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Petit'gguy Unicorn White and Placard

A five minute build that somehow ends up being the cutest thing on my shelf.

MechaGrade Score

3.6/5

Petit'gguy Unicorn White and Placard · 1/144 · 2017

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Scale1/144

Released2017

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The verdict

I did not expect to like a bear this much.

The Petit'gguy Unicorn White and Placard is a joke of a kit in terms of scale and complexity, but it nails exactly what it sets out to do: a tiny, snap together mascot that wears the Unicorn's white and gold like it earned it. This will never be anyone's centerpiece build, and it isn't trying to be. It is a palate cleanser that happens to look genuinely sharp on a desk next to your real Unicorn Gundam kits.

Best for: Unicorn Gundam collectors who want a shelf mascot that matches their main kits, and anyone who wants a five minute win between bigger builds

The full review

What it is

This is one of Bandai's Petit'gguy mascot kits, a small bear figure descended from the Beargguy line, dressed up here in the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam's white and gold color scheme with gold horn nubs standing in for the antenna. It comes with the puzzle piece display base that every Petit'gguy uses, so it locks together with any other Petit'gguy you own to build a little display shelf army. The build is snap fit, no glue, no paint, and it took me well under ten minutes start to finish. The head, arms, and legs all articulate, so you can pose it sitting, standing, or doing a little karate stance, which is more fun than a bear this size has any right to be.

The catch

This is not a real mobile suit kit and I do not want anyone buying it expecting one. There is no inner frame, no real engineering to speak of, and the accessory list is basically the bear itself plus a blank placard sticker sheet you fill in yourself. This particular release skips pre-printed placard graphics that some other Petit'gguy variants include, so if you want a labeled nameplate you are writing or stickering it yourself. Price per part count is rough if you think about it that way, you are paying mascot-kit money for a handful of pieces. Judge it as a novelty desk piece, not a display centerpiece, and the math makes sense.

Who it's for

Buy this if you already own or want a Unicorn Gundam kit and like the idea of a matching mascot sitting next to it, or if you collect Petit'gguy variants and want the white and gold color entry in the set. It is also a legitimately good first build for a total beginner or a kid, since there is no glue, minimal nub cleanup, and a finished toy in minutes. Skip it if you are shopping for actual build complexity, articulation depth, or accessory variety, none of that is here, and skip it if you specifically want printed placard graphics rather than blank stickers to customize yourself.

The build story

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

The whole thing snaps together in a handful of steps with no glue and next to no nub cleanup, which is the entire appeal. Nippers help clean the couple of visible gate marks on the rounder body panels, but there is nothing fiddly here, no small polycap joints threatening to launch across the room like you get on bigger kits.

Color separation is genuinely good for something this simple, the white and gold split lands close to the actual Unicorn Gundam palette without needing a single coat of paint. Articulation covers head, arms, and legs, enough to sit it down, stand it up, or throw it into a tiny martial arts pose, and the shimmery sticker eyes and nose add just enough personality that it doesn't read as a blank toy on the shelf.

Lore & trivia

01The Petit'gguy line is a spinoff of the Beargguy family from Gundam Build Fighters, where the original Petit'GGuy was a small unarmed sub unit that served as the Beargguy F's secret weapon when its parent unit, the Mamagguy, was taken out of the fight.
02This Unicorn White and Placard release recolors the standard Petit'gguy mold into the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam's signature white and gold Gundam Base color scheme rather than depicting a suit that actually appears in any show.
03Every Petit'gguy kit ships with a puzzle-piece shaped display stand designed to interlock with other Petit'gguy bases, letting collectors link multiple bears into one connected shelf display.