HGGundam Build Fighters Try

Petit'gguy Future Pink

A pink teddy bear you can build in the time it takes to boil an egg, and it will make you smile every time.

MechaGrade Score

3.4/5

Petit'gguy Future Pink · 1/144 · 2015

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2015

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is not a mobile suit review in any normal sense, and I want to be upfront about that.

Future Pink is a chibi mascot kit built for speed and cuteness, not engineering ambition, and judged on those terms it delivers exactly what it promises. If you come in expecting Gunpla drama you will be disappointed. If you come in wanting a fifteen minute palate cleanser that ends with an adorable little bear on your shelf, it nails it.

Best for: builders who want a fast, stress-free palate cleanser kit or a cute display piece to pair with a bigger build

The full review

What it is

Future Pink is one of the HGPG Petit'gguy line, tiny chibi kits spun off from the Petit'gguy mascot that showed up in the Build Fighters Try ending sequence. The parts come molded in bright pink and off-white plastic with a small sticker sheet for the face, and the whole thing goes together in well under half an hour. I built mine with nail clippers once as a joke and it still came out clean, that is how forgiving the parts are. The head, ears, and each limb sit on ball joints, so there is genuine pose range packed into something the size of your palm, and the puzzle-piece stand snaps to other Petit'gguy stands if you collect more than one.

The catch

There is no inner frame, no real color separation beyond molded plastic plus one sticker for the face, and no articulation depth beyond cute wiggle poses. Part count is tiny, so if you are used to MG or even standard HG kits this will feel over in a flash and light on the plastic-model challenge you might be craving. The face relies on a sticker rather than a printed or molded detail, so it can peel or misalign if you are not careful applying it. It is also a novelty item at heart, not a serious display centerpiece for anyone building a diorama of actual mobile suits.

Who it's for

Grab this if you want a genuinely relaxing, almost meditative build to pair with your main kit, or if you are introducing a kid or a total beginner to the hobby with zero risk of frustration. It is also a fun little accessory to perch on a backpack unit of a bigger Gunpla thanks to the Chair Striker adapter. Skip it if you are shopping for engineering, articulation depth, or a serious value-per-dollar ratio measured in parts, because that is not what this line is trying to be. As a five dollar mascot kit it is exactly as good as it needs to be.

The build story

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

The build itself is about as low-friction as Gunpla gets. Gates are thick and the parts pull cleanly off the runners, to the point that some builders report finishing without nippers at all. There is no polycap fiddliness and no tight tab-and-slot frustration, just snap the limbs onto the ball-jointed body and you are basically done before you have really warmed up.

The real charm is in the ball-jointed articulation. The head tilts and rotates, the ears rotate independently, and each limb has its own swivel and tilt, so the little bear can hold a surprising range of cute poses for something this size. The Chair Striker backpack piece and adapter let it perch on other kits' shoulders or backpacks, and the jigsaw-shaped stand links up with other Petit'gguy stands if you pick up more than one color.

Lore & trivia

01The Petit'gguy mascot originated in the ending sequence animation of Gundam Build Fighters Try before Bandai turned it into its own model kit line.
02The HGPG Petit'gguy line eventually expanded across Build Fighters Try, Try Island Wars, Battlogue, and the Gundam Build Divers series.
03Future Pink includes a Chair Striker backpack adapter and an alternate peg paw piece that let it dock onto other kits or convert into the Mamagguy variant.