@@MechaGaikotsu Jeez, those hips pop off so easily, I alredy lost mine (along with the the V fin), so I'm just not gonna touch it now...don't want it to fall any more apart than it already is
PSA for those who buy this: This kit comes with the parts you need to make the alternate sword handle (that the Blue Frame revise uses), so don't throw away the extra parts if you want to use the more hilt-looking handle
I really enjoyed build the Astray as one of my second MG after the Dynamos. The only problem I had was, when the joint where the the leg connects to the hip snapped T_T. Looked for a replacement part. I was able to find someone doing metal modes for that specific joint on Ebay. I guess its a common break. If you like to pose you gunpla just be careful with the Astray.
There's another feature in the Tactical Arms not mentioned in the instructions. If you pull the big blade parts off (carefully, don't break anything), they have a flip-out peg and handle at the bottom. The peg fits in the back of the forearm, and the handle will fit perfectly in the hand, making big tonfa/katar weapons. The runners also had a pair of leftover knives from the Blue Frame. Because this thing needed more blades, of course.
Also to note, the runners include the parts to make the blue frame's tactical arms as well, so you have the choice of the gun barrels and normal handle if you so desire.
This was my first MG kit, after watching many of your reviews on other versions of the Red Frame Astrays, so thank you! Happy you got around to a review on it
It’s your energy. You never take anything too seriously during the review, you allow yourself to mess up and laugh about it, and you knock these builds out. I’m proud of you dude. Thanks for the serotonin ✌️
I used to hate that he kinda feels unserious about the reviews and that he treats the kits more like toys (they are in a sense) and that his reviews are based from that view, until I realized this was what set his reviews apart, and that I could enjoy his take on the kits and still get a review comprehensive enough to help make a decision on my purchases. The goofy energy in his reviews are something else. Hehehe.
You can actually attach the Tactical Arms' blades onto the forearms of the ARF, just like how it's done with the ABF Second Revise's Sword Arm mode (minus the pink beam blade effect part, that is).
This was the first MG kit I ever built. It took me a total of 11 straight hours. 😅 I've built several since then including its "twin brother" the Astray Blue Frame Second Revise but man, this one was a real test of patience and learning.
what's with new builders and spending ungodly amounts of time on their first mg? I spent a whole day building my Qant as well, to the point of forgetting to eat lunch. Never doing that again though, I felt like shit afterwards.
I just finished building this kit and I say the true main event of this kit is that tactical arms. Feels like the Gundam itself is the accessory. It just looks so intimidating on its own.
Hey mecha! Thank you for a bunch of astray reviews. I have astray turn red, bought it on 2018 but never have a chance to build it until this day. Thank you for reviewing a lot of astrays so i could know how the finished kit look like!
All the parts to make the blue frames tactical arms come with the red frame kai so you can make it. Also if you detach the two blade sections of the tactical arms there is a flip out peg at the end so you can mount the blades directly onto the red frames arms, this was a feature of the blue frame and it came with beam effect parts for it
Did a review of this kit i think a year ago, but yours just blows mine out of the water. You really have a really good style of reviewing, mecha! Love your review :)
@@MechaGaikotsu Pretty sure for the Red Dragon you said something along the lines of "Normally I'd give this silver tier but because of how much it packs I'm giving it gold" I did however forget you gave the Red Frame + Flight Unit gold tier as well so that's also my bad.
Finally bought my very first MG and this was it, its awesome to say the least i love it, it is my center piece and if i ever get more MGs in the future this will forever be the center piece, its majestic, poses up a storm, highly articulated and built quite sturdy, tho it is a bit of a hand grenade where pieces are falling all the time but not something a little glue cant fix, even without panel linings and the water stickers it still looks very cool, i will put on the stickers some other time cuz i dont really have experience with water stickers and i might mess up my dream gunpla kit finally in my collection hell yeah
I literally just bought this kit! Had to go on vacation after building the head and torso, but the build process is quite fun! I do recommend tightening the shoulders, however. Glad to hear that you think the kit is good!
