CheeseyStudios]

One day. :) I'm really excited to cover Atlantis too!

[@petereckmann8540]

If Power Miners continued I'd say an underground crystal cave or the home of the crystal monsters would have been great. From the monsters' side they could introduce purple monsters, or crystal homes. From the miners' side obsidian/diamond tools maybe lime green-black vehicles. But oh well it was a fun tour to the past. Thanks for the video series! :)

[@statelyelms]

I had that grabby set! And those commercials.. I remember those, the rapid-fire announcer voice as someone builds the set at super speed. I had an Atlantis and space set too.. the pieces are undoubtedly just dumped all separately in the big bin downstairs. But thank you for letting me remember this bit of nostalgia

[@CheeseyStudios]

Glad I could bring back some good memories. The commercials were so fun lol...

[@thecrow4631]

The claw catcher set holds a special place in my heart, I loved watching the power miner videos and I wanted all of the sets (especially thunder driller) but the only one I got was claw catcher. I loved that thing so much, my only regret was taking it apart, it ended up in my big lego bin and I don't know if I even have all the pieces anymore. I hope so, it was a great set.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I do hope you can get it back together. That set brings so much joy.

[@shaunspensher3164]

Exo-Force ! Yes ! I am trying to get hands on the whole thing for a reasonable price myself, some sets are very easy to get and some are so hard, but I hope to have it one day (might just give up and pay a lot of money for it one day). But seeing them all on your table would be awesome.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Hopefully I'll be able to get to Exo-Force some time early next year! One of my other all-time favorite themes

[@Dewdrop624]

As a person who grew up only seeing the 3rd wave in stores. I would have loved either more of this, more big figs. Or since this series was the spiritual successor to rock raiders, which had multiple area themes. An ice theme in later waves, bringing back the bright orange colors. And when the lego ice explorers sets came out I got a little of that,

[@CheeseyStudios]

More big figs would have been awesome. They all looked so incredible in this theme!

[@Nadiki]

I’ve got all of these except Lavatraz on display. Love em so much. Got Eruptorr tho, got him from a neighborhood kid as compensation for him stealing my smaller lava monsters. I think that was a net positive in the end considering his price these days!

[@BradDeamer]

I imagine the magma mech is so easy to get now because it probably sold relatively well back in the day. I mean come on, who could resist something that cool looking?

[@julius4653]

Awesome review, power miners and rock raiders are some of my favorite themes

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you! I do hope I can get my hands on some Rock Raiders eventually

[@tycool086]

YOOOOOOOOOOO This was the lego wave that got me into them when i was young! glad to see people talking about it, it gives me a great deal of nostalga.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Building the sets back together sure was a trip down memory lane. Great stuff.

[@myman8278]

I got the claw catcher for Christmas growing up, a great set

[@CheeseyStudios]

Still blows my mind how awesome it is lol

[@Doctor_17]

The claw catcher is the definition of that crab meme that is captioned like: "me when I GET YOU", thats all I was thinking about when looking at it.😂

[@CheeseyStudios]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GrumpyJ83]

Great pieces and colors, maybe one day that theme will come back..

[@CheeseyStudios]

I sure hope they'd do something like this again. People still even talk about Rock Raiders today!

[@piotrkruszek]

What i'd like to see would have been something in tbe shape of an oil rig. The center of the earth is encompassed by a mantle of molten lava irl so having something to hover over it would have been pretty neat.

[@piotrkruszek]

I know that the command rig from the 2nd wave exists but something stationary would be cooler

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's a really cool idea! I could totally see that

[@NewbricksSM]

Cool sets!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Love these too!

[@MaskOfEclipse]

The unadulterated joy at the gripping mechanic was just a pleasure to watch. I know we had this set, cause I remember the red lava monster, wonder if my brother still has it somewhere.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Definitely worth putting that set back together if you've got the parts - it's the best thing ever 😂

[@MaskOfEclipse]

@@CheeseyStudios Will see what I can do, certainly looked like it was. 😉

[@toakongu1]

The blade pieces on the Mechs claw arm and the pieces forming the claws of the Claw Catcher are all from Bionicle. The ones on the Claw Catcher are Barraki armor from 2007, the blades on the Mech are from 2008

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! It's really cool how Bionicle elements are used through the theme!

