HGMobile Suit Gundam (Petit'gguy mascot line, no single anime tie-in)

Petit'gguy Set Seven-Eleven Color

A convenience store exclusive that turns Gunpla's bear mascot into a two-for-one novelty grab.

MechaGrade Score

2.9/5

Petit'gguy Set Seven-Eleven Color · 1/144 · 2016

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2016

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The verdict

I like this kit for what it is, a fun little collectible, but I would not call it a great build.

It is two small Petit'gguy figures dressed in 7-Eleven's orange, green, and red house colors, sold only through Japanese 7-Eleven stores for one month back in late 2016. The novelty and the exclusivity are the whole draw here, not the engineering underneath it.

Best for: collectors chasing the 7-Eleven Gunpla tie-ins or Petit'gguy completionists, not builders wanting a real modeling challenge

The full review

What it is

This set gives you two Petit'gguy figures molded in 7-Eleven's signature colors, one in the orange and red combo and one leaning green, packaged together in a box sized like two standard HGPG kits stuck side by side. Petit'gguy is Bandai's chibi bear mascot line, a roughly 3 inch tall stand-in for Gunpla mascots rather than a mobile suit from any show, and this release was a convenience store exclusive sold in Japan for about a month starting mid November 2016. Opening the box and finding a splash of 7-Eleven branding molded right into the plastic is genuinely charming, and it is the kind of thing that makes you smile once and then goes straight on a shelf.

The catch

The runners are the same as any standard HGPG Petit'gguy kit, just recolored, so you are paying a premium for exclusivity and stickers rather than for anything new mechanically. Articulation is minimal even by Petit'gguy standards, a rotating head on a ball joint, rotating ears, and limbs that rotate and tilt slightly, nothing close to real posing range. Because it was a Japan only convenience store release with a one month sales window, it commands resale prices well above a normal HGPG kit, and you are relying on stickers rather than molded color for some of the finer 7-Eleven branding detail.

Who it's for

If you collect Gunpla mascot spinoffs or you specifically want the 7-Eleven crossover for a themed shelf, this delivers exactly that and nothing more. If you are looking for a satisfying build with real engineering, meaningful articulation, or accessories to play with, skip it and put that money toward a standard HGPG Petit'gguy or an actual HG mobile suit kit instead. I would recommend this only to people who already know they want it for the novelty and the story behind it, not as a general recommendation.

The build story

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

This is a snap-fit build in the same vein as any HGPG Petit'gguy release, small parts, light nub cleanup, and no adhesive needed. There is nothing tricky about assembly, it goes together fast and is friendly to a first-timer, but that also means there is not much of a build experience to sink your teeth into beyond popping the pieces together and applying the included stickers for the finer 7-Eleven detailing.

Where this kit stands out is purely cosmetic, the molded color separation nails the 7-Eleven palette well enough that it looks right off the runners, and getting two color variants in a single box is a nice bit of value if you actually wanted both. Articulation is limited to head rotation on a ball joint, rotating ears, and slight limb rotation and tilt, so do not expect to pose these two like a mobile suit kit.

Lore & trivia

01This set was sold exclusively through 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan for a limited window starting around November 18, 2016.
02Petit'gguy is Bandai's chibi bear-shaped mascot sub-line of Gunpla (HGPG), not a mobile suit from any specific Gundam anime.
03The set was one entry in a broader wave of 7-Eleven branded Gunpla collaborations that Bandai has released in Japan over the years.