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CEK-040 Beguir-Beu

A prologue-era speedster that looks like nothing else on your shelf, for less than the price of lunch.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

Beguir-Beu · 1/144 · 2022

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2022

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

I think this is one of the more underrated HGs to come out of the Witch from Mercury lineup, and it earns that mostly by being weird in a good way.

The white and purple color scheme with the layered, almost insectile armor plates gives it a presence none of the mainline suits from the show have. It builds fast, poses well for a budget kit, and the price makes it an easy suit to recommend without hedging.

Best for: Builders who want an unusual silhouette and strong color separation out of a cheap, quick HG

The full review

What it is

The Beguir-Beu comes from the PROLOGUE arc of Witch from Mercury, so it never gets the screen time the Aerial or Gundam Lfrith do, but the design team gave it a real identity anyway. It is billed in-universe as the fastest three dimensional mobile suit around, and the kit leans into that with a low, hunched stance, clawed feet with individually movable front and rear talons, and dual bayonets that mount on either forearm. Molded color coverage is strong for an HG at this price. The white body and purple limb accents come mostly from the plastic itself rather than paint, and the panel line detail across the armor is dense enough that it looks intentional rather than busy.

The catch

Some of the finer color breaks, like the small wing sections in the center and the base of the backpack pod, are handled with stickers rather than molded plastic, so if you skip decals those spots read as plain white. There is also a foil sticker meant for behind the clear parts on the head and backpack, which is fiddly to place straight the first time. A few builders flag the hinges as on the softer side, fine for static posing but something to be gentle with if you are swapping the suit in and out of a display case often. None of this is unusual for a budget HG, it is just worth knowing going in.

Who it's for

If you want a quick, cheap build with a design that stands apart from the usual Gundam-shaped silhouette, this is a strong pick, especially if you like clawed feet, cloak-style backpacks, and asymmetrical detail work. It is also a nice canvas if you enjoy panel lining or light weathering, since the surface detail is already doing a lot of the work for you. Skip it if you specifically want a suit tied to the main cast or story, since the Beguir-Beu is a prologue-only unit and won't have the same recognition on a shelf next to Aerial or Lfrith.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

The build moves quickly even for an HG, with clean part fit and joints that go together without much fuss. Gate placement is standard Bandai HG fare, nothing that demands more than a basic nipper cleanup, and the layered armor plates snap on cleanly without visible stress marks.

Where it earns its keep is the leg and foot engineering. The individually articulating front and rear talons actually let the feet grip a pose rather than sit flat, which is a nice touch this far down the price tier. The backpack's spherical pod and the dual bayonets round out a loadout that feels more complete than a lot of similarly priced HGs, even without a beam saber or rifle in the box.

Lore & trivia

01The Beguir-Beu first appears in the PROLOGUE arc of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, ahead of the main 2022 series.
02It is described in official series material as the fastest three-dimensional mobile suit in that setting, built around close-range mobility over firepower.
03Its legs end in claw-like feet with front and rear talons that articulate independently, a detail Bandai carried into the HG kit's leg joints.
04The suit's successor unit, the Beguir-Pente, is developed by the Grassley company later in the Witch from Mercury story.