This Astray No Name kit is just so disappointing , where's the beam saber on the left hand ? , they change its color to brown wine ? , the backpack is so rubbish , and finally the articulation of this kit. I hope Bandai spend more time to make this gundam , what about turn this kit into an RG grade ?
The HG Astray from 2013 honestly doesn’t need a revive. It’s still up to par to modern kits even to this day. But wow, articulation on the No Name is just disappointing(It doesn't really bother me since I never put my models in super crazy action poses). Gonna get it anyways.
90 is perfectly serviceable. How often do you pose your kits with the arm bent 180 with hands against the shoulder? Definitely less than 10% (being generous). I got over 50 kits on display, and none pose like that because either: 1. The arm is mostly straight/slightly bent for the standing there and looking cool pose 2. Outstretched as most cool action poses requires. If the MS is reliant on 2 handed weapon poses then I find the most critical aspects are whether the shoulder can move out enough to support such a pose, and wrist articulation/angle
I agree that the Astray needed a revive before this came along. I could argue they should have done that for the Alex as well so they had a better base for the Tristan. Can you imagine a perfect world where that happened? I can, and I want it.
Jetfire48 Nah, the only time he wasn't honest was, when he shilled for Playmates free Voltron, besides that he's good. Any toy reviewer that's always positive is a bloody shill.
Jetfire48 I didn't like his review of the RG Shinanju. He was not handling the kit properly and it looked like he built it hastily. I myself don't really like the Shinanju (though I don't dislike it either) but I really didn't like how Mecha did that review. I have noticed thought that he's improving now
I've always thought that Tsukasa would've worked better as the final boss of Divers, not the mid-boss. And this kit being a rushjob only strengthens my opinion since it would've also given them more time to work out the kit's kinks. :(
The kit itself is so disappointing, when considering the mass potential it had. I cant even begin to describe how hypes I was for a new, amazing looking astray kit... But then the toss out this? Im not a build divers fan by any means, but this was one of the few kits from the show I was actually hyped to see translate into plastic. Bandai to the "rescue" I suppose.
I onestly plan to get this and I think after being given enough love and care (plastic surgery) he will be a mean addition to my collection, but from a straigth build perspective yeah he sucks
saverio sassetti don't worry, I kind of intend to get this anyway. I have more than enough paint to get the right parts black, I'm just hesitant bc of the bad articulation
Zach Tinnes for that yo just need to slightly mod armor and joints. Look wich parts stop the movement and just trim a bit with a file. I did this to my rg quanta's head, and now it has decent upward movement
I wonder if the armour design will be improved if they decide to release the Lord Astray (a new-ish? mobile suit from princess of the sky, there's like only 1 photo of it)
The thing is the original kit this was based on was a Revive before the Revive line existed. It was a brand new mold and was essentially a perfect HG kit of the Astray with a lot of detail, amazing poseability, and an insane amount of accessories. It's only falling grace was the stickers, and that's partially due to the insane colors of the Astray that can't be replicated in HG form. This kit was just a letdown and did not do that original mold justice, it's a waste of potential.
I had a major problem with the right head horn-it kept getting in the way of the gun and would fall out constantly. Was able to fix the color issue by spray painting the brown bits black before assembly.
I preordered mine from hlj when it got announced and now I'm on a backorder list, I'm not really mad since I already have a pretty large backlog and have the RG Sazabi on the way but the last time this happened with the RG tallgeese the notified me to apologize and say that the preorders surpassed their projected stock and all of that but now nothing.
With those lame white stickers on the no name rifle, I’m definitely painting that part white when I get my kit, would Gundam marker or mr. Color paint be a better option?
this guy had so much potential, if only they made him the correct color scheme, if only they made it with better articulation, if only they made the no-name unit with a proper transformation into its rifle mode and actually gave it its claw mode, if only they provided its second beam saber, if only they gave it its buster blade, if only...
Since there is enough parts for the normal red frame astray arm with the double jointed right arm, can we use it to increase the articulation of the left arm? Will try once I get mine...😉
I still want it. Needs a ton of work for sure, but most of my kits live on the shelf anyway since I too scared to chip any paint after all the work I put in.
Doesnt the seperate No-name Unit that you can buy comes in black? Cus seeing this, i might go for that instead then the full kit. Might go all the way and mod a Astray or a different kit to look more like the original then this kit.
its only the looks that i needed and honestly i love the gundam astray no name very much (excluding the color and articulation (which it doesn't bother me at all)).is one of the top 20 of my favourite gundam.
just rewatching build divers... and I 'realized' (or maybe more like I guess, so you may) that this color of red kinda pretty much is the same color as the coat/sweater Tsukasa was wearing guess you could kinda do the gauntlet... with the lower 'finger' being the part in the middle of both 'fangs' the middle one the short fangs and the upper one the two parted one... case you can mount it like that...?
