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I really regret missing out on this and Atlantis. A shame there's basically no non licensed themes any more other than the evergreens we've had for years that keep absorbing all possible ideas that could have been their own theme

The late 2000s and early 2010s were really where Lego themes peaked. I mean power miners, space police, pharaoh’s quest, and Atlantis are among my favorite Lego themes.

The reason why this Theme is so popular is because it was very accessible. Most sets weren't expensive and all had unique play features. Add the combination feature and you got a great theme

Two years, was that really all it was? That time of my life felt like ages, I loved these sets so much and I remember playing with them with my best friend. Themes like this and Atlantis really captivated my childhood imagination, I really hope Lego gets back into making things like this again someday.

So satisfying seeing those power miner vehicles. Especially the cool drills and mechanisms.

This theme was so underrated LOL. We need more of these sets.

There was a point in my childhood where I actually had every single Power Miners set. Still my favourite Lego theme of all time to this very day.

I think the concept for the third wave was interesting, but the sets’ reliance on “fire and water” gimmicks and related equipment was odd and limiting towards the designs, I wish we got something more like “journey to the center of the earth”, with a massive underground jungle the team would have to venture through.

This was an awesome theme! I remember this theme, Space Police, Atlantis, Pharaoh’s Quest, Agents, etc. There was such a wide range of themes back then. There still are a lot of various themes and different collaborations today in LEGO, but back then was just awesome!

I was 5 when this series came out, so it has become one of my first “Lego experiences” in life. Such a nostalgia… I remember that joy of collecting crystals and various colourful rock monsters…. The sets were brilliant as well. I am 17 now but actually I would not mind to have a couple of these again on my shelf

I honestly think the magic of this was how... Simple it was. Miners vs. monsters is a small series of skirmishes. There is so much room for creativity and modularity there.

Personally, I think the third wave was very disappointing. While lime and blue do work well together, it doesn't compare to lime and orange. Plus, lime and orange was THE color scheme to represent Power Miners as a whole, so when they changed it, I was immediately repulsed. The Power Miner outfits were also a let down, they were only in one color and everyone had the same outfit. Felt much more bland compared to the first wave's different, very detailed and personalized designs. But my biggest issue was with the new Rock Monsters. The black color did not look good on them at all and the lack of black on the heads didn't help either. Major step down from the first wave's Rock Monsters. So in conclusion, I'm honestly not surprised as to why wave 3 did badly

This theme had such an impact on me as a kid that a few years ago, I bought a bunch of them used and gave them to my younger cousins for Christmas so they could get to experience how much fun they were. The Power Miners sets were a hit, and they played with them all Christmas break :) I really miss original Lego themes, they were much more fun back when they weren’t just the latest iteration of Ninjago, which somehow manages to make every new gimmick feel like more of the same.

Power Miners are the best. I have so much of those sets that I will always see one of them when I'm just casually building Lego.

Power Miners hold a special place in my heart, I still have them built on the shelves of my cupboard. I even looked up some instructions online that mixes two sets together to create something new and it always pleased me to see how good it ended up.

As a big fan of Rock Raiders and Life On Mars, it really wasn’t surprising that Lego canceled the line, sales slump or no. Wait a few years and they’ll do another one especially since I don’t think they can fold the industrial mining aesthetic into Ninjago like they did with Exo-Force, Vikings, Knights, Ninjas, and Alpha Team.

As I was born a year before the theme releasing I wasn’t able to collect any of these sets, I had heard lots over the years about this particular theme and I definitely hope we can get it back one day

The fact that there are still fans hoping to revive the theme makes me want to share my old build which I recently updated for fun (I combined the Stone Chopper, Mine Mech, Granite Grinder, Claw Digger, and Thunder Driller). One of my favourite themes along with Rock Raiders, really wish Lego would make a new successor theme, or at least go back to having more original themes.

I felt like Rock Raiders had much more charm than Power Miners. I preferred the color schemes, monsters, characters, vehicle designs and storyline of Rock Raiders. It's also my favorite theme. I wish they just continued it, but I guess the new take was alright, and the sets were a bit more interesting I suppose.

As a proud owner of all of the power miners sets, I still stand by this as one of the best themes ever.

