HGMobile Suit Gundam 00 (Gundam Build Fighters mascot line, 00 10th Anniversary)

Petit'gguy Tieria Erde Purple & Placard

A palm-sized bear in Tieria Erde's colors holding a sign that says something he would absolutely say.

MechaGrade Score

3.7/5

Petit'gguy Tieria Erde Purple & Placard · 1/144 · 2018

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2018

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The verdict

I built this expecting a throwaway shelf-warmer and came away grinning at how much personality Bandai packed into three tiny runners.

It is not trying to be a mobile suit kit, it is trying to be a joke and a display piece at the same time, and it lands both. The Tieria colorway (deep purple and white) is sharp, and the swappable placard sticker (English or Japanese "you deserve ten thousand deaths") is the kind of dumb, perfect gag that makes this specific release stand out from the rest of the Petit'gguy line.

Best for: Gundam 00 fans and Petit'gguy collectors who want a quick, funny, cheap desk piece rather than a serious build

The full review

What it is

This is a Petit'gguy, Bandai's chibi mascot line spun out of Gundam Build Fighters, recolored here in Tieria Erde's signature purple and white for the Gundam 00 10th anniversary wave. You get a small bear-shaped figure with a ball-jointed head, rotating ears, and posable limbs, plus a little placard stand and a choice of two stickers for the sign it holds. Building it takes well under an hour, snapping together off three small runners, and there is genuinely something satisfying about how much personality Bandai squeezes into something this small. The molded purple and white plastic reads clean straight off the runner with almost no painting needed.

The catch

This is not a mobile suit and it will not scratch that itch if that is what you are after, there is no inner frame, no real engineering to admire, just a cute snap-fit toy. The articulation is charming but limited, you get a handful of poses and that is it. The placard graphic is a sticker, not a decal or tampo print, so it will show edges and can peel with handling over time. At the price point you are largely paying for the novelty and the colorway, not part count or complexity, and if you already own another Petit'gguy the build experience here will feel very familiar.

Who it's for

Grab this if you are a Gundam 00 fan who wants the joke on your shelf, a Petit'gguy completionist working through the line, or someone who wants a genuinely fast, low-stress build to clear their head between bigger projects. Skip it if you want an actual mobile suit kit or expect MG-level engineering, this is a novelty piece through and through. As a cheap, quick, funny addition next to a proper Tieria Erde suit kit, though, it earns its spot.

The build story

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

The build is about as low-friction as Gunpla gets: three small runners, snap-fit limbs, a ball-jointed head and ears, done in well under an hour. Gate marks are minor and easy to clean up if you bother, most builders will not need to. Fit is tight and confident for a kit this small, nothing rattles loose out of the box.

The standout here is presentation over engineering. Molded color separation between the deep purple body and white accents means it looks finished straight off the runner. The head, ear, arm, and leg joints all move independently enough to give the figure some real expression on a shelf, and the included placard stand plus two sticker options (English and Japanese) let you pick how loud you want the joke to be.

Lore & trivia

01The Petit'gguy line originated as chibi versions of the Beargguy series of mobile suits introduced in Gundam Build Fighters Try, and Bandai has since released dozens of character-colorway variants across the Build Fighters and wider Gundam meta series.
02This Tieria Erde colorway was part of a wave of Petit'gguy releases produced for the 10th anniversary of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 in 2018, each one paired with a placard bearing a line associated with that character.
03The placard's chosen line, "you deserve ten thousand deaths," became a minor internet meme in Gundam fan circles precisely because of the contrast between the cute two-inch bear figure and the character Tieria Erde's cold, blunt intensity in Mobile Suit Gundam 00.
04Tieria Erde, the character honored by this colorway, is voiced in Japanese by Hiroshi Kamiya and is one of Celestial Being's four core Gundam Meisters, piloting GN-005 Gundam Virtue and GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh in the first season of Gundam 00.