Aqua Raiders

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This article is about the 2006-2008 theme. For 1997 Aquazone subtheme, see Aquaraiders.


Aqua Raiders
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Years:

2006-2007

Related themes:

Divers
Aquanauts
Atlantis

Aqua Raiders was one of LEGO's new themes for 2006. The theme comprised of seven sets, ranging from a small Deep Sea Treasure Hunter to a much larger Aqua Base. It ran for one year.

Description[edit | edit source]

7776 The Shipwreck was reminiscent of the older Divers sets.

Aqua Raiders was one of a handful of underwater themes to appear since 1995 when Aquazone was introduced. While Aquazone's submarines, vehicles, and equipment were generally futuristic, Aqua Raiders closer resembles the 1997 Divers subtheme of Town, as both feature more realistic designs and human explorers searching for treasure.

The background story revealed that the theme is set in the Bermuda Triangle, where the divers utilized high-tech submarines and other special equipment to look for the lost treasure of an ancient king. While submerged, the divers encountered and battled sea creatures of monstrous proportions, a theme first explored in Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea.

Most of the sets followed a common scheme. They contained the Aqua Raiders with a yellow vessel of some kind, a segment of seafloor where a treasure was hidden and also a monstrous sea creature that stood between the divers and their loot.

After Aqua Raiders was retired after a one year run, another underwater action theme did not appear until 2010's Atlantis. Atlantis included a couple of nods to it's predecessor with a skeleton wearing an Aqua Raiders' helmet appeared in 8078 Portal of Atlantis and in "The Atlantis Movie," a team of divers are on a mission to salvage a sub that turns out to be 7774 Crab Crusher.

Vehicles and equipment[edit | edit source]

The Aqua Raiders have a variety of weapons and vehicles, which, according to the Aqua Raiders website, is the latest technology developed for underwater exploration.

Some of the subs were reminiscent of older LEGO vessels. Among them were two mini-submarines (included in 7775 Aquabase Invasion and 7776 The Shipwreck), which were slightly similar to the subs from Divers, a large submarine which essentially resembled a Creator set but had a more spacious and detailed interior, and a sleek combat-submarine, which shared some design traits with the subs from Alpha Team Mission Deep Sea. The complement of vehicles also comprised an underwater rover with robot arms and several scooters.

The diving gear (helmets, scuba-tanks and flippers) was the same that already appeared in Divers ten years earlier, with different colours. The same applies to the handheld harpoon guns. The subs and the base were equipped with spring-loaded guns that shot rubber-tipped projectiles.

All seven regular Aqua Raiders sets.

Minifigures[edit | edit source]

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The Aqua Raiders minifigures used unique torso pieces that were printed on both the front and the back. They also had black helmets printed with a blue trident on the top. There were four different heads used for the minifigs, and all of them had already appeared in earlier themes, such as Mars Mission.

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Sets[edit | edit source]

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Image # Set Pieces Figures Price Released
7770 box.jpg 7770  Deep Sea Treasure Hunter  75  Aqua Raider   $4.99  January 2007 
7771 box.jpg 7771  Angler Ambush  130  Aqua Raider (2)   $9.99 / €9.99  January 2007 
7772 box.jpg 7772  Lobster Strike  223  Aqua Raider (2)   $19.99  January 2007 
7773 box.jpg 7773  Tiger Shark Attack  339  Aqua Raider (2)   $29.99  January 2007 
7774 box.jpg 7774  Crab Crusher  618  Aqua Raider (2) ,  Skeleton   $49.99  January 2007 
7775 box.jpg 7775  Aquabase Invasion  840  Aqua Raider (4) , Diver Skeleton   $69.99  January 2007 
7776 box.jpg 7776  The Shipwreck  241  Aqua Raider (2)King Skeleton   $24.99  March 2007 
851954 Aqua Raiders Stationery Set.jpg 851954  Aqua Raiders Stationery Set       $6.99  2007 
K7775 Complete Aqua Raiders Collection.jpg K7775  Complete Aqua Raiders Collection  2190  15   $179.95  January 2007 
K7776 Ultimage Aqua Raiders Collection.jpg K7776  Ultimate Aqua Raiders Collection  2431  18   $199.99  March 2007 

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