Since I discovered the theme too late, I didn't have any Power Miners sets, but I loved the theme. It's one of my favorites.

Fun fact is this is basically a reimagining of a previous theme set from several years beforehand that I remember from my childhood called Rock Raiders. You can see similar design concepts updated and reimagined for a Lester generation with newer bricks and building techniques.

Power Miners is one of my all time favorite series that got chopped (like the 2010's Space Police) and it definitely deserves a revival in every sense.

Man I remember Power Miners I was a fan of those giant monsters especially because someone I knew had the fire one Wished they would remake this theme but I’m positive all the giant monsters would be brick built and not molds

I miss the Clutch Powers movie and this theme 😢 R.I.P.

The powerminers drill rig that can go vertical was my "i didnt get the train for christmas" moment, i brought it on my own eventually, still have fond memories of that thing

Every time I watch one of your videos I cry a little, lego was huge in my life when I was little, it was one of the very few things that made me happy, I used to hide from my mom and to calm down I would play with legos, I had a small power miners skid steer like kit that I loved, my grandmother gave it to me, thank you for making me remember some of the better times from my childhood, please keep it up

I was 2 years old when Power Miners came out and I am honestly really sad that I never got to experience this theme.

So sad I didn't start following lego until 2016, I really like the design of the power miners and I wish that Lego decides to continue this or even start re selling every set from the first wave

So I'm old enough that I remember the Rock Raiders sets and I used to play and love the game, and when Power Miners came out, I originally disliked it before I realised that considering it's set on Earth rather than in space, it's not a reboot but a prequel theme to Rock Raiders. I don't know if that's how Lego saw it themselves but that's what made sense to me and how I chose to look at it. If the theme was to ever come back then I think that's what I'd want to see, would be that transition from them being Power Miners to them being Rock Raiders, as they start mining out in space.

I was digging around my house for some of my old Lego sets and found 3 of these in my old bedroom closet. Brings back some awesome memories

I remember specifically hunting all of these down when I was younger. The lime green color pallet was very attractive to me. I’m lucky to have them all! Also collecting all the different rock monsters was a thrill lol

I never bought these sets, but it looks like a really cool theme. Lego should bring the theme back

I’m amazed to see this video pop up and make me relive my childhood. I bought so many PowerMiners and Atlantis sets

I still remember it, watching the commercials like cartoon, religiously looking up stop motion fan made movies with these sets and wanting one of my own too, on the christmas day i got the drill and the crystal king. I remember having a either red and blue rock monster or a red and green rock monster. Either way, before that i just had the lego pile, don't know where it came from, but me and my brother had this huge bag of lego bricks and we just build freely from that, which was fun but i always yearned for a set. And finally i had it, for years it was displayed and i was so hurt when i lost the rock monsters (i was a very messy kid and still as an adult i misplace things all the time, it's a pain), but the drill was still there. Determined to put it all together by the plan, it took me quite a while but i was so happy with it. That was the only lego set i ever had, so it makes me even more sad that this line got discontinued. Since if i'll ever move to a bigger apartment and have more room and will get into the mood to get some, they'll probably be jacked up in prices. But maybe there's some other cool sets, but i'd love to get my hands on one of these again.

I was always more a Bionicle fan growing up, I think mostly cause it tended to be cheaper than regular system. But power miners was one of my all time favorite themes. I watch the animations on Lego's website non stop, and was always building mocs with what little orange and lime pieces I had laying around.

I miss this theme so bad :-(

Thank you for covering this!

My first lego kit was a 2010 Power Miners atv-looking vehicle, the one at 7:42. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I loved that era. Power miners, agents, space police, and to a lesser extent that alien invasion one, were all great interesting themes with awesome builds.

I think I recall having one or two sets from this theme. Particularly the Crystal King. I don't remember much, since it was so long ago, but the green pieces for its hands bring up memories of building it. While I never knew the theme was that popular, it's a shame that it got shelved. Say, wasn't Power Miners the LEGO theme that got a video game spin-off that's impossible to beat, due to a bug? Or am I thinking of Rock Raiders? (Also, because I'm obligated by law to point it out, you misspelled "instant" as "instatnt" at 1:34.)

