Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Various angles (1/6)

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Various angles (2/6)

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Various angles (3/6)

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Bottom view

The neck extends and retracts like a turtle's.

Opening and closing cover on the eye section.

The waist can move left/right and up/down to a certain degree.

The wings have a narrower range of motion than I expected.

The legs can be fully folded or extended.

The treads attached to the back of the legs articulate by bending at the middle section.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - The two Kerberos Wizard heads mounted on the back can move around quite flexibly. The neck sections

The two Kerberos Wizard heads mounted on the back can move around quite flexibly.
The neck sections are made up of wire combined with multi-joint parts, so they move smoothly and hold their position well.

A generous amount of beam parts are included.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - You can remove the horns on top of the Kerberos heads and attach beam parts to them, or plug beam p

You can remove the horns on top of the Kerberos heads and attach beam parts to them,
or plug beam parts into both sides of a separate part to use as weapons on other kits.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - One issue though — the peg on these beam parts is made too thick, so they won't fit properly unless

One issue though — the peg on these beam parts is made too thick,
so they won't fit properly unless you trim them down with a knife..
Seems like there may have been a mold error somewhere.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Crouched driving mode. The setting has it running like a tank using the four treads attached to the

Crouched driving mode.
The setting has it running like a tank using the four treads attached to the back of the legs.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Grrrr~ Action poses (1/3)

Grrrr~ Action poses

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Running action pose using the stand mounting hole on the belly with a 1/144 display stand (not incl

Using the stand mounting hole on the belly,
running action pose on a 1/144 display stand (not included with this kit).

You can plug multiple beam parts into all three heads.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Flashy action poses making full use of all those beam parts. (1/4)

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Flashy action poses making full use of all those beam parts. (2/4)

Flashy action poses making full use of all those beam parts.

Detaching and separating the Kerberos Wizard unit from the back...

...it can be used as a backpack on other kits like this.

Conversely, you can also mount other weapons onto the BuCUE Hound's back.

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound - Together with the HG Gaia Gundam (Andrew Waltfeld's unit) in MA mode — another dog-shaped mobile su

Together with the HG Gaia Gundam (Andrew Waltfeld's unit) in MA mode — another dog-shaped mobile suit.

The Kerberos BuCUE Hound — a variation of the Mobile BuCUE, one of the most iconic quadruped mobile suits from the Gundam SEED universe — has been released as an HG kit. You'd think the original Mobile BuCUE would have come out first, but for whatever reason, this three-headed version got released first.

Kerberos is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology, and true to its name, this kit adds a Kerberos Wizard unit with two extra heads, giving the BuCUE a total of three heads. The standout feature of this kit is the neck construction — a unique combination of wire and multi-jointed vertebra-shaped parts that lets the necks bend flexibly in all sorts of directions. They bend as smoothly as if you were bending a piece of wire.

The base Mobile BuCUE body itself has pretty solid articulation — the legs can fold and extend fully, and the waist can bend in all directions, so you can pull off a wide variety of poses. The treads on the back of the legs even use rubber material and replicate the mid-section bending gimmick from the show, which means the driving mode with all four treads flat on the ground looks really clean too.

The kit also comes with a generous amount of beam parts — you can load up all three heads with them and set up some flashy beam action scenes. There's also a stand mounting hole on the belly for dynamic display poses. The only catch is that a 1/144 stand isn't included in the box, so you'll need to borrow one from another kit. ^^;

As an added feature, you can detach the Kerberos Wizard and plug it onto the back of the HG Zaku Warrior, or conversely, mount the Zaku Warrior's backpack gimmicks onto this kit. It doesn't really look all that great either way.. (^^;) but it's a fun little feature nonetheless.

All in all, this is a really versatile kit — with a wide variety of poses you can recreate and plenty of articulation, it's both fun to build and fun to play around with. If you're into four-legged beast-type mecha kits, this is one seriously unique kit worth giving a shot. :-)

HG Kerberos BuCUE Hound | 2006. 11 | ¥1,500

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.