I'm not sure if i'll be around for much longer, but i want to say that even tho i could not have many gunpla that i always wanted like the PG Exia or MGEX Strike Freedom or Dynames and Virtue, or the Turn Red and Red Dragon or any Metal Build Astrays... i get carried away when i think about gunpla, what i want to say is i enjoyed every minute of your videos, and they have brought me joy and some satisfaction by watching how much love you have for this hobby, and for that i thank you and hope you will always have a good and happy life to continue enjoying Gundams.
This design is what got me into gunpla. I remember seeing the MG ver in a local toy store when I was a kid and thought "that looks awesome". The red frame never really sticks with me, but the blue frame, the greatsword, the minigun, the orange bladed bits, always looked cool to me.
So your 20? Brace yourself, it gets so much worse. That feeling. That means I was 25 when you were born. I'm older than Gundam IP itself. Not by much. Feel your pain. Trust me. I am newer to gunpla but already I want to build a PG Red Astray I definitely plan on MG of both. If and when I get good enough on my model building skills again I'll definitely kitbash and mod my own color Astray.
I built the blue frame second L and it definitely shows it's age. It's not bad, just tightening some joints, but don't expect a good out of box build. Paint the joints.
@@mr.mooseman8558 Plus I do the joints with metallic paints to enhance the mechanical details. I feel that it both improves the look and the overall tightness of the joints.
I’ve built the MG version of this kit and I have this HG kit in my backlog. I remember seeing in an anime episode of this unit using the gatling while it was in flight mode, shooting at his enemies behind him. I thought that that was really cool.
I remember always seeing this kit on every hobby store on display back then when it first released, it so popular it always sold out whenever I want to buy it
Pg astray is a great kit, but be careful not to lose the pin for the sword. It comes with its own ieb light in the head, 3 metal parts in the croch, and the leg. The sword holding arm will tend to fall off. The beam sabers will fall off if you mess with it too much. But I still love the pg astray.
Found the HGCE 1/144 Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd L to be a mixed bag. Without the Tactical arms, the kit is quite posable. The stickers don't do this justice and IMO needs to be repainted. The armor plate that attached to the back of the knee will tend to loosen later and jam the bending of the leg. My kit's right-arm later broke up due to stress probably due to holding the tactical arms. Also the backpack that holds the tactical arms is composed of 2 arms, one going to the striker pack hole and another to the lower waist which later got a lot of stress marks and broke eventually. This is probably the heaviest HG sword as the one from the 00 7Swords/g was quite light. The side skirt has a polycap ball joint attachment to the hip without a proper lock causing it to pop-off frequently. The hand cover will also wear out and quickly pop-off eventually due to the weight of the tactical arms. The armor schneider are quite good detailed wise but the orange peg mounting it to the legs will tend to pop-off. Best to apply plastic cement on it. The foot mounted armor schneider was quite a nice touch. The tactical arms in sword mode, aside using the stand is also mountable hoisted behind the head, resting on the backpack mount/shoulder while the right arm supports it. Actually bought the SEED Blue Frame kit to try to convert it to the 2nd G (base form) and was horrified to find out that they have different molding (the arms are a lot thicker with the old kit and I can't mount the classic backpack to the 2nd L).
Not sure if you knew this, but the zeonic sword is based on the blue-frame's sword, it also explains why that kit and Nu Zeon Gundam contains the knives
I have the MG (... although I have a small doubt it's a very high-end bootleg). I was astonished at the time although it lacked a bit of strength/sturdiness. You should try it once you have the occasion. Maybe a compared review would be interesting. Also another suggestion: however difficult it is, when reviewing a "vintage" (or almost) kit, it'd be interesting to also get your ranking relative to its age. I feel it was a solid gold if not more at the time of release.
The Red Astray was my first MG kit ever and to this day is my favorite kit out of all the ones I've had. The stability and joint strength issues with the Blue made it such a frustrating disappointment to me that it wound up getting chucked in a drawer and forgotten for a decade.
@@jonathanparker8867 I understand. Now that I know better I'm considering strengthening them. I'd like to have the MG or PG Red Frame (and refrained a few years ago from buying the P Bandai Gold Frame... Why? Why?) But first I need to reduce my backlog and make some space :D.