I just bought this but hasn't seen this exact gunpla in your videos, and tomorrow is the shipping day and you released this video yesterday. What a coincidence
The pegs in the legs is probably an inspiration from how katanas are made. If I'm not mistaken, there is a peg that holds the katana's blade and the wooden handle together
I found out that panel-lining the gold parts and cleaning them by rubbing a finger on it makes them look WAY better and a lot less cheap ('quite like the painted version) ! Also it makes the sculpting pop more. You also forgot to mention that the extending part of the Action Base is specific to this kit and longer than the one that comes with the usual AB (the standard one is also included).
Retributor Armour and Reikland Fleshshade work really well for gold parts. It creates a worn gold look and looks great on the RG, so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work for anything else
Your Top 10 Biggest Baddest Gunpla swords is missing some absolutely epic swords Gundam Tryon 3- Hyper Minovsky Chohoken Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth- Muramasa Blaster Arche Gundam- GN Buster Sword GP Rase Two Ten- GN Ogre Swords
Will say: on mine at least, the legs are a little looser than ideal because of the weird polycap like peg things. It's not loose enough to be a problem, but it is looser than your average mg
Looking at the thumbnail... I'm very impressed you managed to pull it off. I build this kit like 6 years ago so i know how those hands suck at holding the buster sword.
Astray Red Frame Kai Astray Red Frame Astray Red Frame flight pack Astray Red Dragon + Astray Turn Red I don't know but I have all of those MG ARF variants and I love em all
I've bought the MG Sengoku Astray Red Frame a few weeks ago for my very first backlog. And seeing those gold injection plastic on the runners makes me wanna buy a gold hobby marker, or use my Tamiya gold acrylic paint to hand paint it or airbrush it.
It actually comes with armor schneiders I think because there are two lil daggers on the feet runners with the feet of the blue frame D aswell as the mini gun section as well as the sword handle for the tactical arms
I actually got this for my birthday a few days ago and I've finished everything just a few minutes after this comment and I'm happy with out it turned out, with this guy being my first MG it was quite the build. I'm still curious about the extra parts that were left and would love a step by step guide on what to do with them if anyone has it.
This is one of those mobile suits I LOVE, but I've never gotten to build it. That said, I recently got the Metal Build and I feel I need this MG simply to pose it for fun.
Yo sir! This was my first gundam! Ever since watching my cousin building gundams (gunpla's a term which I am not familiar then) he asked me what I want, after christmas I think way back... I asked for the red gundam with a huge sword and bam! This review is nostalgic. Gonna check on him now!
@@MechaGaikotsu The blue and gold frames are nice, but I just can't stand the design of this thing. Gundam going full weeb with an atrocious color scheme.
I debated a lot about this kit. I kept going back and forth about it. I went to my local anime store, and saw they had a Metal Build for $280. I've never heard of Metal Build before, but I ended up getting it. And hot damn, Metal Builds are beautiful! Though, I thought I would be building it, but it came pre-built.
I accidentally got an unofficial reproduction of this kit, (Ban-Dam), it was terrible to build. But looks cool, I want to build a real one eventually. Thanks for the vid.
Damn I released my first review ever on red frame kai the same day you did! Awesome! Your review is waaaay better than mine. I was metioning you having reviews but I didn’t know you’d release the astray kai’s review today! 😂
You should try building the Daban 8812 MB Astray Red Frame &Daban 8814 MB Astray Red Frame with Powered Arms&Gerbera Straight. There's also the Dragon Momoko/MJH Blue Astray 3rd Frame too.
I just want to say be careful with those small black blades on the sword because on mine the connection gave up and practically shattered because of how thin it is. To be more specific it's where it connects to the hinge closest to the blade.
I always wanted this kit because of the giant bow weapon but i never made to decision on it, this may have pushed me to finally get one! great review Mecha Gai
Im new to the gunpla hobby and started with some HG and recently finished a RG exia. Ive got a god gundam and 00quant after watching some of your reviews. My brother notified me of a shipment at a hobby store near him and grabbed an Astray red and the last blue frame. Im really excited to build all of my kits but man its gonna take me a while 😅
Wow my favourite gundam astray red frame kai nice i love that gundam because he have a katana and sensei there's a new gundam astray its gundam astray red frame blackout and astray red frame turn red its so cool i really love that gundam i wish i have that gundam someday i will go to japan to collect gundam kits.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
i have the mg turn red and the hi reso astray and theyre both incredible. the hi reso feels like it will last forever thanks to the metal inner figure and i broke a hip joint on the turn red because i just couldnt stop myself from touching and posing it all day long it is so f!@king beautiful and cool.
