Kit Review

Straight build + dry decals + stickers/seals

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Various angles (1/6)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Various angles (2/6)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Various angles (3/6)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Detail shots (1/4)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Weapons loadout

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Newly added M68 Cattus 500mm recoilless rifle (1/4)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Newly added M68 Cattus 500mm recoilless rifle (2/4)

Newly added M68 Cattus 500mm recoilless rifle

The grip and scope can be slid forward and backward.

The barrel can be extended too.

The peg on the palm can lock firmly into the hole, but...

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Since the grip doesn't articulate, it's really hard to raise the rifle up onto the should

Since the grip doesn't articulate, it's really hard to raise the rifle up onto the shoulder like shown above.

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - In the end, you have to ignore the locking peg and just drape the hand over it awkwardly

In the end, you have to ignore the locking peg and just drape the hand over it awkwardly like shown above
to get a firing pose with the rifle raised over the shoulder.
Since it's held in place by finger grip alone, the hold is pretty unstable.

Using the joint parts, the recoilless rifle can be mounted on the back of the lower body.

A newly sculpted 1/60 Murrue Ramius — wait, a new Murakumo Gai 1/60 figure has been added.

The LED light-up unit is included just like before. (CR1220 battery sold separately)

Cockpit hatch open

Leftover parts

Same limb articulation as before

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Kneeling firing pose with the recoilless rifle (1/3)

Kneeling firing pose with the recoilless rifle

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Recoilless rifle firing pose #2 (1/3)

Recoilless rifle firing pose #2

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Beam saber poses (1/4)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Beam saber poses (2/4)

Beam saber poses

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] - Beam rifle firing pose (1/3)

Beam rifle firing pose

Together with the standard release PG Gundam Astray Red Frame.

Together with the standard release MG Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd L.

This kit is the PG Gundam Astray Blue Frame, released as a Club G (Premium Bandai) online exclusive. It's based on the PG Gundam Astray Red Framereleased as a standard kit back in 2009, with changes to the molded colors and weapons. The Gerbera Straight has been swapped out for the newly added M68 Cattus 500mm recoilless rifle.

The main body is exactly the same structure as the Red Frame — only the frame color has been changed to blue, as per the design specs. It still shows off that PG-worthy level of detail, sculpting, and articulation. The new recoilless rifle weapon is nicely sculpted with plenty of parts, as you'd expect from a PG, and even comes with a barrel extension gimmick along with a forward/backward slide for the grip and scope.

The recoilless rifle can also lock the palm peg firmly into the grip hole, but since the grip angle can't be changed, connecting it with the hand and locking pin makes it really hard to naturally raise the rifle over the shoulder for a firing pose. In the end, as you can see in the review photos above, you have to ignore the locking pin and just hold it with finger grip alone to pull off the firing pose — and since the hold is inherently unstable, it's a bit of a shame they didn't put a little more thought into the design.

On top of that, a new Murakumo Gai 1/60 figure is also included, and you can use the joint parts to mount the recoilless rifle on the back of the lower body. So for this review, the main things to check out are the changed molded colors and the new weapon — for a detailed look at the PG Astray body itself, I'd recommend checking out the original kit's review.

Personally, building the Blue Frame at this large a scale gives it a fresh, attractive feel that I actually find more appealing than the Red Frame. It's got that precise PG-level sculpting and engineering to back it up, so if the style appeals to you or you're an Astray fan, this is definitely a kit worth having fun with. :-)

PG Gundam Astray [Blue Frame] | 2014.2 | ¥18,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.