[THEORY] How Monster Fighters connects to Aqua Raiders

Hi Blockix, thanks for your interest!

Overall, I think your theory is pretty well supported and insightful! What stands out to me is why the diver would be at the gates to Atlantis in the first place. I think that if any of the Monster Fighters were there, they would be surprised to see giant squid, manta ray, and shark hybrid monsters themselves! It would almost seem, if we can get more facts, that there is a tradition of monster hunting and fighting across the LEGO universe that's bigger than just Rodney Rathbone and his band of merry men. That would be an awesome theory you could use as your main theory, while using all of the above as support material to back it up.

Personally, I'm not sure the link between the Portal Hideout and Atlantis will quite work unless you can provide some more evidence. Perhaps they are built the same way? Require the same power source? Perhaps you can prove the Portal Hideout is AntiMatter's new way of getting to Atlantis! Either way, things to think about.

Thank you for your theory!

~ Chris

That's no problem, I'm sure we can work it out!

I'm just gonna give you my thoughts and you can go with them as you'd like. Now, from the eyes of a YouTube viewer, it may seem a little ambitious to suggest that Monster Fighters and Aqua Raiders are related. Think of it this way - if I'm a YouTube viewer browsing around and I see a video called "How Monster Fighters connects to Aqua Raiders," my first instinct will be "Yeah, right!" and I'll probably click on something else because it sounds too contrived. What you could do, though, is expand the theory a little more than just Monster Fighters and Aqua Raiders.

Here's one way you could think of this: what do the Monster Fighters crew and the Aqua Raiders crew have in common? They fight monsters. Consider that in Lego City, what we would consider as "normal" minifigure life, monsters don't show up a whole lot. In fact, it seems there are a select group of minifigures that even fight monsters at all. We see Rodney's crew, but also, Jake Raines and his crew hunt monsters as well. In fact, it seems the Atlantis crew hunts monsters too, during their search for Atlantis. So what you can do is take your theory and apply it to a little bit of a bigger scale. Maybe you can make your theory about the connected monster-fighting/hunting society within the Lego universe.

That way, you can connect the Aqua Raiders crew with the Atlantis crew and their underwater fight against monsters. You can connect Atlantis to Ultra Agents and suggest that AntiMatter was trying to get back into Atlantis (this could be tricky, but there may be evidence. If not, you can skip Ultra Agents entirely). Now it may not be in your best interest to connect to Galaxy Squad since that's a little tricky to draw connections. But, you may be able to connect back to Atlantis, thanks to Monster Fighter's Frank Rock (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Frank_Rock). Note: "According to Dr. Rodney Rathbone, his real name is Franklin Rhodes." Possible connection to Samantha Rhodes of the Atlantis Crew (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Sam_Rhodes), who seems to know an awful lot about the legends of Atlantis and the monsters guarding it? And since we had a minifigure die at the gates of Atlantis courtesy of Aqua Raiders, we have our connection - a mysterious society of monster fighters across the Lego universe, working in the dark to protect the world from monstrous threats.

Also, read this (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/LEGO_Atlantis:_The_Movie): "Professor Sam Rhodes based her theory around the work of underwater station that disappeared. This was likely the Aquabase (7775 Aquabase Invasion) from the Aqua Raiders theme, a reference to the last major underwater LEGO theme. This is further confirmed by the appearance of the submarine from 7774 Crab Crusher, which the Professor said was from the station. The destruction of the sub may be the symbolic for Aqua Raider's replacement by Atlantis; one theme's sub destroyed by the next.

Ironically, the sub from 7774 Crab Crusher was discovered by the Atlantis crew when they were being chased by a similar giant crab, further strengthening the connection."

Those are just my thoughts - let me know what you think!

~ Chris

Aw yeah, now we're talking! I think you've got a pretty solid theory on your hands so far. You'd be doing yourself a favor if you didn't worry Ninjago for now - but in the future, that could be an angle worth exploring. And I like your connections with the Crab Crusher sub - didn't think that could have been the same diver.

Additional note: check out this set description from Atlantis Set 7984-1: Deep Sea Raider (http://brickset.com/sets/7984-1/Deep-Sea-Raider)

"Drill a path to the riches! Recruited to dig and drill through the dangerous ruins, excavation expert Dr. Brains from the LEGO® Power Miners is trying to get to the treasure! Open the back compartment and release the mini sub for tight squeezes! Can he outwit the angry hammerhead guardian to retrieve the treasure and legendary body armor? Set includes 2 minifigures and mini sub."

Note Dr. Brains' involvement in the Power Miners theme ... 



Pardon my pun, but it seems as if your theory goes even deeper than just Atlantis!

Good eye!

By the way, are you a Brickfilmer on YouTube? I've been looking around to see if I can find you but haven't found your channel. I'm from Gold Brick Productions, by the way

Awesome!

I just realized another major flaw to this theory, why is AntiMatter building this portal to Atlantis where a bunch of people can see it