You may be wondering “what exactly does 31127 Street Racer have to do with LEGO Rock Raiders?”… and you’d be right! Join me, R.R. Slugger, as we take a look at Marin Stipkovic’s new Creator 3 in 1 set to find the not-so-flimsy link that ties it back to 1999!
Photography and other resources used in this video: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i1WHPZJRKjL23lARX2DHT-dQp5d1nt70?usp=sharing
You can check out free Step By Step instructions for my Willys Jeep MOC, based on a side build from 60351: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mdfN8KKL8FIfvRF5-0skp9ag7bajE5ia?usp=sharing
Photograph @ 2:40 provided by Baraklava.
Check out Jang’s review of the set too! https://youtu.be/AXjt3-Vp7cU
Looking for the tunes used in this video? Check them out for free right here: https://rrslugger.bandcamp.com/album/r-r-sluggers-rock-raiders-mix-tape
CHAPTERS
0:00 The Rock Raiders Connection
1:44 The Trojan Horse
3:20 The Colours
4:49 Model “A”
5:44 Model “B”
6:49 Model “C”
7:50 The Magic Trick
8:30 Closing Thoughts
This video series is dedicated to showcasing and preserving all the best aspects of Lego Rock Raiders.
This video and videos like this owe so much to the amazing Rock Raiders community. If you contributed, or know someone who has contributed to the content in these videos, please sound off in the comments! I try to credit wherever I can, but if I missed someone, please let me know.
If you haven’t already, check out Manic Miners, a heartfelt recreation of the Lego Rock Raiders PC game: https://manicminers.baraklava.com/
Join the discussion on the Manic Miners Discord: https://discord.com/channels/580269696369164299/693960530439831623
And for Rock Raiders United: https://discord.com/channels/323357365544026112/323357365544026112
I created the photography, stop motion animation, and music in this video. Original artwork by Brett Halland. Thanks for watching!
High Adventure, Deep Underground.
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Really nice video man ^^
Tho I must say, I prefer the og color scheme.
You know those Purple & Turquise paper cups from the 90’s with that squiggly pattern?
That’s what your Blue and Turquoise recolor evokes for me
Another great review, Slugger! Loved seeing in-depth coverage of a specific LEGO color's history.
I wonder if the majority of this set's parts could be used to make a unique, more rock raiders specific vehicle. Probably not perfectly but it seems interesting. Fantastic video
The sheer audacity… I salute you!
That color swap was quite good! I thought for sure it was about to get a Rock Raiders palette swap, though!
I'm reminded of this channel every time I am working with dark teal parts in modern shapes. I was just sorting out some Dots tiles and one of the curve corner pieces was in dark teal; I thought to myself "I bet if RR Slugger has any of these Dots sets, it's this series 3 bag!"
excellent video! I wonder if lego would ever bring the old grays back even for a limited time, for some reason I really enjoy the old grays as compared to their modern counterparts
I love our high adventures !
I'm gonna have to dock a full 35 points for not being able to fit the Scala and Galidor figures.
6:35 But the video gets 100 points for using a sound effect from the Lego creator PC game.
I love the vintage car build feels like a classic late 90s set if im being honest.
From the first glimpse I knew what catched your attention for this set;) Great review
I am curious: How big is your lego collection, how many sets would you estimate you own?
Wow! Seeing that My Own Train in a youtube video made me smile! If you ever did a review on that I'd watch it in a heartbeat!
I have a blue copy that I recently restored and modified to run on modern RC track, so If you wanted to include some sort of section on that modification I'd be happy to be a consultant.
Anyway, your videos are always top-notch, and I can't wait for the next bit of high adventure, deep underground!
Enjoyed the video as always! It's cool that the actual designer commented on a video!
Hey slugger! (Not you, the mascot) keep it up!
I appreciate the attention drawn to the lack of 1×3 slope bricks (or any slope bricks for that matter). I understand that times and interests change but it's bizarre and even a little disheartening seeing a family of pieces I considered a key building block (I'm not sorry) of set composition fading away.
Smooth and round is all well and good but it's not what I think of when I think of Lego.
My wife puts little trays of beer in her garden to catch the slugs. I just wanted to warn you in case you felt compelled to go swimming in a large vessel of beer.
What a video! What a set!
I will be honest, I don't see much of a direct Rock Raiders connection, but I do see a connection within the fanbase; since the same guy designed a more overt Rock Raiders tribute, it's pretty clear that he must've drawn at least some inspiration from Rock Raiders for this car.