God bless you for this reminder! I had a handful of these sets as a kid, and was obsessed with them. I even remember a handful of the other themes that were cancelled too; especially the space police.

Omg, I almost forgot about them. I was like 5 when they came out and I remember always carrying my rockmonsters with me. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

The only thing I didn't like about the sets is it was lacking in the amount of bricks with the price tag on the various sets. The minifigs and monsters were worth the price, but in the end, I wish they would have revitalized the original Rock Raiders to upscale a lot of the sets. However, I still love the theme! Rock Raiders is still the greatest Lego Video Game of all time (considering when it came out and the thought that went into it) Grew up trying to beat the game but after playing the game for over 15 years, can now finally beat it. It is a chore just to get it to work on new computers, but it is possible

I never bought any of the power miners sets, but the sets look really cool! I wish this theme was never discounted!

I remember being so happy watching the Clutch Powers movie, seeing how they included my little rock monsters!! Literally started crying while watching this. My extended family always knew me as the boy who loved lego and all that. So I was gifted The Crystal King on 9 separate occasions. I had several other sets too, but always picked them apart to build my own ideas. I still remember those countless hours I spent looking for the orange crystal, endlessly digging through my several boxes of mixed lego. I can almost feel the LEGO's semi-sharp edges against my fingertips. Great memories.

Even though me and my sister only had a few power miners sets, I adored this lineup. I loved watching the CGI story shorts that were abridged in the commercials. I remember there being a lot of other online promotional material too, like the rock monsters on the surface where actors would play the rock monsters in giant inflatable costumes doing wacky real world things. The best videos were the ones where the lego engineers that created the sets would talk about their creations with some humor behind them. It was cool to see the people that took the time to create these sets and always made me envious of building them, myself. Thank you for reminding me of how much joy I got from the sets, but also the online content too.

I don’t know if I could say this is my favorite theme but it is definitely one of the plethora of spectacular themes from the 2000s

Was such a cool theme, brings me back to early 2010s when I used to own many of wave 1 & 2; being a young child then most unfortunately haven't remained intact with the only one I have left still whole being the command rig. I'd never heard of the 3rd wave though which surprised me as I loved the theme

yeeesss, i distinctly remember Power Miners being my absolute favorite as a kid, I was so sad when it was canceled abruptly. I still have the Thunder Driller all these years later

I remember getting a couple of these sets as presents when I was very young and being absolutely overjoyed with them

Luckily the theme was revived in Lego Worlds. There was a spectacular biome, unlockable rock monsters to spawn in and a couple of really fun vehicles.

this was honestly the best theme of sets released in my opinion

Being 20 now, I got only a handful of Power Miner sets for my young birthdays, and I miss it so much. Such a cool concept with so much potential

Power Miners and Bionicle practically made my childhood lol. I remember playing all of the games and watching the video shorts on the Lego site when it had just come out. The Thunder Driller was my first “larger” Lego set and that theme had some of the best designs of any (even now).

Yes on eof the best themes ever, I got some from 1st and 2nd wave, but not the 3rd with lavamonsters, unfortunately, I really would love a re-booth

I was never able to get any of the sets and didn't care about the theme until one day I was looking on Amazon and found the sets and I couldn't believe the cool pieces and advanced things from them that we rarely see now days it's just another theme that Lego didn't go for

What a damn trip down the Nostalgia lane, I LOVED seeing these commercials. Sadly we could not afford much toys in my childhood, so we had very few lego sets. Atleast one of them was Power Miners themed, maybe the Fire Blaster set. I distinctly remember first getting my hands on one of those little crystal guys, and seeing how their mouth opened to store the crystal, just as it was advertised. Glad we got some imagination as kids, and when winter came and the tractors plowed snow into huge piles, they formed the perfect "mines" to us. Armed with plastic shovels, we had become power miners ourselves, searching for crystals and fighting the monsters. Amazing how seeing some commercials gave enough fuel to fire hours of imagination adventures. I fondly look back on these sets, even though I didn't get to tamper with the biggest sets.

A friend got me one of these as a gift (the wave 1 mini mecha) and as a fan of the Rock Raiders I fell in love with these guys. Bought a few more sets, but I sadly had to restrain myself at the time as I was a broke college student.

