Miner (Power Miners)

The Miner8956 Stone Chopper product description is a Power Miners minifigure introduced in 2009.
== Description ==
The Miner has the standard medium stone grey Power Miners suit, with a drill symbol in the middle of the torso. The the Miner wears the standard bright blue Power Miner helmet (Part 30325) as a head accessory. His arms are bright yellow (representing a sleeveless top) with his hands being dark stone grey (representing gloves). His legs are the same as all Power Miners, being bright blue with a black hip piece. His face is printed with stubble, a large grin on one side and a shocked expression on the other, and two clearly-defined thick black eyebrows.
== Background ==
The Miner is a miner working for the Power Miners, presumably filling a similar role to Duke. He drives the Stone Chopper and Rock Hacker, and works with fellow miners at the Underground Mining Station.
In LEGO Power Miners - The Movie, the Miner is part of the underground task force investigating the source of the earthquakes. When they are attacked by Rock Monsters, the Miner grabs a gas tank from the Granite Grinder and forces it into the mouth of a Glaciator. Later, he rides the Crystal Sweeper with the Engineer and reacts angrily when another Glaciator steals his motorbike. Afterward, he drives the Crystal Sweeper to sweep up the Energy Crystals.
In Chaos Beneath The Surface!, the Miner is part of the Power Miners team as they first discover Energy Crystals and Rock Monsters. The Miner and Duke react with shock when they see a large number of Rock Monsters enter the cave.
== Appearances ==
* 8709 Underground Mining Station
* 8907 Rock Hacker
* 8956 Stone Chopper
=== Comic Appearances ===
* Chaos Beneath The Surface!
=== Mini-Movie Appearances===
* LEGO Power Miners - The Movie
== Notes ==
* Due to sharing Duke's uniform and occupation, the Miner is frequently mistaken for a variant of Duke by fans. However, no official sources from 2009 corroborate this fan theory; Shop At Home refers to this minifigure generically as a "miner" while giving Duke his name,2009 Shop At Home Catalog - page 29 and they are shown as separate characters in LEGO Club Magazine comics, LEGO Power Miners - The Movie, and 8709 Underground Mining Station. Furthermore, the Miner lacks Duke's unibrow and scar, while having stubble that is not present on Duke's clean-faced variant.
== References ==
Category:Power Miners minifigures
Category:Minifigures introduced in 2009