[@RBAGame]

I remember loving these sets and the commercials for them as a kid. I especially liked the see through monster figures and the gimmick of them hiding crystals in their mouths. Also I wonder if the designer of the water drill mech had seen Gurren Lagann.

[@precascer8221]

You really should give a look at the ExoForce sets. I remember having 2 of them, but it's just as flashes that came and went into my head when I got it, I barely remember the box! The figs are still on my collection, but not as treasured as I wanted to, unfortunately. Because damn, it had unique ideas, sick designs for the mechs even at the time, this anime style being remembered to this day, at least with some pieces; I'm sure it could be great having a modern series of it.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I've been slowly starting to piece my Exo-Force collection back together already :D

[@thegamingbox4519]

Loving this Channel and the effort put into the videos! Maybe a video on the Atlantis theme too? Not sure how easy the sets are to find

[@CheeseyStudios]

Thank you! I would love to do a Revisiting Atlantis one day. I do have a good chunk of the first wave sets too already

[@valant0487]

What a lovely video ! Will you make a similar video for Atlantis, I mean is THE underwater theme and nostalgia hits hard with power miners and Atlantis

[@CheeseyStudios]

I sure hope so! I'm missing about half the sets from the first wave yet, but hopefully I can get my hands on them soon!

[@valant0487]

@@CheeseyStudios Well, happy hunting!

[@DragonxFlutter]

I think I figured out how Power Miners (and other short-lived contemporaries with decent potential) could have survived: use Bionicle’s model for releases. Part one of the first wave (Spring - Early Summer) is your “first contact”. You have your medium ($20 - $50) sets be primarily the Power Miners, and run smaller ($5 - $15) sets for the Rock Monsters as first discovered by the miners. Maybe a $60 exclusive set in there. Part two of the first wave (Late Summer - Autumn) is your rising stakes. The medium sets are now the Rock Monsters, and your big ticket holiday items ($60+) are things like a Miner fortification and/or a Monster hive. Holiday Season for the first wave involves nice bundle deals and maybe one or two more last minute exclusives just to squeeze that extra cash. Wave Two Part One, you go back to medium and small sets, but split each size in half between the factions, so you have this feeling of the ongoing conflict. Maybe the Miners are becoming more militant and the Monsters are summoning more varied brothers in retaliation. Wave Two Part Two, climax of the first arc. Your medium sets are more of the same (maybe updates to older designs), and your big box sets are the ultimate weapon of the Miners versus the ultimate Rock Monster. Sprinkle in some creative Polys and combo/alt build instructions on the website, and booooooy, you got yourself a recipe for money.

[@mitsythecat8287]

I think it would've been cool to see a set based around the lava monsters, maybe a giant lava fortress or something where you get loads of lava monsters and play features with power miners vehicles included so you could drill away the side or something. That would've been so cool so you could have a place where the power miners could have their final battle

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! Some sort of 'base' for them would have been cool

[@EngineMusic]

power miners was a rite of passage. the day you got a power miners set was the day you turned from a boy to a man.

[@fuzzbuns84]

oh boy who would have thought years later that those blue bionicle armor pieces would be so sought after a decade later.

[@HIIMPIEZ]

Honestly, I really dig the visors & armor the minifigs have the most

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! The silver color is just great. Love what they did with the figure here.

[@noonedream9333]

I loved the sets from this wave but I wish it leaned more into the idea of traversing a terrain full of lava. Like how early waves were mining equipment, maybe have some rigs based around lava lakes. To spitball some ideas I’m imagining something like a raised oil rig esque mining platform that’s fortified for lava lakes. Or maybe a hexapedal walker with legs long enough that it can walk on the floor of lava lakes. Regardless, all of the power miners waves bring me boatloads pf nostalgia and I thank you for the blast from the past!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Those would have been really cool! We never got to see nearly enough of the world and environment.