It's funny how people now tend to agree the trigger finger/3-finger split hands are bad when people were criticizing the MG Age-1 Normal for not having them when it was first released. People really liked the idea of the fingers being able to move despite them not being very good at their actual purpose. I recall people giving me some shit for praising the fixed posed hands since they looked better and functioned better.
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Can't wait to find that hip piece on the next "Who's That Gundam Part?"
I'm going to go look on the shelf it was on
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Nope, not there!
@@MechaGaikotsu Jeez, those hips pop off so easily, I alredy lost mine (along with the the V fin), so I'm just not gonna touch it now...don't want it to fall any more apart than it already is
@@xenowreborn I glued that stupid v fin in. It just keeps popping off
@@nediojon749 noooooo!!! that goes against my religion
@@alvinalfianto2806well, fuck it we rollin’
and the Astray Frames be like "this isn't our final form yet"
Tbh the gold frame has like 5😂😭
You will be poor if u buy all MB astray versions and options:v
@@nekonekomihoyosimp3876 that or the unicorns lol
Turn Red ftw
There’s no astray “final form” they will always multiplying
PSA for those who buy this: This kit comes with the parts you need to make the alternate sword handle (that the Blue Frame revise uses), so don't throw away the extra parts if you want to use the more hilt-looking handle
Me who cut all parts from runner then just throw away the runner: *IM 4 PARALLEL UNIVERSE AHEAD YOU*
@@Sth809 same
it also includes the short knives and if I remember correctly the gatling gun part of TA
I literally was on hlj looking of pictures of it and thinking of buying it so i guess its fate
I love mine. Can't go wrong with any of the Astrays.👍
Same here
You won't regret it!
I really enjoyed build the Astray as one of my second MG after the Dynamos. The only problem I had was, when the joint where the the leg connects to the hip snapped T_T. Looked for a replacement part. I was able to find someone doing metal modes for that specific joint on Ebay. I guess its a common break. If you like to pose you gunpla just be careful with the Astray.
There's another feature in the Tactical Arms not mentioned in the instructions. If you pull the big blade parts off (carefully, don't break anything), they have a flip-out peg and handle at the bottom. The peg fits in the back of the forearm, and the handle will fit perfectly in the hand, making big tonfa/katar weapons.
The runners also had a pair of leftover knives from the Blue Frame. Because this thing needed more blades, of course.
Also to note, the runners include the parts to make the blue frame's tactical arms as well, so you have the choice of the gun barrels and normal handle if you so desire.
Such a tough choice!
Is it also comes with blue frame's back as well?
Edit: nevermind, it was already there
I think that this is the best overall version of the MG Astray
Plus the standard Blue Frame
which is the standard version of the Blue Frame?
This was my first MG kit, after watching many of your reviews on other versions of the Red Frame Astrays, so thank you! Happy you got around to a review on it
Aight now that Mecha has reviewed it I'm gonna buy it
It’s your energy. You never take anything too seriously during the review, you allow yourself to mess up and laugh about it, and you knock these builds out. I’m proud of you dude. Thanks for the serotonin ✌️
I used to hate that he kinda feels unserious about the reviews and that he treats the kits more like toys (they are in a sense) and that his reviews are based from that view, until I realized this was what set his reviews apart, and that I could enjoy his take on the kits and still get a review comprehensive enough to help make a decision on my purchases. The goofy energy in his reviews are something else. Hehehe.
You can actually attach the Tactical Arms' blades onto the forearms of the ARF, just like how it's done with the ABF Second Revise's Sword Arm mode (minus the pink beam blade effect part, that is).
Me: "Mecha will never review the Red Frame Kai."
Mecha: "Reviews it"
Me: "A Surprise to be sure, but a Welcome one!"
This was the first MG kit I ever built. It took me a total of 11 straight hours. 😅
I've built several since then including its "twin brother" the Astray Blue Frame Second Revise but man, this one was a real test of patience and learning.
what's with new builders and spending ungodly amounts of time on their first mg? I spent a whole day building my Qant as well, to the point of forgetting to eat lunch. Never doing that again though, I felt like shit afterwards.