Nova5th _ u can find it behind or beside of the gunpla runner itself ex. Runner B2 for GM/GM is made 2017 while its xtra runner C can be seen beside it as C HGBF 01 on its back of that runner it shows the left over or xtra parts are based and made from Yr 2015
This is my first gundam and after a few days I've finished building it. I feel like it's very flimsy like some parts will fall off if I mess with it even a little. The Cape especially it'll just fall off its arm if i try to move it's arm. I haven't tried it's other modes but once I get a stand I'll try to make the big gun thing. (Sorry I've never watched gundam b4). Maybe I'm doing something wrong but still it looks very cool imo. Very very fun aswell.
That color is just inexcusable to me. What were they thinking? I really do think someone messed up bad considering it doesn't even match the color guide in the instructions
My brother recently got this it’s a shame the articulation is bad we did however find you can build both original arms but they are missing the back pieces
Yo Mecha, you know how some of the Ninpulse's maroon parts are supposed to be black on the line art? Bandai must've thought it'd look cool with this kit here
The only way that solves this is either paint the clear-black or black Touch-Marker weathering to overlap the maroon-color. But still correct me if this method is wrong...
You, out of my head! Seriously you addressed every point I had questioned about the kit and as someone who was looking to create a No Name full cloth and a Lord Astray from two kits I'm now fully disappointed in the non-ability to change the parts left to right on the kit. Would you think it possible to create two symmetrical kits with modification or are they just too different? I guess I'll just wait for Bandai to finally release the Lord kit... Hopefully! Great video btw!
@@codemalware326 the psycho Gundam mk 2 when it was badly damaged, and had inner frame showing everywhere, but still moved. Also the astray amatsu Mina
I wonder if the No Name is going to return later in the show with a few new parts and Bandai will release a model with not only those new parts but also with the correct colors that this kit should have had in the first place? Y'know, the exact same annoying way they handled the two Rozen Zulu HGs.
Funny thing is i just started building gunpla yesterday and this was my very first build. I love this friggin thing. only thing im mad at is it didnt come with a base so i stole the one from my second current build 00 sky higher phase sky 🤣 i love these maroon burgundy colors on mine.
Yeah I really don't like it a first, but it's coolness in the anime got me hooked and bought it. It's not a total waste since the gimmicks of the no name unit is not actually transforming, but just changing of formation. And the beam saber, I somehow managed to recreate it by modding the small fin-like part on the back.
The first thought I had was why was this kit white instead of the beautiful grey they used in the show... But overall, if they took a bit more time to release this kit I think it would've turned out way better
I saw it was 999 likes and put it over the top!
This Astray No Name kit is just so disappointing , where's the beam saber on the left hand ? , they change its color to brown wine ? , the backpack is so rubbish , and finally the articulation of this kit. I hope Bandai spend more time to make this gundam , what about turn this kit into an RG grade ?
for the beam saber,i am thinking about taking the lance from the fenice and painting it green.
The HG Astray from 2013 honestly doesn’t need a revive. It’s still up to par to modern kits even to this day. But wow, articulation on the No Name is just disappointing(It doesn't really bother me since I never put my models in super crazy action poses). Gonna get it anyways.
Zetagundamastley1219 yup. I can accept the leg. Which to me is quite good. But the arm.. What year is this...
90 is perfectly serviceable. How often do you pose your kits with the arm bent 180 with hands against the shoulder? Definitely less than 10% (being generous). I got over 50 kits on display, and none pose like that because either:
1. The arm is mostly straight/slightly bent for the standing there and looking cool pose
2. Outstretched as most cool action poses requires. If the MS is reliant on 2 handed weapon poses then I find the most critical aspects are whether the shoulder can move out enough to support such a pose, and wrist articulation/angle
xSkye629x, now that you mentioned it... point taken
xSkye629x 90 is sufficient for posing. But this kit doesnt even look like it can bend it arms 90°
Zetagundamastley1219 the only one they should have revived was the green frame
Absolutely criminal we didn’t get an MG. Sickest Astray design ever
4:19 thank you so much for that camera trick. I really wanted to see what it would look like lol
"It's all looks and no substance" hmm. I remember so many people
Just visited japan and went to the diver city mall with unicorn gundam and bought like 10 gunplas love your informative vids
I agree that the Astray needed a revive before this came along. I could argue they should have done that for the Alex as well so they had a better base for the Tristan. Can you imagine a perfect world where that happened? I can, and I want it.