I'm gonna heartily disagree with you on the Light Aqua, though; I love that color, it's so nice! Now, in THIS set, I'm not sure I like it, but just as a color? I find it delightful.
It really surprised me to see piece #62361 in Dark Turquoise; I associate that piece pretty much exclusively with the 60's Batmobile in Black, but I saw it multiple times in different colors in this video. Maybe I don't buy as much LEGO as I should.
Also, that thing you said about filler pieces being multiple colors is so true! The previously mentioned Batmobile has yellow on the bottom? What the heck? Yellow is only a Batman color on his chest! And knowing how common the multi-color filler pieces are, it does make this set very, very respectable and cool for restricting itself to something like 5 colors (aqua, dark turquoise, red, black, and… yellow? I don't remember). I wish all LEGO sets did that. I also wish all LEGO sets still had alternate builds. What you said about Rock Raiders having alternate builds in another video and how LEGO don't do them all that much any more reminded me of how much I used to see them, and it made me think that maybe I miss that.
Also, a random fun fact: "Willys", when referring to the company that built the original Jeeps, is pronounced "Willis", like the name; Willys was the founder's last name. A random thing I know from years of being interested in Jeeps.
Seeing the Fabuland characters again also reminded me that I'd love a series on them, maybe after Life on Mars, though, of course, Ice Planet 2002 would also be a great one to look at. I'm not sure. Just at some point, I would love to see it. It's a part of LEGO's history I know literally nothing about.
If I were to buy this set for maximum efficiency, I would buy 5 sets: 1 to keep sealed as a collection piece, 3 to assemble each model, and 1 to part out so the unique pieces and uncommon pieces can be used for other things. Of course, if you wanted to be scum, you could purchase as many as you wanted to resell the set in full or to sell the individual pieces. But I am not a rich man, so I will not be doing that.
This car, as neat as it is, is not to minifigure scale, which is a big thing for me. I like minifigures and messing with them. The monster truck I can justify; It's smaller than a minifig-scale truck would be, so I can pass it off as some kind of attraction (in my dream LEGO City that will never be built, I would have it be a remote control sort of thing; surrounded by Rock Raiders references, of course). The LEGO art sets, the flowers, and the architecture sets I can pass off as public works of art, but this car is bigger than minifig cars. Who would make a sculpture of a car that's bigger than the car? That breaks my suspension of disbelief. Plus, the one model that I like above all the rest, Model C, leaves a ton of spare pieces, which I don't like because I currently don't have a place to put them. I could build the other models, but I don't like the look of them as much.
Plus I'm trying to not spend money, so picking up any set that I'm not 100% invested in is hard to justify to myself right now. I probably won't pick this one up. Or at least, not yet.
As a humorous aside, I need you to stop reviewing sets that are currently on store shelves; I am not a rich man. (that's a joke)
Thanks for this video! I like random videos on smaller sets that can be connected to what you're talking about, but are also just fine on their own. Moreover, I'm happy that you're making videos about things you just pick up and like; I really appreciate and respect that, rather than sticking to like a schedule or plan or something. Adds the labor of love feeling to this channel.
I'm always grateful to get more Dark Turquoise pieces, so thanks for letting me know where to get them!
Thanks for the excellent content and I can't wait for the next video!
One of my favorite YouTubers fr
Heck yeah! I love your stuff
personally im a big fan of the stock colorscheme, at least on the A model. its a little bit garish on the F1 racer
Amazing content slugger! In my personal opinion I like the main colour scheme for the build as the extremely light blue-ish (I do not know the name for it) colour is extremely unique for Lego as is a perfect balance between white and light blue for me 😀 I think you have convinced me to buy this set!
Dark Turquoise base plate anyone?
¡Nice look at the cars!
Real good how many teal parts are appearing and reappearing. Now if only old grays came back in the form of new variants for gray, as Lego currently gives each color more and more shades.
Wow! Polarizing indeed; while I don't absolutely love teal and light aqua, I'm not as big a fan of the teal and blue combination. On the other hand, I think teal and light aqua would work better on either a building, or a full train of coaches. I did originally take an interest in this set as a parts pack, but unfortunately that interest died out within a couple of weeks.
4:31 got a big chuckle out of me! Gosh the writing and editing is tight in your videos!
Really like your review style. Very unique :). How about a Blacktron (black-yellow) review?
You should replace the stripes with dark grey and the red with yellow. Then it could be full rock raiders!