[@mickys8065]

Given you asked; One of the things I'd always wanted from lego miners was a full scale bucket wheel excavator, like a much bigger version of the Crystal Sweeper. Maybe for a "Wave 4", it would be the mobile base like the Wave 2 command rig, with the lore being it digs deep into the lava zone to get water deposits, for all their tanks? But mainly, if you're doing a theme around mining, why wouldn't you use some of the largest vehicles ever built?

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would have looked really sweet in the Power Miners colors!

[@carrot4208]

I would have traded my childhood for that beautiful claw catcher, I love the new magma and water gimmick, so sad to see it go

[@CheeseyStudios]

I know this wave wasn't perfect, but people have definitely slept on some of these sets for too long!

[@dinonuggies2276]

Im glad i grew up with this and Lego chima

[@CheeseyStudios]

There were some great themes during this time!

[@Brawlor1]

There 2 videos sent me on a nostalgia trip for the lego lines I grew up with. Would love to see a feature on Aqua Raiders, which also doesn't get enough love nowadays imho

[@CheeseyStudios]

Aqua Raiders is another great one. I've got all but the one big base set, so it wouldn't be too unrealistic to make such a video in the future!

[@NageIfar]

Probably my favorite theme after Exo-Force. Thanks for the great nostalgia trip!

[@CheeseyStudios]

No problem at all! I'll actually be doing Exo-Force very soon too :D

[@tropicalfish3808]

I’m so late lol! Sorry I was attempting to run a full marathon. Power miners is by far one of the best mid 2000s themes!! So sad it’s gone

[@CheeseyStudios]

No problem at all! Props to you for giving the marathon a try. How did it go?

[@tropicalfish3808]

@@CheeseyStudios it went ok but I’m glad I at least gave it a try! Thanks for asking!

[@Deeecent]

I remember when the last few power miners set was released I always wanted the Lavatraz set because of Eruptorr. Sucks that I was never able to get it.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Aww. I hope you can pick it up one day!

[@garrettmasters7281]

Your videos are so (Simply) well done! Please keep up the good work. It's very subtle yet very good! (I especially love all the stuff you've done with Johnny Thunder and Alpha Team!) One quick question that's kept popping in my mind and where I've watched your videos... Is what are some good places you use for Legos in the aftermarket?

[@CheeseyStudios]

I tend to get pretty much everything off Bricklink! If you're looking for specific stores, I try to mention each store by name in my Bricklink Order videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLsKt5PwQV-mMJ3Ll9Mr2m9zDJPj4jUv4g That might be a good starting point!

[@garrettmasters7281]

@@CheeseyStudios Thank you so much for the help I'll definitely give that a look! I've been using brake link for about 2 years and I've had some good and bad luck on the website. Just with how prolific you are at buying Legos I didn't know if you had any other options lol. But once again thank you for that

[@AxisCorpsRep]

it would be a great idea if the last set could recieve an overkill / highest end possible remake? 👀👀👀looks like a prime opportunity for a fun reinterpretation of everything going on at once

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would be super fun! May have to give it a go. Building up terrain for that would be super fun I think

[@EzBricks_]

Let’sgoooooo more power miners!!!

[@CheeseyStudios]

Can't get enough of these sets!

[@prons_gaming5083]

I was watching another video about the crystal king, and apparently, the little backpack drill "rex" has is vehicle 13. In an old interview with the designers, they said that, even though it's never been officially stated

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's wild lol 😂 What an impressive and mighty mining machine

[@Duncan275]

Hmm I always played it, that the claw is used to capture the lil guy. Who eventually heats up with anger and “Erupts” getting huge and breaking out

[@CheeseyStudios]

That's a pretty fun way to think of it!