Great video, really brought back some nostalgia.

I remember this set theme, and couldn't get enough, reading the comics as well they had with a subscription I had if I recall too, man

I saw the thumb mail and you unlocked a repressed memory I had a couple of these sets I wish I never got rid of my lego

Definitely do more videos like this plz. Can you do like some on Space Police was it? And Exo-Force for those who remember that?

Darn i still remember this. Man this takes me back

Man! I loved these sets growing up! I drove my folks craaaazy with how loud those spikey wheels were on hardwood floors!

Brought back some good memories. I loved this LEGO theme growing up and was sad to see it suddenly disappear. I hope that one day LEGO will decide to finish the storyline of Power Miners and bring some more sets along with it.

i remember getting a small power miners set and it was really great, i loved playing with these rock monsters and crystals back then

My brother got that phase 3 set with the big guy they captured, I remember helping build that soda machine and wanting more of the sets, I was so sad to hear it got discontinued

This theme was my late childhood. I remember being absolutely devastated when they disappeared from the shelves.

I remember browsing the lego store to look at cool sets with one of my friends back when it came out. good times.

I remember having this, Atlantis and Ninjago as a kid, very nostalgic stuff

my god this was my absolute favorite. such a cool aesthetic, i loved the orange and green colors of the miners and the neon of the monsters. i had so many of the vehicles like the mechs of the multiple waves and the giant drill. the little sweeper and grabber things were awesome too. and the metal armor and helmet with visor of the later wave were my favorite for moc warriors. the play features were amazing too, moving parts on armor and helmets, the monsters could hold stuff in their mouths and hands, it was just perfect. so nostalgic and i'd honestly play with these things as a 19 year old haha

My first ever lego set was the rock rusher, and I loved that thing to death- still have the geolix big fig as a matter of fact. I also had the crystal sweeper back in the day and I still remember the thrill of waking up on christmas morning and unwrapping the massive box of that thing. To this day it’s probably one of if not the best christmas gift I ever got 🔥🔥🔥 good memories

Oh man, rock raiders is so nostalgic for me. It was literally my childhood and absolutely loved the Rock Raider Videogame at this time.

I have all the sets from wave 1 and 3. I distinctly remember crying to my mom when they removed Power Miners from the Products page on the Lego website. I loved these sets so much.

Oh my heart, I remember looking at those in the lego magazine and wishing I could get them, makes me feel old.

I was born in 2009 and I remember playing with this thank you for bringing me back the memories

The nostalgia, I literally had 90% of the power miners sets, I was obsessed as a kid

Power Miners reminded me of the Rock Raiders theme from the late 90's. I loved that theme when I was little. I have a little headcanon that the Power Miners were a precursor to the space-faring Rock Raiders in some far future setting.

I had only gotten one of these sets as a kid, I had no idea it had been discontinued so quickly!

I had some of these sets and they were awesome. I never thought about how quickly they were gone

I kept commenting that I missed Power Miners, and look at what youtube recommends me! lol I own the Granite Grinder, Chopper, Mine Mech, and Claw Digger. My dream set was the Thunder Driller, but I also wanted that Titanium Command Rig very badly. Those 3D animated ads were absolutely hysterical too. They were so funny, so creative, and established a very cool world that I really wanted to immerse myself in. It's such a crying shame Lego discontinued this line. It was some of the most creative and cool lines of sets ever. Maybe aside from Mars Mission. You should do an episode on that!

I remember borrowing the instructions of the lava-base set from a friend just to build the vending machine on my own since i loved the concept xD good ol‘ times back then…

I remember when I was a kid getting these sets, almost having one of every kit, then when I saw that the instructions included the idea of combining kits, I was like, "I gotta make my own, maybe I can submit it, to lego" then I took apart like 5 of my powerminer sets, and used the parts to make some neat little things, even keeping all my lose parts in a very specific bin, then when my mom dumped the little bin into my big bin of legos, it was heartbreaking, and killed a lot of motivation to even rebuild those sets, they were my favorite sets, honesty. I honestly might buy some of the sets again. thank you for telling me how these sets ended up, I remember these eventually pumping sets out to where I couldn't catch up.

