NED-B (Deluxe) — Star Wars The Black Series #OWK 10

Overview

NED-B at #OWK 10 is the Mural Collection’s largest figure and the Disney+ series’ most quietly devastating supporting character — the heavy-loader droid who works for the Path (the underground Jedi rescue network) and who sacrifices himself to protect Tala Durith and the children during the Imperial assault on Jabiim. Released mid-November 2022 as a Deluxe single-boxed release. MSRP $33.99 — the highest pricing tier in the Mural Collection. Three accessories: a hammer, a B-1 Battle Droid blaster, and a removable backpack with cable detailing. Twenty-nine joints — by some distance the most articulated figure in the entire collection. Standing 6.6 inches tall (16.8 cm), NED-B reads as physically present in a way most 6-inch figures cannot manage.

The Deluxe Pricing Tier and What It Buys You

$33.99 is a meaningful price increase over the standard Mural Collection MSRP of $24.99 and over the Walmart-exclusive figures’ $27.99. The Deluxe designation is Hasbro’s pricing tier for figures that require additional tooling, additional materials, or both — typically larger figures, figures with extensive sculpted accessories, or figures with engineering features that the standard pricing tier cannot accommodate. NED-B is in the tier because the figure is physically larger than the standard Black Series 6-inch baseline and because the 29-joint articulation count requires significantly more tooling than the standard 17-joint Phase 4 humanoid figure.

For collectors evaluating whether the Deluxe pricing is justified: the 6.6-inch height alone makes NED-B a larger figure than most Phase 4 releases. The articulation count (more than 1.7 times the standard Phase 4 joint count) supports the kind of poseability that loader-droid characters require — the figure has to be able to crouch, to lift, to swing the hammer overhead, to brace for impact. The accessories (hammer, blaster, backpack with sculpted cables) are all unique tooling rather than re-used parts. The pricing tracks with the value delivered.

The Articulation Engineering

29 joints is more than any other figure in the Mural Collection, more than any other figure in this OWK Phase 4 batch, and more than the standard 6-inch Black Series baseline by a significant margin. The configuration: ball-jointed top neck, ball-jointed lower neck, butterfly joints in the shoulders, ball-jointed shoulders, swivel joints above and below the elbows, swivel elbow joints, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below the knees, swivel knee joints, swivel ankles, foot hinges. The arm and leg double-swivel configuration (joints above and below each major hinge) is the engineering choice that gives NED-B his industrial-robot articulation profile.

The functional outcome: NED-B can adopt poses that humanoid figures cannot. The droid can reach overhead with the hammer in a swinging motion. The droid can crouch into a working position with the legs folded under the body. The droid can extend the arms out to the sides for the carrying-cargo pose that the show depicts. The articulation supports the figure’s character — NED-B is a worker droid, and the figure’s articulation is engineered around the work-pose configurations rather than the combat-pose configurations of most Black Series releases.

The Stiffness That Matters

The joints are stiff, which is the engineering decision that matters for a figure of this size and weight. NED-B is taller and heavier than standard Phase 4 figures, and the additional weight of the backpack accessory adds further stress on the lower-body joints. Loose joints would cause the figure to sag, slump, or fall over during display. Hasbro tightened the joints during manufacture to compensate, with the result that NED-B holds dynamic poses without drift — even with the backpack worn and the hammer raised, the figure stands without balance correction.

For collectors building dynamic display configurations, this is the test the engineering needs to pass. NED-B passes it. The figure can be posed mid-action and left there. The figure can hold the hammer raised overhead for hours of display without the joint settling. The figure can wear the backpack and stand normally without the additional weight forcing the hips out of alignment.

The Hammer

The signature accessory: NED-B’s hammer, a heavy industrial tool that the figure uses both as a working implement and as the weapon NED-B wields during the Jabiim defence sequence. The hammer fits well into the figure’s hands and can be held one-handed or two-handed for different display configurations. The sculpt captures the screen-accurate hammer design from the show — heavy head, sturdy haft, the worker-tool aesthetic that distinguishes NED-B’s weapon from the more military weapons that other Disney+ series characters carry.

The hammer matters narratively. NED-B’s defining moment in the show is the sequence where he uses the hammer to defend the Path’s evacuees from advancing Imperial forces, holding the doorway long enough for the children to escape. The figure with the hammer raised is the figure capturing that moment. Display the figure mid-swing, and you are displaying the character at his most heroic.

The B-1 Battle Droid Blaster

The second accessory: a B-1 Battle Droid blaster, the standard Separatist long-arm weapon from the prequel-era films. NED-B carries this weapon in some Disney+ series sequences — a leftover Clone Wars-era armament that the Path has scavenged for defence — and the figure can hold it in either hand. The inclusion of the B-1 blaster is the figure’s most direct continuity nod: the prequel-era hardware persisting into the post-Order 66 era, the discarded weapons of the Separatist droids being repurposed by Jedi-aligned survivors against the Empire.

