I never gave Bionicle much thought. It just wasn’t something that appealed to me. It’s got its place in LEGO’s portfolio as one of the most successful in-house brands ever created. And it took Jon Palmer’s M-wing model for me to give the theme a second look.

The disc throwing mechanism actually worked really well. The arms are made of a stiff rubber and can be pulled back and then released to give it a flinging action. The only difficult part of the feature was keeping the disc on the hand as it had a tendency to slide off. Understandable since a kung fu grip would make the throwing action a bit more difficult to achieve.

1388 Huki was part of a series of McDonald’s Happy Meal toys. 1388 in particular was important for it was the foundation for the M-wing fighter utilizing both the feet and the mask. Two copies of the set were necessary for to build an M-wing. The other Bionicle sets in the Happy Meal line may not have had the Kakama mask, but the feet were still useful as they came in a variety of colors should you want to make an M-wing in other color ways.

These are the only parts you need to care about.

I’ve made many M-wings, many kits, in many colors. Even themed M-wings; I had a whole Batman plus Rogues Gallery fleet at one point. I still have my Power Miners ones built and on display. I realize I’m going on a tangent far from the point of this review. I should be talking about this small Bionicle figure and not reminiscing of a fan-made model. But I really can’t talk about just 1388 Huki. For one could not exist without the other in my personal LEGO history.

Does It Suck or Does It Rock?

Purely from a parts perspective, this set rocks!

Sponsorship

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You Can Win This And Every Other Polybag I Review This Year

I’ll be raffling every polybag I review this year in one big lot, all 260 sets (with the possibility of more). Each set will be individually stored in a ziploc baggie complete with the extra pieces, instructions, and the actual polybag bag it came in. The cost of a raffle ticket is just $1 USD and you can enter as many times as you want. Send a PayPal payment to paypal@fbtb.net for $1 USD for every ticket you want to purchase. DO NOT send one payment for multiple entries i.e. do not send one $5 USD payment for five tickets; five $1 USD payments must be made instead. Raffle is open to everyone in the world except where raffles are illegal. Be sure to put “POLYBAG RAFFLE” in the notes section of the payment in order to be entered successfully. Winner will be drawn sometime early January 2023 and contacted at the PayPal email address the payment was sent from to arrange for delivery. For a running list of all the sets that you can win, check this Google spreadsheet.