[@Sgt-Wolf]

22:10 I would have just wanted one more wave with it being ice themed since wave 3 was a lava themed. And colours for the monsters i would have picked would be ice blue, pale ice green, and pale ice purple.

[@CheeseyStudios]

That would have been sweet - ice monsters would have looked really cool!

[@JollyMcCrowner]

POV: you go to the Lego store, but a mob of Cheesey Studios fans chanting “BRING BACK POWER MINERS”

[@CheeseyStudios]

The revolution has begun

[@they3lloax060]

I imagine what that would be like.

[@noahthonnard293]

Im late to the party but great video! Rumor has it that vehicle number 13 does exist and was produced but not as a power miners set. Supposedly Atlantis set 8080 was the 13th Power Miners vessel but was repurposed for underwater exploration.

[@CheeseyStudios]

Oh yeah! I feel like I heard something like that too

[@tailsrgt5705]

I remember these Lego I always wanted one of these sets

[@CheeseyStudios]

They're so cool!

[@DuddiStream]

After months of thinking about buying some Power Miners sets, I finally pulled the Trigger and bought nearly all of them for 230€. I'm misssing stuff like the Boulder Blaster and the Underground Mining Base. I'm also pretty sure that the Underground Mining Base never released in Germany. Every Set has a german name, besides that one. I also only find like 1 listing on eBay for it in Germany. I couldn't find any information on it anywhere regarding a german release of this set. I even looked in the LEGO Magazin around the time of its release. Anyway, really great Video.

[@CheeseyStudios]

It's definitely a rare one and I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't sold everywhere. It's hard enough to find in the US! That'll probably the last one I'm able to get, if I can even get it at all.

[@TheBenjaman]

Its funny, i absolutely loved power miners as a child and got a lot of the sets. Even got a bunch of the rock monsters and crystals from the secondary market. Still have one of them on my keychain to this day. ( all the grey printing on his torso is Gone and the arms are very loose) But the lava stuff i never got any of those sets. They just felt too different from the rest. The coloursceme but also the figures. Only recently got a couple of the lava monsters at pure chance at some garage sale.

[@CheeseyStudios]

I certainly agree the OG is superior, but some of the stuff from here is still quite cool.

[@snorr656]

As a Kid i never really realized that that this "next part“ of the Power Miners only had 4 sets… somehow it always felt like there was much more to them. I had the mech and the monster grabber as a kid and was just as amused by the grab and throw mechanic as you were xD Remember always making the crystal king fight the magma mech fight in a direct hand to hand battle like pacific rim or something haha. Obviously also always wanted to have lavatraz… even if it was just for the insanely cool bigfig rock monster. I generally just always adored the idea of the Power miners ending up in other areas under the earth, finding monster that have adapted to the environment. My guess always was that next would be ice/frozen caves or maybe even flooded ones, needing for them to get a whole array of underwater mining vehicles. And honestly, that also is what I want more of… more monsters either big, small or king size, more vehicles with large drills, or claws…. God I just wish they would bring this theme back.

[@bricksfordom]

Man I need to get my hands on some of these power miners sets, they look awesome😆

[@CheeseyStudios]

You won't regret it :D

[@thirstyninja5682]

i never saw this as a reboot at all as a kid, all this looked like was simply an advancement of the plot of the story, theyre just digging deeper underground where things are getting hotter and hotter and now theyre fighting magma monsters. it just made a ton of sense for me

[@CheeseyStudios]

I wish the theme could have lasted longer. I would have loved to have seen where the team ended up next!

[@Mysda_]

Power Miners could have done a new wave with some "rock like" pieces, like a few pebbles that you get in big quantity with sets. Something to dig, store, move arround, put on conveyor, ... It really could have created a full line of all the classic construction machines toys but in Lego.

[@CheeseyStudios]

True - good idea!

[@Mysda_]

@@CheeseyStudios And I kinda want to 3d print some pebbles and play arround now!

[@daanvanderleest7171]

A volcano base for the lava monsters would've been cool

[@CheeseyStudios]

Yeah! We needed more terrain builds