Lego Aqua Raiders was a
Lego theme that was launched by
The Lego Group
Lego A/S (trade name: The Lego Group) is a Danish toy production company based in Billund, Denmark. It manufactures Lego-brand toys, consisting mostly of interlocking plastic bricks. The Lego Group has also built several amusement parks aroun ...
in 2007 and discontinued the same year. The theme focused on a team of divers searching for treasure in the
Bermuda Triangle. The product line consisted of seven construction toy sets released in the same year.
Overview
The Aqua Raiders product line was based on an original
backstory
A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot. It is a literary device of a narrative history all chronologically earlier than the narrative o ...
that focused on a team of divers that was sent on a mission to explore hidden treasures on the ocean floor. The Aqua Raiders team was described as the only team that was brave enough to fight the depths of the Bermuda Triangle. Equipped with the latest technology, the team explored the ocean while being attacked by numerous dangerous sea creatures during their underwater descent, including sharks, lobsters and octopuses.
Background
The Aqua Raiders theme originated in an earlier subtheme called
Aquazone. The Aquazone theme had been in production from 1995 to 1998 and one of its sub-themes was named Aquaraiders, which consisted of three sets that were released in 1997. Aqua Raiders reappeared ten years later in 2007 as a reinvented standalone theme.
Construction sets
Lego Aqua Raiders released seven toy sets in 2007.
The largest set was Aquabase Invasion, the Aqua Raiders' underwater base. The base and underwater vehicles mainly featured a yellow and black colour scheme, while the divers were designed with blue and black wetsuits and blue goggles over black helmets. The Aqua Raiders logo was a blue forked trident.
* (7770) Deep Sea Treasure Hunter - Included two
sea snake
Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, wher ...
s, diver, rocks, and sea scooter.
* (7771) Angler Ambush - Included
angler fish
The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence c ...
, two divers, sea scooter, and rock formation.
* (7772) Lobster Strike - Included giant
lobster, two divers, and a rover.
* (7773) Tiger Shark Attack - Included
tiger shark
The tiger shark (''Galeocerdo cuvier'') is a species of requiem shark and the last extant member of the family Galeocerdonidae. It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over . Populations are found in many tropical and tempera ...
, two divers, submarine, and large harpoon gun.
* (7774) Crab Crusher - Included giant
crab, two divers, large submarine, one mini sub, and a robotic exploration device.
* (7775) Aquabase Invasion - Included
giant squid
The giant squid (''Architeuthis dux'') is a species of deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae. It can grow to a tremendous size, offering an example of abyssal gigantism: recent estimates put the maximum size at around Trac ...
, submarine, sea scooter, four divers, and the aquabase.
* (7776) The Shipwreck - Included two
sea snakes
Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, wher ...
, shipwreck, two divers, a skeleton and submarine.
See also
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Lego Atlantis
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Lego Aquazone
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Lego Pirates
Pirates was a Lego theme launched in 1989 featuring pirates, soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars, Pacific Islanders, sailing ships, and buried treasure, being influenced by the late Golden Age of Piracy. The theme has been seen in Lego System ( ...
References
External links
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Aqua Raiders
Products and services discontinued in 2008
Products introduced in 2006