Ice Drone

The Ice Drone,LEGO.com Alpha Team Products (4745)LEGO Magazine July-August 2004 - page 10LEGO.com LEGO Club Home - Brick Street Journal Special Report!Drones' MenaceRed Lens 1, Red Lens 2, and Red Lens 3 also known as Ogel agent,LEGO Shop product descriptions for Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler (4745), Mobile Command Center (4746), and Ogel's Mountain Fortress (4748)LEGO.com Alpha Team Red Lens Code Breaker: Red Lens 4 Ogel Drone,LEGO.com Alpha Team Do It Yourself and Ogel Minion,Standing Small: A Celebration of 30 Years of the LEGO Minifigure is an Alpha Team minifigure introduced in 2004.
== Description ==
The Ice Drone wears a uniform that is derived from the previous Skeleton Drone uniform, but with some notable differences. The torso, left arm, and left leg are black, while the rest of the uniform is dark red. The torso is printed with the shape of a scarab. The Ice Drone has a white "evil" skull and wears a transparent fluorescent blue Insect Helm.
== Background ==
Ice Drones are Skeleton Drones that appear exclusively in Mission Deep Freeze, acting as Ogel's minions in piloting Snow Crawlers and spreading Ice Orbs across the globe. Compared to the stiff and emotionless Skeleton Drones in previous Alpha Team comics, these Ice Drones show some individual personality in their humorous dialogue.LEGO Magazine September-October 2004 - page 7LEGO Magazine Nov-Dec 04 - page 21
The first three Red Lens training missions describe Evil Ogel's Ice Drones freezing the entire planet with Ice Orbs, with Red Lens 3 specifically describing the Ice Drones hiding Ice Orbs on a sunny beach. In Red Lens 4, Ogel agents attempt to infiltrate Alpha Team by disguising themselves as Charge. Due to imperfections in their disguise (revealed by using the Red Lens), they are identified and imprisoned.
In the online Mission Deep Freeze games, Ice Drones pilot Snow Crawlers during vehicle segments and patrol Ogel's bases during on-foot segments. An Ice Drone will slowly walk back and forth until it sees an Alpha Team agent, at which point it will start running. If it makes contact, it will jolt the agent with its electric Ice Saw. Alpha Team agents can defeat Ice Drones by repeatedly shooting at them with handheld lasers.
A massive army of Ice Drones await Alpha Team for a final battle at Ogel's Mountain Fortress.LEGO Magazine Nov-Dec 04 - page 20 During the Time Freeze, Ice Drones steal landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower.LEGO Magazine Jan-Feb 05 In the set comic for 4748 Ogel's Mountain Fortress, the Ice Drones are left to wander aimlessly after Ogel escapes in his Sky Spider.
A Super Ice Drone is the pilot of the Scorpion Orb Launcher.
== Appearances ==
* 4745 Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler
* 4746 Mobile Command Center
* 4748 Ogel's Mountain Fortress
* 4770 Blizzard Blaster
=== Online Game Appearances ===
* The First Encounter
* Drones' Menace
* Ogel's Fortress
* Red Lens 4
== Notes ==
* In some official images for 4745 Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler, the Ice Drone has the standard uniform and skull of the original Skeleton Drone, and is wearing its helmet backwards.LEGO Shop: Themes: Blue Eagle vs. Snow Crawler (4745) This is also seen in the Alpha Team comic in LEGO Magazine July-August 2004.LEGO Magazine July-August 2004 - pages 10-11 Presumably, this is from a preliminary prototype design.
== Gallery ==
4745-0000-XX-12-1.jpg|A preliminary Ice Drone
Alpha Team poster.jpg|Ice Drones in the Alpha Team wallpaper
Alpha team wallpaper2.jpg|An Ice Drone legion wallpaper
IceDrone2.png|Ice Drones on the online games' "Game Over" screen
== See also ==
* Skeleton Drone
* Super Ice Drone
== References ==
Category:Alpha Team Minifigures
Category:Minifigures introduced in 2004