@@purpleenthusiast5814 I still remember the wrist pain I had
YES, FINALLY THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING IT IVE BEEN CRAVING FOR A MODERN REVIEW AND GOD MIGHT HAVE HEARD ME
I think the hands show it's age, if only they had strike remaster style hands...
There are 3rd party premolded fingers for astray blue and red only
They're the worst hands around. Same with the 00 kits.
just something to note, the old style action base included in the red frame kai has a longer shaft than normal old style bases
tip: for the ab crunch, you can stretch out the torso (like the rg nu) and get one.
The tiger pierce still has its handle on backwards
And so it shall remain!!!!
Nah, jk. Just flipped it around there. 😁
@@MechaGaikotsu Didn’t you break The tiger pierce or the gerbera straight
I just finished building this kit and I say the true main event of this kit is that tactical arms. Feels like the Gundam itself is the accessory. It just looks so intimidating on its own.
Hey mecha! Thank you for a bunch of astray reviews. I have astray turn red, bought it on 2018 but never have a chance to build it until this day. Thank you for reviewing a lot of astrays so i could know how the finished kit look like!
same, so many extra parts
Was looking for your review on this kit. The stars have finally aligned.
All the parts to make the blue frames tactical arms come with the red frame kai so you can make it. Also if you detach the two blade sections of the tactical arms there is a flip out peg at the end so you can mount the blades directly onto the red frames arms, this was a feature of the blue frame and it came with beam effect parts for it
Did a review of this kit i think a year ago, but yours just blows mine out of the water. You really have a really good style of reviewing, mecha! Love your review :)
He finally admits the Astray MG isn't silver tier
I did?
Checks mg other MG red frame reviews.
One of them literally has the Gold Tier award in the thumbnail.
@@MechaGaikotsu Pretty sure for the Red Dragon you said something along the lines of "Normally I'd give this silver tier but because of how much it packs I'm giving it gold"
I did however forget you gave the Red Frame + Flight Unit gold tier as well so that's also my bad.
Finally bought my very first MG and this was it, its awesome to say the least i love it, it is my center piece and if i ever get more MGs in the future this will forever be the center piece, its majestic, poses up a storm, highly articulated and built quite sturdy, tho it is a bit of a hand grenade where pieces are falling all the time but not something a little glue cant fix, even without panel linings and the water stickers it still looks very cool, i will put on the stickers some other time cuz i dont really have experience with water stickers and i might mess up my dream gunpla kit finally in my collection hell yeah
I literally just bought this kit! Had to go on vacation after building the head and torso, but the build process is quite fun! I do recommend tightening the shoulders, however. Glad to hear that you think the kit is good!
how do you tighten the shoulders besides gluing it ?
@@Truck-kun_01 use clear nail polish
I just bought this but hasn't seen this exact gunpla in your videos, and tomorrow is the shipping day and you released this video yesterday. What a coincidence
The pegs in the legs is probably an inspiration from how katanas are made. If I'm not mistaken, there is a peg that holds the katana's blade and the wooden handle together
I found out that panel-lining the gold parts and cleaning them by rubbing a finger on it makes them look WAY better and a lot less cheap ('quite like the painted version) ! Also it makes the sculpting pop more.
You also forgot to mention that the extending part of the Action Base is specific to this kit and longer than the one that comes with the usual AB (the standard one is also included).
Retributor Armour and Reikland Fleshshade work really well for gold parts. It creates a worn gold look and looks great on the RG, so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work for anything else
Push for PG Red Frame Kai review!
This is gonna be my first MG, and my third gunpla overall. Super hyped!
I bought this as a gift for myself this coming christmas. Its my first MG and I loved it.
This is the first kit that made me fell into this hobby... Not really a fan of anime or gundam, but this kit is love at first sight.
Your Top 10 Biggest Baddest Gunpla swords is missing some absolutely epic swords
Gundam Tryon 3- Hyper Minovsky Chohoken
Crossbone Gundam X1 Full Cloth- Muramasa Blaster
Arche Gundam- GN Buster Sword
GP Rase Two Ten- GN Ogre Swords
Love this kit. This is my first kit. A lot of memory with this. One is i used a scissor not a nipper. That was a wrong moved.
