Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Various angles

Leg section

HG Mobile BuCue - The neck section also moves flexibly with wires and multi-joints, and can extend and retract forward and ba

The neck section also moves flexibly with wires and multi-joints,
and can extend and retract forward and backward.

The 400mm 13-tube missile pod with impressive color separation.

The back-mounted weapons include both a missile pod and a rail gun.

The leg articulation gimmick is the same as the Cerberus version.

Cruising mode

HG Mobile BuCue - Missile pod action pose (1/3)

Missile pod action pose

HG Mobile BuCue - Rail gun action pose (1/3)

Rail gun action pose

HG Mobile BuCue - Aerial action pose with a beam saber clenched in its mouth. (The 1/144 action base is not included with thi

Aerial action pose with a beam saber clenched in its mouth.
(The 1/144 action base is not included with this kit)

HG Mobile BuCue - Together with the HG Cerberus BuCue Hound. The overall build is nearly identical, but the weapons and acces

Together with the HG Cerberus BuCue Hound.
The overall build is nearly identical, but the weapons and accessories differ.

SEED's four-legged beast, the Mobile BuCue, has been released as an HG kit. The Cerberus BuCue Hound — a black repaint — actually came out before this original unit, but aside from the weapons, head, and part of the chest, the basic body construction is the same between the two.

So the articulation and joint characteristics are identical, with the same leg gimmicks and tank treads as the Cerberus BuCue Hound. The biggest difference is the head design — the Mobile BuCue's signature look is that mouth holding a beam saber. As for back-mounted weapons, you get both a missile pod and a rail gun, and you can choose which one to attach.

The basic color separation and seal placement are done pretty well, so even a straight straight build looks quite nice — the missile pod in particular stands out, with all those red missile heads fully color-separated. Thanks to its fairly flexible articulation, you can pull off all sorts of natural-looking animal-like(?) poses, and you can even display it in a mid-air jumping pose using the stand mounting hole on the belly. The two beam sabers can be plugged into either side of the beam saber handle in the mouth, which honestly looks just like a dog trotting along with a bone ^^;

Anyway, just like the Cerberus BuCue Hound, the waist joint feels a bit loose, but overall it's a solid four-legged mecha kit. If you're getting a little tired of humanoid mecha, building one of these beast-type Gunpla every now and then isn't a bad idea at all :-)

HG Mobile BuCue | 2007. 1 | ¥1,400

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.