Spyrius was a LEGO Space subtheme released in 1994 that consisted of 9 sets until it was discontinued in 1996 (with some additional released sets a couple years later). The story line featured a group of spies that frequently stole technology from other factions with their robots. The Spyrius' base was found on one of the outer planets of the galaxies, also called Spyrius. After stealing items from other space factions, they would bring their catches back to their planet, and guard it with their giant robots.
1998 LEGO Sets
In 1998, LEGO released several new sets and themes, including the LEGO Star Wars theme, which was based on the Star Wars movies and featured models of characters, vehicles, and locations from the films. This theme was extremely popular and helped to boost LEGO's sales and popularity. 1998 was also the year that LEGO introduced the LEGO Mindstorms theme, which was a line of sets that allowed users to build and program robots using LEGO bricks and a computer.