Time Cruisers

Time Cruisers is LEGO's one and only time travel theme. It has two factions: The Time Cruisers and the Time Twisters. The plot revolves around a professor named Dr. Cyber's travels through time.

Description

The following is a description of Time Cruisers from a period LEGO catalog page:

This is a description taken from LEGO.com. Do not modify it.

Time Cruisers
"The LEGO Time Cruisers sets will give you the chance to travel through time...anytime! Imagine navigating your vehicle through the depths of time, visiting other places past and present to complete your top secret mission! Careful though, as you never know who or what you'll meet! Most importantly, remember to get back home, or you could be trapped in time forever!"

The Time Cruisers power their time machines with special hats. While the plot specified by LEGO involves activities taking place in the past, the set of hats offered in the Hypno Cruiser includes an alien helmet, indicating that travel to the future is possible. The Time Twisters use a clear cylinder filled with artifacts from the different eras power their time travel.

Factions

Time Cruisers has two different factions. The Time Cruisers and the Time Twisters.

Time Cruisers

The Time Cruisers are the protagonists of the theme and were introduced with its' initial release in 1996. Dr. Cyber and his assistant Tim are the main characters in this faction, and they visit other ages to gather knowledge and the repair damage wrought by the Time Twisters (which appeared the following year). They also have two other members, a robot named Crankey the Robot, and a monkey named Ingo. Their primary objective is to remain undercover and meddle as little as possible with history.

Time Twisters

The antagonists of this theme are called the Time Twisters. The Time Twisters are the twins Tony Twister, and Professor Millennium, who are accompanied by a mysterious Ghost, and a Skeleton. Their vehicles are powered by cylinders filled with valuable articles from the past. They travel through time to steal objects of value to add to their cylinders, and interfere with the past.

Sets

Sixteen Time Cruisers sets were released over the course of two years.

#	Set	Number of pieces	Minifigures	Price	Release
1853	Hypno Cruiser	152	Tim, Dr. Cyber, Ingo		1996
5520134	Testflug TC13				1996
5520144	Unternehmen Cybercom	1			1996
6491	Rocket Racer	58	1	$4.50	1996
6492	Hypno Cruiser	152	Tim, Dr. Cyber	$22.00	1996
6493	Flying Time Vessel	237	Dr. Cyber, Tim	$44.00	1996
6494	Mystic Mountain Time Lab	523	5	$64.00	1996
6495	Time Tunnelator	81	Tony Twister	$10.00	1997
6496	Whirling Time Warper	143	2	$22.00	1997
6497	Twisted Time Train	296	4	$38.50	1997
6499	Time Tunnelator	81	Professor Millennium		1997
GA04	Time Cruisers Board Game		5		1997

Comics 1994-1996 & 1997-2001

Time Cruisers started when a LEGO fan built a model of a time-traveling car. People working on LEGO Magazines for Europe liked the concept, came up with some characters, and in 1994 (two years before the theme), launched a magazine comic starring Dr. Cyber and Max Time Cruiser/Timebuster.

By 1996, the comic had been successfully running for two years, and LEGO launched sets based on the concept. Max was renamed to Tim, and the character's were redesigned. Though the physical minifigures still didn't completely resemble their depictions in the comics. The magazines were also expanded into new countries. The comic was rebooted in the Fall of 1997. The time machine was now the Flying Time Vessel and a small "micro-zapper" (A Standard 1X1 grey brick with a Red Stud), rather than the original car Creation that started everything. [1]

Minifigures


Dr. Cyber	Tim	Tony Twister	Professor Millennium	Crankey the Robot	Ingo

Other minifigures


Ghost	Wizard Skeleton	Skeleton	Time Twister

Gallery

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