I think it would be cool if it was a master grade hoping Because I love this design
Agree with you since Bandai love to milk Astray kits
I can always count on Mecha for the honest opinion
Eh not always though. He's misbuilt kits (galbady rebake), been too harsh overall (Cherdium saga), and screwed various other things too....
Jetfire48 Nah, the only time he wasn't honest was, when he shilled for Playmates free Voltron, besides that he's good. Any toy reviewer that's always positive is a bloody shill.
Jetfire48 I didn't like his review of the RG Shinanju. He was not handling the kit properly and it looked like he built it hastily. I myself don't really like the Shinanju (though I don't dislike it either) but I really didn't like how Mecha did that review. I have noticed thought that he's improving now
DeLEET Titan But it wasn't just Mecha; until RG Unicorn, all RG were fragile pile of sucknesss.
I guess to be fair
I've always thought that Tsukasa would've worked better as the final boss of Divers, not the mid-boss. And this kit being a rushjob only strengthens my opinion since it would've also given them more time to work out the kit's kinks. :(
4:17 - 4:20 that symmetrical form looks amazing but the asymmetrical version is still pretty good too
The kit itself is so disappointing, when considering the mass potential it had. I cant even begin to describe how hypes I was for a new, amazing looking astray kit... But then the toss out this? Im not a build divers fan by any means, but this was one of the few kits from the show I was actually hyped to see translate into plastic. Bandai to the "rescue" I suppose.
Thanks for the highlight! Glad I'm not the only one disappointed in this :P
Im only dissapointed of the colors
I onestly plan to get this and I think after being given enough love and care (plastic surgery) he will be a mean addition to my collection, but from a straigth build perspective yeah he sucks
saverio sassetti don't worry, I kind of intend to get this anyway. I have more than enough paint to get the right parts black, I'm just hesitant bc of the bad articulation
Zach Tinnes for that yo just need to slightly mod armor and joints.
Look wich parts stop the movement and just trim a bit with a file. I did this to my rg quanta's head, and now it has decent upward movement
Astray No Name: Who are you?
Lord Astray Double Rebake: I'm you, but better
I wonder if the armour design will be improved if they decide to release the Lord Astray (a new-ish? mobile suit from princess of the sky, there's like only 1 photo of it)
The thing is the original kit this was based on was a Revive before the Revive line existed. It was a brand new mold and was essentially a perfect HG kit of the Astray with a lot of detail, amazing poseability, and an insane amount of accessories. It's only falling grace was the stickers, and that's partially due to the insane colors of the Astray that can't be replicated in HG form.
This kit was just a letdown and did not do that original mold justice, it's a waste of potential.
That's it, we really need more Revive kits, dibs on the Justice Gundam.
Same one for justice and infinite justice
Finally someone mentioned the giant hand with the cloak and where's the second beam weapon it carried. Some modding needed to make it better
Preordered it when it was a different color. Guess I’ll just customize it anyway!! Awesome design. Worth the pre-order for that alone 😎
I gotta admit you had us in the first half at the articulation
3:51 that wasn't even 90 degrees. wtf Bandai?
Well...I guess I'll just hope we see an upgraded version of the suit in the show that symmetrical...or maybe I'll hope we get an hg Lord astray
there was the symmetrical fenice rinascita in build fighters, so i hope for the same, with the no name.
Same. Wonder what it would be called then?
99JDT Astray Yes-Name
Astray Got-Name
I had a major problem with the right head horn-it kept getting in the way of the gun and would fall out constantly.
Was able to fix the color issue by spray painting the brown bits black before assembly.
"I like asymmetrical suits"
My OCD just screamed HERESY
*Mecha gaikotsu sees less than 90 degree articulation *
T R I G G. E R D
This was the first kit I painted. Had to get rid of that maroon. Its one of the few kits that looks good just standing lol
I preordered mine from hlj when it got announced and now I'm on a backorder list, I'm not really mad since I already have a pretty large backlog and have the RG Sazabi on the way but the last time this happened with the RG tallgeese the notified me to apologize and say that the preorders surpassed their projected stock and all of that but now nothing.
I'm thinking about getting two no name cannon/pack for my Advanced Hazel. Just wondering about the peg part of it.