Can't wait for Mecha trying to transform the Zeta 2.0 and it'll either explode itself or he'll break it in about 20 places
was actually considering to get this one but found out that theres no mecha gaikotsu video on this kit, until now
so yay
Will say: on mine at least, the legs are a little looser than ideal because of the weird polycap like peg things. It's not loose enough to be a problem, but it is looser than your average mg
Looking at the thumbnail... I'm very impressed you managed to pull it off.
I build this kit like 6 years ago so i know how those hands suck at holding the buster sword.
Astray Red Frame Kai
Astray Red Frame
Astray Red Frame flight pack
Astray Red Dragon
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Astray Turn Red
I don't know but I have all of those MG ARF variants and I love em all
6:54 that hi-res is a B I G B O I. Like jeez it looks like it’s been going to the gym!
I've bought the MG Sengoku Astray Red Frame a few weeks ago for my very first backlog. And seeing those gold injection plastic on the runners makes me wanna buy a gold hobby marker, or use my Tamiya gold acrylic paint to hand paint it or airbrush it.
I just bought this kit last 2 days ago, it's awesome.
It actually comes with armor schneiders I think because there are two lil daggers on the feet runners with the feet of the blue frame D aswell as the mini gun section as well as the sword handle for the tactical arms
I actually got this for my birthday a few days ago and I've finished everything just a few minutes after this comment and I'm happy with out it turned out, with this guy being my first MG it was quite the build. I'm still curious about the extra parts that were left and would love a step by step guide on what to do with them if anyone has it.
those are from the Blue Frame revisw
those are the foot with blade, tactical arms parts and short knives which you can attach where the two swords attaches
This is the first mg got me hook back into gunpla again. Thanks for the review.
Bad lighting vs good lighting makes a godly difference.
This was my first mg ever. It really blew my mind
0:06 this reminds me of the real grade zeta lol
I love slender mechs with stupid big swords and wings and i cant wait to get mine since it gives you a bit of both.
The mg blue frame 2nd revise is my favorite kit of all time its my fav gundam too
This is one of those mobile suits I LOVE, but I've never gotten to build it. That said, I recently got the Metal Build and I feel I need this MG simply to pose it for fun.
I just ate, mecha shows some snacks from japan
Me: im hungry
My friend: we just ate lunch.
Yo sir! This was my first gundam! Ever since watching my cousin building gundams (gunpla's a term which I am not familiar then) he asked me what I want, after christmas I think way back... I asked for the red gundam with a huge sword and bam! This review is nostalgic. Gonna check on him now!
I saw the thumbnail and I think I'm the first one to come up with that Red Frame's pose.
This kit is on my room now im even looking at it
I want to see a review on the astray turn red
Same here
If I'm not mistaken. He already created a review about that kit
Nope, he havent review the Astray Turn Red
@@anc2627 that was the astray red dragon i think
aka one of Bandai and Sunrise's golden boys (not literally golden, though it has a golden brethren 😛)
If only they'd release the golden boy. With glossy black and red trim.
@@MechaGaikotsu The blue and gold frames are nice, but I just can't stand the design of this thing. Gundam going full weeb with an atrocious color scheme.
I debated a lot about this kit. I kept going back and forth about it. I went to my local anime store, and saw they had a Metal Build for $280. I've never heard of Metal Build before, but I ended up getting it. And hot damn, Metal Builds are beautiful! Though, I thought I would be building it, but it came pre-built.
don't forget all the third party variations of the Red Frame like the Daban Red Frame Powered Red and Daban Red Frame Mars Jacket
The only thing that bothered me about this kit are the thumb fingers that always pop out easily and the torso that can't holding the backpack weight
That's why most people buy third party kit articulated hands cause they don't have that in kind of issue and they're much better.
Because you use the backpack as a sword.
@@mechalinkergaming7169 nope, i use the backpack not the sword and still cannot standing steadily
god i just want every astray kit
the metal build is the crown jewel and is more expensive than one.
