I scouted around certain blog site like NgeeKhiong's blogspot, and found out that Bandai is going to release a new Perfect Grade gundam. It is indeed a great news, 'coz the last PG that Bandai ever released was the Strike Gundam back in 2005 (not counting the Pearl edition PG Wing Zero Custom that released last year).
This time, it's not a Gundam from any major TV series that we all know, but it's from a side story instead. It's from the Seed universe side story, Gundam Seed Astray. Yes, it's the Astray Red Frame.
It is basically built on Strike Gundam PG frame, since in the story line, Astray is built on the reference to Strike Gundam. I'd love to have it because it's so original and it has a Katana as armament, which making it looks so much like a Samurai without the armor, like a lone warrior wandering around... Sounds like Rurouni Kenshin, but coincidentally, Kenshin also wearing red and white clothing, and he has a lont red hair too! Why would I say that? 'coz Red and White are the major color scheme for Astray Red Frame. Further information can be found from Bandai website. They even released a PDF document to be downloaded for viewing purpose.
But seriously, I'd prefer Bandai to come out with something in the future that would be from the UC century, like a PG version for Nu Gundam, PG for F-91, PG for Double Zeta Gundam, and most of all, PG for V2 Gundam!!! Issue probably is with the marketting, but hey, if it came out, I'm sure people would go for it despite the price tag (if it's reasonable). Is that too much of a request? No, 'coz I have a friend who wants a PG of GP-04 Gundam Gerbera. Never heard of it? I'm not surprised, since GP-04 has never made it's official appearance in the Gundam UC universe.
