8708-1: Cave Crusher

Battle beneath the earth!

The Power Miners can grind through granite with the Cave Crusher's spinning front blades, flamethrower, and drill station. When rock monsters attack, the Cave Crusher's saw blades can be launched at the enemy. Includes two Power Miners and rock monster. Includes 1 red rock-throwing monster and 2 minifigures: 1 engineer and 1 Power Miner! Accessories include 1 stick of dynamite, pickaxe, shovel, harpoon and 3 red crystals! Move the Cave Crusher and front dual blades spin! Shoot blades with the launcher! Features a removable drill platform! Cave Crusher measures 12 inches (30.5cm) long!

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Instructions and parts list

Instructions for this set can be downloaded from LEGO.com:

Filename File size Format Notes/Region
4556964.pdf 327Kb
4556965.pdf 342Kb
4562040.pdf 9261Kb Power Miners

Instructions for this set may also be available at Peeron.

A parts list for this set may be available at BrickLink and/or Peeron.

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Great set.

Posted by indyman09 in Netherlands on 30 December 2009

This set is awesome.
I like it the most because of the genious rockmonster. He is super-big, has an really cool face and his hands with the throwing-construction are awesome. The only thing I don't like about him is that he hasn't got moveble jaws. The vehicle is great. The little miningstation on the back does the job. 3 minifigs for a 50 euros set is not much. But i bought this set 2 days ago for only 32 euros. That's a good price. Now on to the pro's and con's.

Pro's:
Really cool rockmonster.
Finally another few red crystals, three.
The vehicle is pretty big.
two miners, for power miner sets that's a lot.
the saw-blades work really good.
12 wheels, the little ones.
A little mining station on the back.
really good and rare pieces.
It can take really good corners

Con's:
I don't have much con's.
the rockmonster hasn't moveble jaws.
the catapult on the vehicle don't work well.
Sometimes after a corner the wheels get a bit stuck.

After all a great set, the pro's are dominating.
I highly recommend this set to everyone, even if you're not a fan of lego power miners, buy it! But check out the price, only buy it with sale.
and it is the cheapest way to get tremorox and he is tricken awesome!!
Sorry for the bad spelling, i'm from Holland.

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Much better than others think

Posted by Starwarsgeek500 in United States on 26 December 2009

I agree with SmashBrawl, this model is NOT faulty. Just because people are too inept to follow the instructions correctly doesn't mean they need to diss it.

Pros:
Good looking
Red Giant monster
flamethrower
saw catapult
little mining station

Cons:
None

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Stop Trolling on this model!!

Posted by SmashBrawlR7538 in Canada on 25 December 2009

I got this set for Christmas along with my Atlantian and other Power Miner ensembles, and I got to say this set is pretty good (not the greatest though). This set is fairly big and has great functions, and includes 3 minifigures and various accessories. This doesn't really deserve most of the punishment it gets in reviews but it definitely has flaws. Here are my pros and cons.

Pros:
Cheapest way to get Tremorox (the Big red guy who isn't Santa)
Two miners (Nothing new though)
Pickaxe, Shovel, Dynamite, Pneumatic Drill, 3 crystals
Excellent Functions (Spinning saws, saw launcher, and detachable station)
Looks great as a static model
Very Playable
Cab hood opens up to allow easy access
Flamethrower is well designed but also flawed

Minor Cons:
Vehicle locks up moving in reverse (unless dragged from the back)
Lack of cab detail (needs buttons, dial, and levers but with all the extra parts thrown in Power Miners models this can be fixed)
Saw launcher doesn't fly far unless pressed fast.
No Rock for Tremorox

Major Cons:
Price is horrible, for 259 pieces it costs $64.99 Cdn.
Flamethrower flame is puny, substitute for a space police flame
Stickers!!

This set really isn't that bad. It just has some minor problems that can be fixed with ingenuitive thinking. The only real flaw is its price. If you can work around that, this model is great.

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What the!!??

Posted by jjr in Netherlands on 16 November 2009

Okay this is my review and this sis my second PM set

I bought this set because it looked better than the rock wrecker however..

When I opened the giant box I saw empty space and more empty space. And then out of the emptyness I saw 3 bags. The bags were even oversized and mostly filled with air. I immediatly thought this was something bad...really bad.

The built was easy ,really easy, no maybe too easy. nothing challenging really boring and ultra fast.

The final model containes two power miners (those are cool) and a giant red rock monster (that one is also cool) and the cave crusher. Well the model is cool to look at but really is skinny, as you maybe already know is that the weels easily lock when the vehicle is turned. the saw blade(s) however are cool and the small mining thingy at the back , and those nice red crystals!

final judgement

Price:3/10
minifigs:5/10
building:2/10 (well for a 50 euro set I expect a little more)
play: 6/10

OVERALL:4/10

Okay is I were you I would buy another set, like the cool crystal king or the brute force rock wrecker, but really even if you are a die hard PM fan I wouldn't recommending this set to anyone.

this is the first time in years I'm dissapointed with lego

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ok, It'll do.

Posted by frostlass in United States on 19 October 2009

I think lego could improve this one a bit.

Structure: Well, overall, this one does need a little more engineering.
the saw blade catapult worked well, so do the two in the front, but the rest would go better if it took more engineering on these certain parts.For example,
if you tried to turn this veichle around a tight curve, the wheels would get stuck
and the veichle would go to a complete hault.The mining station in the back otherwise is NOT easy to take off (at least not without taking the white claw piece off with it)!

minifigs:Well, the are at least better than the structure of the cave crusher!This set comes with Duke, a scarred guy, and the metal plate guy.It also comes with a big Tremorox rock monster!

So...I will give this set a 3/5.

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