If I remember correctly there's claw mode, you can also mount the halves of the sword like the blue frame 2nd revise
I accidentally got an unofficial reproduction of this kit, (Ban-Dam), it was terrible to build. But looks cool, I want to build a real one eventually. Thanks for the vid.
Damn I released my first review ever on red frame kai the same day you did! Awesome! Your review is waaaay better than mine. I was metioning you having reviews but I didn’t know you’d release the astray kai’s review today! 😂
Keep your head up g. Your review may be amateur but it’s your first. We all start somewhere.
You should try building the Daban 8812 MB Astray Red Frame &Daban 8814 MB Astray Red Frame with Powered Arms&Gerbera Straight. There's also the Dragon Momoko/MJH Blue Astray 3rd Frame too.
Hey Mecha, my older brother lives for gundams and he has this one!
Astray Red Frame Kai is so cool 🤗🤗 armament is huge~~ 😲 10:28 🤣🤣🤣
I literally just built this kit a couple of days ago and i was looking for a review for this kit from you before i bought it
this will be my first mg kit and after seeing this review i'm much more excited
I just want to say be careful with those small black blades on the sword because on mine the connection gave up and practically shattered because of how thin it is. To be more specific it's where it connects to the hinge closest to the blade.
I am a biggener and I have high grade zaku 2 char and rx-78-2 gundam and very happy with them but want more 😃
I always wanted this kit because of the giant bow weapon but i never made to decision on it, this may have pushed me to finally get one! great review Mecha Gai
Somehow this is my first and only gunpla since 2016.
the most mainstream kit which is then followed by unicorn
You forgot to mention that the handle for the tactical arms is also detachable and can be used as a beam rifle.
Well the time has finally come.
Im new to the gunpla hobby and started with some HG and recently finished a RG exia. Ive got a god gundam and 00quant after watching some of your reviews. My brother notified me of a shipment at a hobby store near him and grabbed an Astray red and the last blue frame. Im really excited to build all of my kits but man its gonna take me a while 😅
Pogged for the MG Zeta 2.0 review. For such an old kit it really is quite good imo.
Wow my favourite gundam astray red frame kai nice i love that gundam because he have a katana and sensei there's a new gundam astray its gundam astray red frame blackout and astray red frame turn red its so cool i really love that gundam i wish i have that gundam someday i will go to japan to collect gundam kits.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Last week I decide to get MG Gunner Zaku Lunamaria, next time should be MG Astray Red Frame.
I just wish Bandai would do the other color versions of the Astray. Like the Green frame and it's build fighter variant. We need that bulky Astray
One of my favorite Master Grades to this day.
I’ve been eating so long for this
Wdy mean by that
Finding the review
Then why’d you say eating
Never thought mech would make me hungry
Panel lined the red with black panel liner and it'll be perfect 😘
despite being the more popular variant, blue frame seems to be more appealing than red frame.
This was my first ever kit, definitely the right choice.
yes I started with MGs
I have only now realized that the Zeonic Sword from the Nu-Zeon is based on this sword
Well, except for the swords and their holsters never staying on if you so much as touch it, yeah it's actually a great kit.
Red Frame just always ages well as a kit which is based af.
i have the mg turn red and the hi reso astray and theyre both incredible.
the hi reso feels like it will last forever thanks to the metal inner figure and i broke a hip joint on the turn red because i just couldnt stop myself from touching and posing it all day long it is so f!@king beautiful and cool.
good thing it's just a recolor of this kit
The tactical pack this kit is cool. I don't understand why there is a P-Bandai release of this kit..... But with the regular Flight Pack.
This video was so random and disorganized... needs a 2.0. 😁
I absolutely love this model Gundam it’s so cool
I found this on Amazon. It's temporarily out of stock but I've got my eye on it
This was my first MG and I love it keep up the good work mate ❤️
It's funny how people now tend to agree the trigger finger/3-finger split hands are bad when people were criticizing the MG Age-1 Normal for not having them when it was first released. People really liked the idea of the fingers being able to move despite them not being very good at their actual purpose. I recall people giving me some shit for praising the fixed posed hands since they looked better and functioned better.
I kinda wish they did they green frame too. I have this one and the blue in back log and would love to have the trio