With those lame white stickers on the no name rifle, I’m definitely painting that part white when I get my kit, would Gundam marker or mr. Color paint be a better option?
I think this is the best design of any Gundam Build Fighters series
this guy had so much potential, if only they made him the correct color scheme, if only they made it with better articulation, if only they made the no-name unit with a proper transformation into its rifle mode and actually gave it its claw mode, if only they provided its second beam saber, if only they gave it its buster blade, if only...
Since there is enough parts for the normal red frame astray arm with the double jointed right arm, can we use it to increase the articulation of the left arm? Will try once I get mine...😉
there should be a master grade version for this kit, ya know?
Agreed; I’m trying to mod an old red frame kai into the no-name but it’s really rough
Here hoping the MG Astray No Name will be amazing kit to build.
@@shauqiharris2772 here here!
If you're going to paint the maroon color parts into black,will you make a video about how to do it?
Thank you for answering the left and right question, nice
I still want it. Needs a ton of work for sure, but most of my kits live on the shelf anyway since I too scared to chip any paint after all the work I put in.
Doesnt the seperate No-name Unit that you can buy comes in black? Cus seeing this, i might go for that instead then the full kit. Might go all the way and mod a Astray or a different kit to look more like the original then this kit.
its only the looks that i needed and honestly i love the gundam astray no name very much (excluding the color and articulation (which it doesn't bother me at all)).is one of the top 20 of my favourite gundam.
Good review man! Keep up the good work
just rewatching build divers... and I 'realized' (or maybe more like I guess, so you may) that this color of red kinda pretty much is the same color as the coat/sweater Tsukasa was wearing
guess you could kinda do the gauntlet... with the lower 'finger' being the part in the middle of both 'fangs' the middle one the short fangs and the upper one the two parted one... case you can mount it like that...?
I actually have the Astray Red Frame I wonder if I could use some of the parts from it to upgrade the No-name
Question: is there a kit with only the d extension? I just need it for customization
do I smell another mg astray pbandai kit(with correct colors and proportions)coming?
How can you build the right arm with the spare parts, there aren't instructions for it
Did u find out I'm also trying to
Ssj Rojo not yet sadly
I was wondering where the connection point for the no name rifle, im thinking of getting that+maybe crossbone maoh
I know its 2 years late but I saw a astray no name weapon that sold separately
When are we getting Tequila Gundam Desperado though?
There was a new Astray kit in 2013?
Is that when the SEED Remaster kits came out?
光るテーブルは作ったんですか？Did you make that Lightning table?
Sir, may I ask, how come you know when the runners are recycled from previous other gunpla,or the runners are new?
Nova5th _ u can find it behind or beside of the gunpla runner itself ex. Runner B2 for GM/GM is made 2017 while its xtra runner C can be seen beside it as C HGBF 01 on its back of that runner it shows the left over or xtra parts are based and made from Yr 2015
We need more 1/100 master grades and the no name needs to be one of them and any from any of the build series will do as well
do the HG Gundam Astrays really need a revive? i mean the original kits are already well engineered enough.
The kit still looks cool though!!! That alone is enough for me to buy one!!!👍👍👍
This is my first gundam and after a few days I've finished building it. I feel like it's very flimsy like some parts will fall off if I mess with it even a little. The Cape especially it'll just fall off its arm if i try to move it's arm. I haven't tried it's other modes but once I get a stand I'll try to make the big gun thing. (Sorry I've never watched gundam b4). Maybe I'm doing something wrong but still it looks very cool imo. Very very fun aswell.
That color is just inexcusable to me.
What were they thinking? I really do think someone messed up bad considering it doesn't even match the color guide in the instructions
This kit would look amazing bashed with two No name weapon sets on both shoulders. Like an Astray Full Cloth.
Honestly, I think the dark reddish cape looks pretty good. It reminds me of coagulated blood...
This kit looks so badass but wow it needs some real help. It does do justice in the looks department.
Man did you just mirrored one side of the build because damn it looks gooooooood with both symmetrical sides
My brother recently got this it’s a shame the articulation is bad we did however find you can build both original arms but they are missing the back pieces
Im actually building astray red fram and HOLY CRAP those stickers are a PAIN!!
So this is a remold of the Red Frame Flight Unit not the M1?..
The more sad is the beautiful beam saber in his back pack that they have don't detail for been take in his hand.
So sad for this beautiful guy.
