Interesting looking pack.

Its big but that's great, kids have alot of stuff that is high volume but not neccessarily heavy. Pack might be heavy, but nobody makes a UL or even light kids pack so you've done great.

I like the idea of that plastic frame. If it is heavy you could easily exchange that piece with a blue foam pad, maybe reinforced on the front and back with thinner plastic, the way they make some toboggans these days. That might be an idea too using one of those toboggans and cutting it to size but gluing up a bluefoam pad would be cheaper. Wrestling matt tape alone might add enough extra stiffness. Anyway you got me thinking.

You got me thinking my daughter needs a pack.