Dave's Lego® Throwbots/RoboRiders Page - Fanfic Background

Last Updated: 7/10/01
RoboRiders story added.
Warning: the image files didn't carry over from a transfer in 2001, so those links will be broken.

    For a thousand years, the Throwbot magistrate Jet kept the seven sectors of his world at peace. Throwbot would battle Throwbot on occasion, but Jet ensured that these squabbles never got too serious. Then, on the eve of the second millennium of relative peace, the world was shaken by a terrific impact! A bombardment from space utterly destroyed the sectors guarded by Granit, Electro and Amazon, presumably killing them. Jet was forced to go into hiding, and is also rumored dead. Out of the debris of this cataclysm rose a new cadre of alien Throwbots:

• Millennia - Her powerful motorcycle lets her move faster than any but Turbo, and she can combine with it to become stronger than any single Throwbot! (Note, in the picture her name is misspelled. And while no gender is really specified, the fact that the name ends in 'a' inclines me to label this one female.)
• Blaster - Scarred and bitter, he wished to lay claim to this world, now ravaged to match his own appearance. Stronger than any single Throwbot, he can also call upon his vassals to form the mighty Fusion, capable of taking on even RoboTops, the Super Throwbot that Ski and his allies form. (Note: picture of Blaster also has pictures of Spark and Flare. Blaster's pose is not flattering, he looks better than that in person. Dynamo was apparently renamed to Fusion at the last minute.)
• Spark - Initially mistaken for a mutated Electro, Spark soon showed he was not that Throwbot at all. He loves nothing better than draining the life energies out of opponents.
• Flare - This fiery flier is an inveterate show-off, and what he has to show is firepower. None of the remaining four sectors of the planet is safe from his attacks, especially since none of the remaining native Throwbots can fly.

    For over a thousand years, the Planet Slizer knew relative peace, but that was shattered by the INVASION of Lord Blaster and his minions! Now half the planet lies in ruin and the remaining four Throwbots fight a desperate battle for survival. But all hope is not lost....
    Slizer is not the first world to suffer ravages at the hands of Lord Blaster and his Throwbots. Once, planet Wheel was a thriving artificial world in the shape of a torus, a hub of commerce and learning for half the galactic arm. It took only five days for Blaster, Millennia, Spark and Flare to reduce it to ruin. They took what they wanted and moved on, heedless of the destroyed lives left in their path.
    Only a handful survived the destruction of Wheel, the hardy defenders of the world who had been trapped by rubble or otherwise unable to fight Blaster's forces in the brief battle. These Wheel Warriors, out of feelings or revenge or guilt or a drive for justice, swore to not rest until they had found a way to destroy the evil Throwbots. These diminuative warriors, each able to transform into the shape of the wheel-world they had lost, cobbled together a ship out of the remains of their world and set out in pursuit of Blaster.
    Led by the wise Lookout and the impetuous Firebug, the Wheel Warriors spent years combing the galaxy in search of the evil Throwbots. Finally this small band reached the ruined planet Slizer. Against Lookout's advice, they attacked Blaster in his throneroom...and were brutally repulsed. Half of their number were destroyed that day, and only the intervention of a mysterious figure saved the remainder.
    Their savior turned out to be the former magistrate Jet, who lurked in catacombs under his former domain and tried to frustrate Blaster's plans whenever possible. He was too badly hurt to fight directly, however, and had no way to repair the inevitably-fatal wounds he had suffered in the initial attack on his world. He could show the Wheel Warriors how to build powerful bodies, but his own injury was to his core, something he could not repair or duplicate.
    With the help of Jet, the Wheel Warriors constructed six machines which could help them face Blaster on even terms. These machines lacked the spark of life, but could be operated by the Wheel Warriors themselves, acting as the wheels of these new "RoboRiders." By making sure that different Wheel Warriors piloted each RoboRider in every battle, they could render it impossible for enemies to deduce their tactics...the deceit was to present the RoboRiders themselves as entities. With Blaster thinking Onyx was a person and not a vehicle, he would wrack his brain for months trying to determine the pattern to "Onyx's" actions...when it was really the actions of whichever Wheel Warrior was in charge at the time.
    Sensing his life running out, Jet gave the Wheel Warriors one last secret: the Super Throwbot combination technology! Most of the Wheel Warriors mastered the art of combining the RoboRiders into larger and more powerful vehicles, but only a handful learned to combine Onyx and Power to form a warrior that could combat Throwbots in hand to hand...the powerful Blacklight!
    With the RoboRiders Swamp, Lava, Frost, Onyx, Dust and Power under their command, the Wheel Warriors have started to tip the scales against Lord Blaster, giving the native Throwbots much-needed respite. But already the Throwbot Torch and the Wheel Warrior co-leader Firebug have come to blows, warning that this could soon be a three-way war!