In 2009, the theme LEGO games was created and there was a new item used by LEGO that is used for games, which was the LEGO die.
This Piece was known as 64776pb01,the LEGO die cube and this had appeared in sets known as:
- 2010 Employee Exclusive - Happy Holidays: The Christmas Game
- Atlantis Treasure
- Banana Balance
- City Alarm
- Creationary
- DC Super Heroes - Batman
- Frog Rush
- Harry Potter - Hogwarts
- Heroica - Draida
- Heroica - Fortaan
- Heroica - Ilrion
- Heroica - Nathuz
- Heroica - Waldurk
- Kokoriko
- Lava Dragon
- LEGENDS OF CHIMA
- LEGO Champion
- Lunar Command
- Magikus
- Magma Monster
- Meteor Strike
- Mini Taurus
- Minotaurus
- Monster 4
- Ninjago - The Board Game
- Orient Bazaar
- Pirate Code
- Pirate Plank
- Race 3000
- Ramses Pyramid
- Ramses Return
- Robo Champ
- Star Wars - Battle of Hoth
- Sunblock
- The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
- The Lord of the Rings - The Battle of Helm’s Deep
- UFO Attack
- Wild Wool / Shave a Sheep
- Gold Die (Toys “R” Us Exclusive)
- Gold Die polybag
From this it showed that the die appeared in over 40 sets but sadly this set would be discontinued in 2013. And let me be clear, the custom die was a cool idea but this concept of customizing the die was old, and LEGO was not the first to make dice that can be customizable.
In 1998, Pokémon worked with Bandai to release a new game which worked similar to Pokémon TCG but instead of fighting Pokémon with what was super effective and coin flips, there was a mechanic where you would roll dice, and not just any dice, there were dice that could be customized to have typings, more or less, to be used in Pokémon battles.
These two were examples of the Dice that could be used.
This image shows how the die could be built, unlike the LEGO 2x2 die, this die could be taken apart and then rebuilt. Yeah, it seems Bandai was was ahead of its time before LEGO. Sadly this game never went overseas as it was exclusive to Japan. But today on March 3, 2026 The Pokémon company announced that they are going to redo a classic game which was then rebranded as Pokémon Plakoro which is going to release on July 2026.
I am gonna be real with this one, the LEGO dice was a lost opportunity, If you wondered why I brought Pokémon up, both Pokémon and Bionicle aren’t too far off as they are similar; they both have lores, stories, main characters that fight for what’s right, wildlife (Rahi and Pokémon), elements, etc. As I said, the elements part was crucial in some games from Bionicle, such as:
BIONICLE: Maze of Shadows
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From those two games, it introduced weaknesses.
This was from the Maze of Shadows game and this weakness chart shows that Bionicle and Pokémon are similar to each other as in Pokemon TCG, there was a thing called type chart and these symbols were used as energy to give to the corresponding pokemon in the TCG.
To summarize this all, I believe that if Bionicle did not discontinue and was releasing more alongside the LEGO Games with the customizable dice, there could have been a special spin off game which would’ve worked like Pokémon Plakoro but for Bionicle, unlike the Bionicle card game, that being said the Dice mold would not be kept forever as I was informed that if there is a lego piece that is never touched for x number of years, that mold for that lego piece would be destroyed and this would be hurting to not only me but to many people who love collecting LEGO. I doubt LEGO will touch the custom die again, unless they did a collab with Bandai, which they did in 2023 with the set #10323 PAC-MAN Arcade, but who knows. What did you think of the review? Leave a comment, share and subscribe.