The blaster fits into the figure’s hand cleanly. The screen-accurate B-1 blaster sculpt is well-tooled and recognisable to prequel-era collectors. For display flexibility, the figure can be posed with the hammer in one hand and the blaster in the other, capturing the both-weapons-deployed configuration from the show’s heaviest action sequences.

The Backpack and Cable Detailing

The third accessory: a removable backpack that plugs into a hole in NED-B’s back, with two sculpted cables running from the backpack to plug-in points on the back of the figure. The cable detailing is the engineering decision that distinguishes this backpack from a standard plug-and-go accessory — the cables are not just decorative, they actually plug into both the backpack and the figure’s body, creating a connected industrial-loadout look that captures the working-droid aesthetic.

The backpack is removable for collectors who want to display the figure without it (the more streamlined configuration that emphasises the body sculpt and articulation). When worn, the backpack adds visual mass to the figure’s silhouette — appropriate for a heavy-loader droid — and the cables read as functional power or hydraulic connections rather than as decorative styling.

The Weathering Question

Hasbro painted NED-B well, with significant dirt-and-weathering application on the front of the droid that captures the working-droid aesthetic correctly. The chest area, the front of the legs, and the hammer all carry the kind of grime-and-wear paint application that signals the character’s working-class status. The back of the droid, however, could have used more weathering — the rear paint application is cleaner than the front, and from certain display angles the back reads as less weathered than the front, which creates a slight asymmetry that doesn’t match the screen-accurate “this droid has been working in industrial environments for years” aesthetic the figure is trying to capture.

This is a minor critique. Most display configurations face the figure forward, and the front weathering is what catches the viewer’s eye. For collectors who display from multiple angles or photograph the figure from the rear, the inconsistent weathering becomes more visible. A small dust application on the back would have brought the figure to fully consistent paint quality.

The Sculpt

The figure looks closely to what NED-B looked like in the Disney+ series. Hasbro captured the screen-accurate proportions — the heavy chest area, the elongated arms, the industrial-bulk leg design — and the head sculpt’s specific NED-B-character design (the rectangular face plate, the specific eye configuration, the antenna-like protrusions on the upper head) reads cleanly. There are no removable parts on the droid body itself, which is the correct decision for a figure of this size and structural complexity — removable panels would have undermined the build integrity.

The figure feels solid in hand. The plastic is the right thickness for the character’s weight. The accessories feel substantial rather than flimsy. For a Deluxe-tier release, the build quality matches the pricing.

The Mural Collection Position and the Path

NED-B is the figure that introduces the Path — the underground Jedi rescue network that the Disney+ series builds out as one of its central worldbuilding elements. Tala Durith (a Hasbro figure in her own right at #OWK 14, separate from this batch), Roken (the Path leader), the various Path operatives — NED-B is the visual anchor of this entire faction within the Mural Collection’s roster. For collectors building a Path display, NED-B is the largest and most physically present figure of the group.

For the broader Mural Collection display, NED-B sits on the Jedi-aligned side of the boxed mural, opposite the Inquisitor side, as one of the figures supporting the Wandering Jedi Obi-Wan and the eventual Leia rescue. The figure’s physical size makes it the visual anchor of the Jedi-aligned tier, the way Vader is the visual anchor of the Inquisitor tier.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed Deluxe-tier release, non-exclusive, mid-November 2022. Available at or near MSRP on the secondary market, with periodic discounting from major retailers. The Deluxe pricing has kept the secondary market relatively stable — collectors who want NED-B will pay $30–35 to get him, and the figure is generally available at that range. Verify the hammer, the B-1 blaster, and the backpack with both cables intact are all included. No production variants documented.

Our Verdict

NED-B at #OWK 10 is the Mural Collection’s most engineering-rich figure and one of the best Deluxe-tier Black Series releases of Phase 4. The 29-joint articulation supports the work-pose configurations that the character requires. The 6.6-inch height makes the figure physically present in a way most 6-inch releases cannot match. The hammer, the B-1 blaster, and the cable-detailed backpack all add display flexibility. The stiffness of the joints means the figure holds dynamic poses without drifting. The front weathering captures the working-droid aesthetic. The only complaint is the lighter weathering on the rear paint application, and that is a minor concern against the figure’s broader strengths.

Buy this figure if you are completing the Mural Collection, if you collect droids at the 6-inch scale, if the Path narrative element of the Disney+ series mattered to you, or if you appreciate Black Series figures that justify their Deluxe pricing through engineering rather than just sticker shock. The $33.99 MSRP is fair for what the figure delivers, and the secondary market has been kind to it.

The loader droid who held the doorway. The figure with 29 joints and a 6.6-inch frame. The hammer raised, the B-1 blaster in the other hand, the cable-detailed backpack on the back. Buy NED-B. Display him at the centre of the Path tier. The Mural Collection’s most physically present figure earns the position.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection. Related: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jabiim) P4-OWK-11 | Grand Inquisitor P4-OWK-09 | Purge Trooper (Phase II Armor) P4-OWK-07.