@@jonathanparker8867 I'm not as much into the late forms like the Red Dragon or most of all the Gold Amatsu Mina though. I feel like it distracts from the beauty of the astray frame itself (well the Gold Amatsu is beautiful... But in another way, much more Blitz MK2 like)
@Aptarus Original Recipe is the best, but a stock 1/100 red is hard to find nowadays. At least with the Sengoku you actually get to use the phrase "And then his shoulder unhinged and punched me in the face"
@@jonathanparker8867 I live 10 minutes away from a gunpla shop that "relatively regularly" restocks the PG and sometimes gets the original or versions close enough where you can build it. Import pricea+margin+sometimes P-Bandai tax though... But I can afford it (now).
i remember building this kit not long after it came out, I misread the instructions and broke the knee joint in one of the legs. It's still in a box somewhere, maybe I should have another look at it.
Currently building this for a kitbash, and before I’ve even taken all of it off the runners to put it together, I can already tell that it satisfies my Astray itch. Looking at it side by side with my astray red kai MG just really shows me how good HGs can actually be sometimes. I can’t deny it will be a shame to mod the parts for what I’ll be doing with this bad boy. My main gripe is that the tactical arms can’t do the dual arm blade thing like I was hoping.
Note that the Zeonic sword is based on the Tactical arms of this Astray, but it's quite different. Kinda wish they would release the original Tactical arms for customs.
Once again hoping you will build and review the HeMoXian/ NonZero studios "Legion of Thor" kit and InEra+ Thunderbolt, been a while since you've reviewed a "third party" kit and i think you will love them.
You know what needs a NEW High Grade from Seed/CE Timeline? All the other G Project suits like the Buster and Aegis but also their variants seen in Stargazer like the Strike Noir and Blu Duel
the five original Astrays seem to have their own respective themes: Red Frame = Samurai, Blue Frame = Knight, Gold Frame = Vampire, Green Frame = Martial Artist, Mirage Frame = Beast(?).
Gold frame for me is like fallen angel gold frame lose the arm, and become amatsu Mina (black winged MS).... And then to Hana.... And then to Amaterasu(white winged sun god like)
Dang I remember I built this kit like 8 years ago, I thought it looked cool and was a figure, only to find out it was model kit, safe to say I loved it and it made me addicted to gunpla.
Huh, why did I only now realized that the Zeonic Sword from ReRise is basically a take on Blue Frame's Tactical Arms? Must be the lack of backpack mode.
Hope Seed freedom had new destiny gundam or destiny impulse with nice whooping longsword(anti ship blade) which Shinn preferred to use in impulse and destiny. And Shinn has official illust of wielding a sword for movie. For Shinn reminded of me. And I like large sword too.
So question. . .I want a Red/Blue/Green/Gold/Any Color Frame.... Because I don't have one of any yet. But which one is "best"? Hg, Mg, Rg. Doesn't matter to me. Whats the best one out there?
I think the blue frame is really just limited by the design. The red frame with flight pack has better ankles, less bulky shoulders, and overall has better range than the Moon Gundam that most ppl considered the pinnacle of HG.
Don't EVER bother with the old 1/100 of this set. In my experience it was a hand grenade of a kit and the claymore was too heavy to use in ANY configuration without multiple s3condary stands for support.
I'm not sure if i'll be around for much longer, but i want to say that even tho i could not have many gunpla that i always wanted like the PG Exia or MGEX Strike Freedom or Dynames and Virtue, or the Turn Red and Red Dragon or any Metal Build Astrays... i get carried away when i think about gunpla, what i want to say is i enjoyed every minute of your videos, and they have brought me joy and some satisfaction by watching how much love you have for this hobby, and for that i thank you and hope you will always have a good and happy life to continue enjoying Gundams.
hope you're doing ok dude
@@concon09090 Thank you, i hope you are great and continue to get better so you can live a long and happy life!
What's going on bro
This design is what got me into gunpla. I remember seeing the MG ver in a local toy store when I was a kid and thought "that looks awesome". The red frame never really sticks with me, but the blue frame, the greatsword, the minigun, the orange bladed bits, always looked cool to me.
same bro my first kit was a 1/100 version of the hg
God its crazy to think i was 10 years old when this came out. this was my first model
This, Red Frame(Flight Unit) and Ez8 Revive are also 10 years old.