Yo! Loved the video, I grew up with power miners and omg the were the BEST. the thunder drillers gearing fascinated me as a kid and now extremely helps me digest how different parts of a car drive train works. I see you also like space Police, and have done a video on castle sets. If your looking for something to make a video about, mars mission and dino attack reviews I'd watch in a heat beat. Round out my childhood 5 haha

Wow i loved power miners, one of the themes that made my childhood. I had sets 2, 4, 6, 10, 14 and 15. Right now they're all under my bed in my Lego box but I should definitely rebuild them

I remember having the motorcycle one. It was the only set from this series that I had, and this was at a time where I would still deconstruct all my sets to make new things. This was one that wasn’t saved, and sadly I only have remnants of this amazing series.

No joke, watching this video made my eyes water. I am recalling the days when I would beg my parents to buy me these sets, along with Lego's other original themed sets--Atlantis, Power Miners, Space Police, etc. Waking up some days and seeing a wrapped box at the foot of my bed, shaking it and shouting in excitement as I hear the rustle of lego pieces inside. I now have the disposable income to buy myself lego, but its just not the same anymore, seeing how majority of what I see on shelves is just Star Wars or Lego City. Thank you Lego, for being a massive part of my childhood growing up.

I remember getting a set of these, and it's now a core memory

Power miners came around when I was "growing out" of lego and toys in general but now that I am in my 20's I am getting back into lego and collecting certain toys.

I remember they had the Power Miners in LEGO Rock Band. Looking back, I would've loved these sets back in the day.

I remember Power Miners when it came out in 2009. I was 5 at the time. I drooled over those sets SO BAD, and I was so jealous when some friends of mine got them. Sadly, I missed out on getting them - my parents didn't seem to thrilled at the idea. (I had mostly City sets at the time). However, i managed to get a secondhand Thunder Driller set in 2016 when I was 12 - complete with the original box and all - only missing 1 sticker. Sadly, I never got any of the others, but I played with that set like crazy for a while! Eventually, it got disassembled and it's parts were used for building MOC's, but last year (I think), I dug out the parts and rebuilt the set, I think I am only missing 1 part. Honestly, I like both this and Rock Raiders a lot, and wish Lego would bring back at least one of them. I kind of like Rock Raiders slightly more, but I think Lego would be more likely to bring this one back as most of the parts/colors are either still in production or were more recently discontinued, unlike Rock Raiders which uses so many old and rare parts and colors. Still, Lego really should bring back one of those themes, or at least introduce another successor (maybe with a backstory connected to either Rock Raiders or Power Miners).

I loved the design videos and shorts that the team made with the sets, similar to those of Mars Mission and other themes of that time. Seeing the toys being played and play features working perfectly gave a sense of security about the sets themselves (also seeing the thunder drill turn into a hanging carousel was iconic)

Bro.......this hit deep. Powerminers was my favourite Theme as a child and I owned (almost) every set...man I miss it

I recently came home from being away for a few years and found my power miners sets covered in dust. I started cleaning them up again and made me realize how much I loved these sets. My Rock Monster king is broken apart so I need to find instructions on how to rebuild it. I loved these sets but never knew how much of a fan base it had!

Omg I remember Rock raiders! I got one of those laser pointer things. These sets always looked good to me but this was when I just became an adult sadly 😢

I absolutely loved PowerMiners, and still pick up the sets when I can. I think this is where I developed a love of the color lime green, which turns out to be a good color for this summer's wave of City sets--such as the grocery store and passenger train!

When I was a kid, this theme was hands down my favorite along with Lego SW. I grabbed every set I could and made a point of collecting all the different rock monsters. LEGO showing off combining the different sets sold it the most for me in retrospect. It lead to many happy hours of building the wildest mining machines I could imagine when I got bored with the intended design. And best of all, my creation looked more or less at home in the theme. No randomly colored blocky abominations like many of my SW mocs at that age. You were given the means to build and expand upon the theme without any of your work looking like it was out of place.

i had the set with the cold drink vending machine. i knew that vending machine was a special build in it of itself because of its great function. really loved the lava guys moving hand that was capable of launching stuff lmao