HGBuild Fighters

Kuma-P Beargguy P (Pretty)

A bear suit with a halo and a heart stick, built for nothing but charm.

MechaGrade Score

3.2/5

Kuma-P Beargguy P (Pretty) · 1/144 · 2016

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2016

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This one isn't trying to be a fighter, and once you accept that it's a genuinely delightful little build.

It's a redress of the Beargguy F frame done up for an in-universe photo shoot, so the whole kit is engineered around cute poses rather than combat ones. I built it in an evening without once reaching for a hobby knife beyond gate cleanup, and I still smiled every time I clicked that mouth hinge open. Judge it as a display piece and a change of pace, not as a serious mecha, and it earns its shelf spot.

Best for: builders who want a fast, funny, no-pressure kit to break up a run of serious MGs

The full review

What it is

Beargguy P is the pink, angelic makeover of the Beargguy F suit, dressed up with a halo, a heart-shaped wand, and a pair of wings for Mirai's photo shoot arc in Gundam Build Fighters Try. Bandai leaned all the way into the joke: the head has a hinged jaw so the bear mouth actually opens, the proportions are pudgy and round on purpose, and the accessory set (halo, wand, wing backpack) exists purely for cute poses rather than weapon loadouts. Snapping it together felt more like building a toy than a model, in the best way. It's short, it's simple, and it made me laugh more than any HG I've built this year.

The catch

Don't go in expecting HG-standard articulation or a serious pose range. The bear suit's bulky proportions and the fixed-feeling arm and leg joints mean it holds simple stances fine but fights you on anything dynamic, and the accessories (wand, halo) are held by soft, low-tension grips that don't lock in hard. Color separation leans on molded plastic well for the main body, but you'll still want a paint pen or two for the finer face details if you want it to read clean up close. It's also a small, light kit for the money relative to a standard combat HG, so value here is about the novelty, not the part count.

Who it's for

Buy this if you want a genuinely fun, low-stakes build to hand to a beginner, a kid, or yourself on a night when you don't want to think about gate cleanup and panel lines. It's an easy recommend for Gundam Build Fighters fans who already love the franchise's habit of taking itself less seriously, and for anyone building a shelf of gag kits alongside the Petit'GGuys. Skip it if you're shopping for a suit that poses hard or holds a battle stance, or if novelty kits just aren't your thing. This is a palate cleanser kit, not a centerpiece.

The build story

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

This is about as low-friction as Gunpla gets. Runners are simple, gates are easy to clean, and there's no inner frame to fuss over, so the whole build is really just snapping the bear shell together and adding the photo-shoot accessories. Anyone who can handle basic HG assembly can finish this in under an hour.

The standout engineering touch is the working jaw hinge, it's a small detail that does a lot of work for the character. Color separation on the main pink and white bear body is solid straight off the runners, though the halo, wand, and wing backpack are simple single-color pieces that read best from a normal viewing distance rather than up close.

Lore & trivia

01Beargguy P (Pretty) is a redress of the KUMA-F Beargguy F frame, reworked by the character Yuuma Kousaka in-story for Mirai Kamiki's gravure photo shoot in Gundam Build Fighters Try.
02It debuted in the Gundam Build Fighters Try: Island Wars OVA rather than the main TV series.
03The kit is part of Bandai's broader Beargguy sub-line of novelty bear-suit HGs, which also includes Beargguy III and Beargguy F.
04It released in September 2016 as HGBF kit number 048.