HGGundam Build Fighters Try

Petit'gguy Winning Yellow

A palm-sized bear mascot that turns a slow evening into a genuinely happy one.

MechaGrade Score

3.5/5

Petit'gguy Winning Yellow · 1/144 · 2015

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2015

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is the kit I hand to someone who says Gunpla looks intimidating.

It builds in under twenty minutes, every joint is a satisfying ball joint, and the finished piece is just plain charming sitting on a shelf. It is not trying to be a combat mobile suit and I never judged it like one. Judged as what it actually is, a cheerful mascot build, it nails the assignment.

Best for: total beginners, kids building alongside a parent, and anyone who wants a quick happy build between bigger projects

The full review

What it is

Petit'gguy Winning Yellow is the little bear mascot that showed up in the Build Fighters Try ending sequence, done up in a warm golden yellow with a ribbon on its back. The build itself is tiny, maybe a dozen parts total, and every one of them clicks onto a ball joint so the head tilts, the ears rotate, and the stubby limbs swing around with real resistance. I had it built before I finished my coffee, and I still found myself repositioning it on the shelf like a fidget toy afterward. It comes with its own jigsaw-piece display stand that clips to other Petit'gguy and Haropla stands, which is a nice touch if you end up collecting more than one.

The catch

The ribbon on its back comes molded in plain off-white plastic, not yellow or any color at all, so out of the box it looks unfinished unless you reach for a marker or a bit of paint. The face is stickers, not molded detail, so if your hands are unsteady you get one shot before it looks crooked (Bandai does include a spare set of the eye and nose stickers, which helps). There is also just not much kit here. If you are looking for engineering, articulation range, or part-count value, this was never built to deliver that, and the price per minute of build time is not great compared to a real HG mobile suit.

Who it's for

Buy this if you want a fifteen-minute palate cleanser between bigger builds, a first kit for a kid, or a cute shelf piece to sit next to your actual mobile suits. It is also a smart pickup if you already have another Petit'gguy or Haropla and want the display stands to link together. Skip it if you are shopping for articulation range, real engineering, or a kit that will hold your attention for more than one sitting, because that is not the job this one is doing. For what it is, a small dose of joy in plastic form, I would buy it again without hesitating.

The build story

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

There are no runners to speak of in the usual Gunpla sense, just a small handful of parts that snap onto ball joints for the head, ears, and four limbs. Gate marks are minimal and cleanup takes seconds, which is exactly the point, this is meant to be approachable rather than technical.

The engineering payoff is that every one of those ball joints holds tension well, so the little bear actually sits in whatever tilt or pose you leave it in rather than flopping. The included stand is a genuinely thoughtful accessory since it is designed to interlock with other Petit'gguy and Haropla stands, turning a single small kit into the start of a shelf display.

Lore & trivia

01Petit'gguy is a chibi spinoff of Beargguy, the bear-shaped support unit that first appeared as a Gunpla Battle mobile suit in Gundam Build Fighters
02Winning Yellow was one of several Petit'gguy color variants that appeared during the ending sequence of Gundam Build Fighters Try
03The included display stand is shaped like a jigsaw puzzle piece specifically so multiple Petit'gguy and Haropla figures can be clipped together into one connected lineup