So your 20?
Brace yourself, it gets so much worse. That feeling. That means I was 25 when you were born. I'm older than Gundam IP itself. Not by much.
Feel your pain. Trust me.
I am newer to gunpla but already I want to build a PG Red Astray I definitely plan on MG of both.
If and when I get good enough on my model building skills again I'll definitely kitbash and mod my own color Astray.
Lol I was 26 and in the Army when this kit came out.
Same!
@@retrogamer41_sepiamta😊
I built the blue frame second L and it definitely shows it's age. It's not bad, just tightening some joints, but don't expect a good out of box build. Paint the joints.
I always paint my joints on HG kits and any other joints that need tightening.
@@willisjackson7029 that's fair. I painted all the joints on my hg barbatos and it is much better.
@@mr.mooseman8558 Plus I do the joints with metallic paints to enhance the mechanical details. I feel that it both improves the look and the overall tightness of the joints.
I’ve built the MG version of this kit and I have this HG kit in my backlog. I remember seeing in an anime episode of this unit using the gatling while it was in flight mode, shooting at his enemies behind him. I thought that that was really cool.
I'm absolutely gonna get this and the Red Frame Flight Unit
I wish I could get the Red Dragon
Well there is a 3rd party 1/144 red dragon
I remember always seeing this kit on every hobby store on display back then when it first released, it so popular it always sold out whenever I want to buy it
Pg astray is a great kit, but be careful not to lose the pin for the sword. It comes with its own ieb light in the head, 3 metal parts in the croch, and the leg. The sword holding arm will tend to fall off. The beam sabers will fall off if you mess with it too much. But I still love the pg astray.
Found the HGCE 1/144 Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd L to be a mixed bag. Without the Tactical arms, the kit is quite posable.
The stickers don't do this justice and IMO needs to be repainted. The armor plate that attached to the back of the knee will tend to loosen later and jam the bending of the leg. My kit's right-arm later broke up due to stress probably due to holding the tactical arms. Also the backpack that holds the tactical arms is composed of 2 arms, one going to the striker pack hole and another to the lower waist which later got a lot of stress marks and broke eventually. This is probably the heaviest HG sword as the one from the 00 7Swords/g was quite light.
The side skirt has a polycap ball joint attachment to the hip without a proper lock causing it to pop-off frequently.
The hand cover will also wear out and quickly pop-off eventually due to the weight of the tactical arms.
The armor schneider are quite good detailed wise but the orange peg mounting it to the legs will tend to pop-off. Best to apply plastic cement on it.
The foot mounted armor schneider was quite a nice touch.
The tactical arms in sword mode, aside using the stand is also mountable hoisted behind the head, resting on the backpack mount/shoulder while the right arm supports it.
Actually bought the SEED Blue Frame kit to try to convert it to the 2nd G (base form) and was horrified to find out that they have different molding (the arms are a lot thicker with the old kit and I can't mount the classic backpack to the 2nd L).
The white, blue, and orange color scheme makes it look like an old LEGO Space Ice Planet kit. :D
This was my second kit into the hobby :) this was actually quite a fun build
Not sure if you knew this, but the zeonic sword is based on the blue-frame's sword, it also explains why that kit and Nu Zeon Gundam contains the knives
It has been awhile since I enjoyed a review this much.
Backlog for this kind of content is real abundant!
I have the MG (... although I have a small doubt it's a very high-end bootleg). I was astonished at the time although it lacked a bit of strength/sturdiness.
You should try it once you have the occasion. Maybe a compared review would be interesting.
Also another suggestion: however difficult it is, when reviewing a "vintage" (or almost) kit, it'd be interesting to also get your ranking relative to its age. I feel it was a solid gold if not more at the time of release.
The Red Astray was my first MG kit ever and to this day is my favorite kit out of all the ones I've had. The stability and joint strength issues with the Blue made it such a frustrating disappointment to me that it wound up getting chucked in a drawer and forgotten for a decade.
@@jonathanparker8867 I understand. Now that I know better I'm considering strengthening them. I'd like to have the MG or PG Red Frame (and refrained a few years ago from buying the P Bandai Gold Frame... Why? Why?) But first I need to reduce my backlog and make some space :D.
