4-LOM — Star Wars The Black Series #67

Overview

Red Line #67 is 4-LOM — the insectoid-headed protocol droid turned bounty hunter who appears in the Cloud City briefing scene in The Empire Strikes Back, standing alongside Boba Fett, Bossk, Dengar, IG-88, and Zuckuss as Darth Vader contracts the bounty hunters to find the Millennium Falcon. 4-LOM is one of the briefing’s most visually striking figures — the bug-eyed head on a humanoid protocol droid body creates a genuinely unsettling silhouette that reads as wrong in a way that works immediately for the bounty hunter aesthetic.

20 joints. Blaster rifle. Two Black Series releases: this 2017/2018 Red Line, and a 2020 4-LOM & Zuckuss two-pack. MSRP $19.99.

The Character and ESB Briefing Context

The ESB bounty hunter briefing is the franchise’s most efficient world-building scene relative to its running time. Under two minutes. Six bounty hunters, zero named introductions, one line of Vader dialogue about “no disintegrations.” The audience understands immediately from visual design alone that these are dangerous professionals from a specific economy of violence that exists at the margins of the Empire’s formal military structure.

4-LOM’s specific background in expanded materials: a protocol droid who developed beyond his original programming, ultimately rewriting his own ethical subroutines to enable criminal activity. He partnered with the Gand findsman Zuckuss — the two are consistently associated in ESB and Legends material — combining 4-LOM’s analytical droid processing with Zuckuss’s Force-sensitivity-adjacent mystical tracking.

The insectoid head is the specific design choice that makes 4-LOM visually memorable: the compound eyes, the mandibles, the alien helmet configuration all suggest a character who is not quite droid and not quite organic and wholly threatening. At display distance, the silhouette reads immediately as one of the ESB briefing scene’s most distinctive attendees.

Accessories and Articulation

Blaster rifle — 4-LOM’s primary weapon. 20-point scheme: ball-jointed neck, ball-jointed shoulders, swivel biceps, swivel elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, above and below knee swivels, ball-jointed ankles. The bicep swivels supplement the standard scheme.

The ESB Bounty Hunter Display

The ESB briefing is one of the most compelling ensemble displays achievable in the Black Series — six distinctive figures with no duplication, each visually distinct, all in the same scene. The complete briefing roster in the line: Boba Fett, Bossk (P2-10), IG-88 (P2-15), Dengar, 4-LOM (#67), and Zuckuss (available via the 2020 two-pack). 4-LOM at #67 fills one of the last numbered main-line bounty hunter slots, completing the group.

Both 4-LOM Releases

4-LOM (2017/2018) — this figure: Original Red Line single release. 4-LOM & Zuckuss 2-Pack (2020): Two-pack with partner Zuckuss. For collectors wanting the canonical partner pair, the 2020 two-pack provides both at once. For the individual figure in the numbered Red Line sequence, this is the release.

Secondary Market

4-LOM holds above-retail secondary market prices — bounty hunter demand is consistent, the ESB briefing scene has sustained collector investment across decades, and the specific alien design creates display interest beyond simple character recognition. No production variants documented.

Verdict

Buy for the ESB bounty hunter briefing display, the insectoid droid bounty hunter design, or Red Line sequence completion.

4-LOM’s Expanded Materials

The Expanded Universe and Legends materials developed 4-LOM and Zuckuss as a specific partner pair — the droid’s analytical processing and the Gand’s instinctual tracking creating a complementary skill set that made them one of the galaxy’s more effective bounty hunter teams. The specific ESB scene gives them almost nothing: a visual presence, an implied commission, zero dialogue. Everything that makes them characters in the deeper collector consciousness comes from the novels and comics that filled in the gaps.

The 2020 4-LOM & Zuckuss two-pack specifically acknowledges this partnership — by providing both characters in a single release, Hasbro confirmed the specific canonical pairing that the ESB briefing scene established visually and the EU developed narratively.

The Bounty Hunter Briefing as the Line’s Best Ensemble Display

The ESB bounty hunter briefing is achievable as a complete ensemble in Black Series — all six hunters present in releases spanning from the Blue Wave through the Red Line. What makes it one of the best displays the line enables is the visual diversity: six figures with no two remotely similar in design. Boba Fett’s iconic green armour, Bossk’s reptilian yellow flight suit, IG-88’s elongated droid body, Dengar’s bandaged mercenary look, 4-LOM’s insectoid protocol droid form, and Zuckuss’s distinctive alien face. The briefing scene’s visual design is among the franchise’s most creative minute of character design, and having all six on a shelf communicates that instantly.

4-LOM at #67 provides the Red Line sequence’s best connection between the Solo film wave (#62-#66) and the ongoing ESB bounty hunter display tradition. The insectoid design is date-proof — no portrait quality to navigate — and the 20-joint scheme enables the combat-ready poses appropriate to the specific character. Secondary market prices hold above retail consistently.

The 4-LOM figure’s companion Zuckuss is available only through the 2020 two-pack, which means displaying the canonical partner pair requires acquiring both releases. For collectors who want just the ESB briefing and don’t prioritise the specific partner relationship, this single Red Line #67 is sufficient. For collectors who want the Gand findsman alongside his droid partner, the 2020 two-pack is the necessary purchase.

The 2018 release year and the 2017 URL reflect a production overlap between the pre-numbered and numbered release schedules — 4-LOM was produced in the 2017-2018 Red Line transition period. The only Black Series release for this character.

4-LOM and Zuckuss have been paired in collector consciousness since the ESB briefing scene’s release. Owning 4-LOM alone is legitimate; the pair is the canonical relationship. For the complete bounty hunter briefing display, both are needed. For the numbered Red Line sequence, #67 is the correct figure.

Secondary market pricing reflects the Solo film wave’s modest collector premium. No variants documented.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Red Line. Related: Bossk P2-10 | IG-88 P2-15 | Bounty Hunters faction | The Empire Strikes Back.