I literally just subscribed right before you uploaded this
This, Reginlaze Julia, and Vidar/Kimaris Vidar are my top kits to hopefully get a master grade. They are dying for it
Yo Mecha, you know how some of the Ninpulse's maroon parts are supposed to be black on the line art? Bandai must've thought it'd look cool with this kit here
I want a symmetrical version of this of both sides, *BUT* mostly the one with the white armor because, dude, it *IS*
*T* *H* *I* *C* *C*
The only way that solves this is either paint the clear-black or black Touch-Marker weathering to overlap the maroon-color. But still correct me if this method is wrong...
You, out of my head! Seriously you addressed every point I had questioned about the kit and as someone who was looking to create a No Name full cloth and a Lord Astray from two kits I'm now fully disappointed in the non-ability to change the parts left to right on the kit.
Would you think it possible to create two symmetrical kits with modification or are they just too different?
I guess I'll just wait for Bandai to finally release the Lord kit... Hopefully!
Great video btw!
Plus, no beam saber for the left arm, and that was the first weapon this Astray used in its only battle!
I think this kit base on the Lord astray?
Coming back to this after a while, this could be treated as a limited edition kit despite being a possible defect. Most No-Names nowadays are black.
Damn mecha..I waited for 5 day but the review as always my favourite
I'm gonna get this for customization practice. I can easily paint the rifle, and the terrible articulation seems like a good challenge
This typically helps me allot. thanks so i will buy this kit cause I don't mind the rumors from this gunpla .. hehe
I'm really hoping there's an upgraded form later on with symmetrical styling and its missing hand held saber. In the right colors :(
Hey mecha, can you review the old hg astray
They also did the same color change from art to kit with the Ninpulse and goodness they need to update the HG astray Frame,...
Im actually new to Gunpla and for my first i barbatos for a Second one, what Kit from IBO should i buy?
I would honestly recommend some non-ibo kits like the hg rx-78-2, leo, Nu Gundam, Gundam x, and wing
Jetfire48 is there any Gundam that looks a bit more devilish like Those from IBO ?
Jetfire48 wing is not really my Favorite im more into ground units
@@codemalware326 the psycho Gundam mk 2 when it was badly damaged, and had inner frame showing everywhere, but still moved. Also the astray amatsu Mina
Jetfire48 Ok Thank you
Can you do a review on hg gunpla zero wing honoo? Thanks
I will paint the kit, also build the left hand saber, i think the only real problem is the hand articulation, any way to improve it?
theres also extra arm parts for that arm as well you could use
I see, thank you :)
With two kits you could build a dark magenta astray with the original 2013 arms.
4:20 damn that looks sick!!!
I wonder if the No Name is going to return later in the show with a few new parts and Bandai will release a model with not only those new parts but also with the correct colors that this kit should have had in the first place? Y'know, the exact same annoying way they handled the two Rozen Zulu HGs.
judging by the looks and the new parts in Gundam Astray No Name, I have a feeling that Bandai's tryin to release the model kit for lord astray
actually, this kit is based on Gundam Lord Astray. feel pity for the left arm 😣
This is my favorite Gundam from the series period. Hurts that it gets such a low tier rating.
I just finished building mine yesterday and absolutely loved it, it is just so freaking cool.
probably treat the burgandy parts with gunmetal grey spray should I get it, else, this one is going to be a kitbash sparepart source
4:22 looks sick
If you didn’t know the maroon colour is a error during manufacturing
I do want this but I can't find one🥺
Funny thing is i just started building gunpla yesterday and this was my very first build. I love this friggin thing. only thing im mad at is it didnt come with a base so i stole the one from my second current build 00 sky higher phase sky 🤣 i love these maroon burgundy colors on mine.
I hope they make the MG version with the overall improve in colour, articulation and design
And a mirrored armor, since we all know we like some symmetry in our kits, sometimes.
I hope you we get a real grade or higher version to fix this
I believe gundam builders have the best top model kits and design then all the gundam Franchises .
They must include the beam saber cuz he have it and he should include the giant sword that he throw at the diver ace and the giant claw mode
Yeah I really don't like it a first, but it's coolness in the anime got me hooked and bought it. It's not a total waste since the gimmicks of the no name unit is not actually transforming, but just changing of formation.
And the beam saber, I somehow managed to recreate it by modding the small fin-like part on the back.
4:22 who would win, gunnug asttsa nn naan or maddam yarray oo maam
Will you review the p bandai sinaju
The first thought I had was why was this kit white instead of the beautiful grey they used in the show... But overall, if they took a bit more time to release this kit I think it would've turned out way better
Next version, I want this model to be symmetrical and MG 1/100 scale. That would be awesome.