@@jonathanparker8867 I'm not as much into the late forms like the Red Dragon or most of all the Gold Amatsu Mina though. I feel like it distracts from the beauty of the astray frame itself (well the Gold Amatsu is beautiful... But in another way, much more Blitz MK2 like)
@Aptarus Original Recipe is the best, but a stock 1/100 red is hard to find nowadays. At least with the Sengoku you actually get to use the phrase "And then his shoulder unhinged and punched me in the face"
@@jonathanparker8867 I live 10 minutes away from a gunpla shop that "relatively regularly" restocks the PG and sometimes gets the original or versions close enough where you can build it.
Import pricea+margin+sometimes P-Bandai tax though... But I can afford it (now).
i remember building this kit not long after it came out, I misread the instructions and broke the knee joint in one of the legs. It's still in a box somewhere, maybe I should have another look at it.
i have the master grade of this kit, it is now on my shelf and i dont touch it, since it tends to fall over alot, but its really cool looking!
I'd love to see you review the PG Astray Red Frame. I love that kit to bits and nothing beats the 1/60 Gerbera Straight assembly
i bought mine when it released. Still have it, still love it.
Currently building this for a kitbash, and before I’ve even taken all of it off the runners to put it together, I can already tell that it satisfies my Astray itch. Looking at it side by side with my astray red kai MG just really shows me how good HGs can actually be sometimes. I can’t deny it will be a shame to mod the parts for what I’ll be doing with this bad boy. My main gripe is that the tactical arms can’t do the dual arm blade thing like I was hoping.
Note that the Zeonic sword is based on the Tactical arms of this Astray, but it's quite different. Kinda wish they would release the original Tactical arms for customs.
Everytime I see the blue astray my immediate thought is the Frame D. I wonder if they'll make an RG version of it.
One of the first kits i ever bought. Still one of my favourites on my display (clashing in the sky with the Battlogue Astray Red Frame Inversion)
You can also make delta shapes, inverted triangles, but cannot attach them to backpacks due to different connection configurations
Built this before, easy and nice build and good articulation as expected from Astrays.
Can't believe this is 10 years old now.
Been trying to get my hands on the green astray. It's been difficult though and the ones I've been finding are expensive
Once again hoping you will build and review the HeMoXian/ NonZero studios "Legion of Thor" kit and InEra+ Thunderbolt, been a while since you've reviewed a "third party" kit and i think you will love them.
Blue and Red Astray will always be my favourite designs
I hope Bandai make HG blue frame D
Cause we already have HG red dragon
Blue frame second L is the suit that made my love for big ass gundam swords.
👏 👏 👏 this is the kit I wanted to come out before even the red frame got its revise🎉
Ive built the mg and it is such a cool kit
What a cool kit!
Blue+ orange is a great combination
You know what needs a NEW High Grade from Seed/CE Timeline? All the other G Project suits like the Buster and Aegis but also their variants seen in Stargazer like the Strike Noir and Blu Duel
Its weird having a kit thats the same age as you, my hg hi nu was my first kit and is a month younger than me
the five original Astrays seem to have their own respective themes: Red Frame = Samurai, Blue Frame = Knight, Gold Frame = Vampire, Green Frame = Martial Artist, Mirage Frame = Beast(?).
Gold frame for me is like fallen angel
gold frame lose the arm, and become amatsu Mina (black winged MS).... And then to Hana.... And then to Amaterasu(white winged sun god like)
Dang I remember I built this kit like 8 years ago, I thought it looked cool and was a figure, only to find out it was model kit, safe to say I loved it and it made me addicted to gunpla.
Blue frame second L MG was the one got me into gunpla
Awesome kit, awesome review!
11:50 I think they are ammo pack for gatling mode, not power supply. But I’m not 100% sure
This was my second gundam built in the hobby first was astray flight unit. Also i think you forgot about the blades on the foot😂
I’m actually getting this for Christmas
Don’t ask how I know
Blue frame definitely outshines the red, great review! 👍🔵
2 days ago? I thought I had posted this years ago
I have on backlog but I have one OOTB (used) this kit is awesome
I feel old...but even older when I built an MG from 1998...or the Tamiya kit from 1981
1st, also the red frame is so much cooler (blue is still dope tho)
This is the 1st Gunpla i built along with HG Goldframe.
I love the MG version of this, of you thought the sword is big wait till you see the MG one!
I have this kit remove the backpack and replace heine destiny wings plus add 2 katana in both hips, boom, gbn astray 😊
2013 shouod be just fine considering how good the 00 kits are from 5ish years prior
Nice,i got the MG version of this
This was my first gunpla
U should do the MG version of this model kit, recommended! 👍
Huh, why did I only now realized that the Zeonic Sword from ReRise is basically a take on Blue Frame's Tactical Arms? Must be the lack of backpack mode.
The truth is that it is a great model kit, a friend liked it and I ended up giving it away hehe😅
Hooo..... So its old gunpla review month for mecha gaikotsu
Hope Seed freedom had new destiny gundam or destiny impulse with nice whooping longsword(anti ship blade) which Shinn preferred to use in impulse and destiny. And Shinn has official illust of wielding a sword for movie. For Shinn reminded of me. And I like large sword too.
makes me want to buy it
It can hold the sword better than the master grade that’s for sure!
I bought this one last year
It's a shame we never got an RG of this
Build both HG and MG of this. Love both. And yeah the downside of the HG is the stickers. Overall, solid kits!
You didn't showcase the Armor Schiender on the feet area.
Blue Frame 2nd L has foot knives.
Would you please review the Motor nuclear model kits ? I think it’s unbelievable for its price
Wasn't the chonky leg one the HiRM?
Hopin for a hg mirage one day
I have no money for bandai. But i have for a bootleg! I love the sword too.much.
theres a mg version of this that u should do
Too bad after sometimes some parts easily fell off the backpack easily detached by itself.
Can you make a review about MG Astray blue frame 2nd revise
you have the left bicep on backwards. hehehehe the larger white bicep armor should be in the front like the right side. 😂
3.years ago is search this channel for review of this gunpla, then i bought it anyway, fast forward here it is 🤣🤣🤣
The MG second revise feel so old with a bad articulation but still it always look great with that big swors
So question. . .I want a Red/Blue/Green/Gold/Any Color Frame.... Because I don't have one of any yet. But which one is "best"? Hg, Mg, Rg. Doesn't matter to me. Whats the best one out there?
hey Mecha whats the difference between this and the blue frame second revise
Im still waiting for a mirage frame HG
I’ve had this for a while and the forearms… are frustrating to pose, ending up breaking one
When we MB Astraea Type F Avalung the most, he vanished.
I really hope Bandai release Robot Damashii Verde Buster Gundam Ver A.N.I.M.E to the future
This reissue right?
I was 6 years old when this came out...
If I had a nickel for every HG mobile suit model kit that is blue and has a big solid sword as their defining feature, I'd have 2 nickels.
I had the golden frame 1/100, unfortunately it was destroyed by my little brother haha!
Looks like it got into a fight because of the neck armor 😂
There should be hidden weapons on the soles of the kit as well if I'm not mistaken...
I think the blue frame is really just limited by the design. The red frame with flight pack has better ankles, less bulky shoulders, and overall has better range than the Moon Gundam that most ppl considered the pinnacle of HG.
The other frames deserve more love
Mine aged badly..... Cause it too humid here...
You put the left bicep on reverse lol
Don't EVER bother with the old 1/100 of this set. In my experience it was a hand grenade of a kit and the claymore was too heavy to use in ANY configuration without multiple s3condary stands for support.
Weird there's no RG of this.
@xxnike0629xx weird that you still refuse to build a kit again
@xxnike0629xx in favor of you spamming wishlist, hoarding BOXES ...
@xxnike0629xx and firing cheap shots against UC, Turn A, and G-Reco ...
It hard to find bandai gundam model kit nowaday there either too pricey, old or fake one.
I have this kit,I looking for the red frame with flight unit.
Finally, Nerf Elite Gundam
It’s giving vajeta from dragon ball z
Build the mg now
So HG Zeonic Sword came from this kit right?
The MG of this Kid is My favorite not pbandai astray kid
I got this kit but bootleg