Nightbrother Archer — Star Wars The Black Series #GG 10

Overview

The Nightbrother Archer at #GG 10 is the Gaming Greats Collection’s second Dathomirian Zabrak figure — the bow-wielding male warrior class from the 2019 Jedi: Fallen Order video game’s Dathomir sequence, paired with the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05 as the two-figure male-Dathomirian roster from the same game. Released late June 2022 as a single-boxed GameStop exclusive. MSRP $26.99. One accessory: a bow (no arrows included). 21-joint articulation including butterfly shoulder joints. The figure is a straight repaint of the #GG 05 Nightbrother Warrior — same body sculpt, same articulation, same skirt, same head sculpt approach — with a different paint application and a different weapon.

The Repaint Pattern

This is functionally a repaint of the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05, with the paint deco changed and the staff weapon swapped for a bow. Same Dathomirian Zabrak body (which itself reuses the Darth Maul body sculpt, as covered on the #GG 05 page), same articulation engineering, same screen-accurate species design. For collectors who own the Nightbrother Warrior, the Archer reads as a different in-game enemy class despite the body-sculpt overlap; for collectors building Dathomirian species displays, the two figures complement each other as paired warrior-archer Nightbrother variants.

The repaint pattern is structurally similar to how Hasbro handles other army-builder character class pairs across the line — different paint and different weapon distinguish two figures sharing core tooling. The cost-saving is real (no new body sculpting required), but the variation is meaningful enough that collectors building Fallen Order Dathomir-sequence displays benefit from owning both figures.

The Bow Without Arrows

There was one bow included which the figure can hold well in both hands. There were no arrows included. This is a meaningful accessory miss — a bow figure without arrows is a partial accessory, the way a lightsaber hilt without blades would be. The figure can hold the bow in firing-stance and idle-grip configurations, but the actual firing-an-arrow display configuration isn’t supported because there’s no arrow to nock.

The reasoning is presumably cost-saving (additional small parts increase tooling complexity and accessory loss potential during transit), but the omission undermines the figure’s combat-pose display flexibility. The in-game Nightbrother Archer class is defined by its energy-bow attacks; depicting that character class without the corresponding ammunition reads as incomplete.

For collectors who care, the workaround is to source loose arrow accessories from other Hasbro figures (various archer-class characters across the broader catalogue) or treat the figure as a bow-stowed display piece without trying to depict the firing configuration. Neither workaround is ideal.

The Butterfly Shoulder Joints

Same articulation upgrade as the #GG 05 Nightbrother Warrior: the butterfly joints in the shoulders give the figure a bigger range of motion on how the arms can be posed. For an archer character class specifically, the butterfly shoulders are particularly valuable — drawing-the-bow poses require both arms positioned across the front of the body in a way standard ball-joint shoulders can’t accommodate cleanly. The butterfly joints solve that constraint, and the Nightbrother Archer can adopt screen-accurate bow-drawing combat configurations.

The Paint Application and Game Match

The paint application and the patterns on the chest, the back, arms, and the face match the video game characters. The Archer’s paint deco distinguishes it from the Warrior — different facial markings, different body patterns, different overall colour palette — while staying consistent with the Dathomirian Zabrak species visual vocabulary. This is the same paint commitment that made the Warrior’s paint application a notable Phase 4 release (more aggressive detail work than most Gaming Greats early figures), and the Archer carries the same standard.

For collectors who care about Black Series figures capturing video-game character class details sharply, both Nightbrother figures earn the assessment. The species-specific markings are paint-applied cleanly, the colour transitions read correctly under display lighting, and the figures display as screen-accurate Fallen Order enemies.

The Loose Ankle Joints

A specific quality-control note flagged by detailed reviewers: the Nightbrother Archer had very loose ankle joints, but it kept its balance well without falling over. This is the same loose-ankle pattern that affects the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05 and various other Phase 4 releases (the Cassian Aldhani figure at #AND 01, the Vader Duel’s End at #OWK 15A) — joint engineering varies in stiffness across production runs, and individual units may ship with looser-than-ideal ankles.

The fact that both Nightbrother figures share this specific quality-control issue suggests it’s a design pattern in the body sculpt rather than a per-figure manufacturing oversight. The reused body tooling carries the loose-ankle behaviour from the Maul body sculpt forward into both Nightbrother variants. For collectors who receive a unit with loose ankles, the standard nail-polish-in-the-joint workaround applies.

The Jedi: Fallen Order Dathomir Sequence

Cal Kestis confronts the dark side on Dathomir during one of Jedi: Fallen Order’s most narratively significant sequences. The Nightbrother Warriors and Archers appear as enemy units throughout the planet’s combat encounters, with the dual-blade lightsaber configuration unlocked at the end of the sequence. For collectors who played the game, both Nightbrother figures capture recognisable in-game enemy classes from the Dathomir arc.

The Gaming Greats Collection covers the Fallen Order Dathomir sequence comprehensively across multiple releases. Including the Cal Kestis Deluxe at #GG 02 (with the unlocked dual-blade lightsaber), the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05, the Nightbrother Archer at #GG 10, and the eventual Nightsister Merrin at #GG 28, collectors building specifically Dathomir-sequence displays have a meaningful four-to-five figure ensemble to work with.

Articulation

21 joints. Ball-jointed top neck, ball-jointed lower neck, butterfly joints in the shoulders, ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above the knees, swivel joints below the knees, ball-jointed ankles. The combination of butterfly shoulders and double-swivel knees is the upgrade over the standard 17-joint Phase 4 baseline — strong articulation count for a video-game-tie-in army-builder figure.

The Mural Collection Position

The Nightbrother Archer sits at the tenth position in the Gaming Greats Collection mural display. For loose display, the figure works best alongside the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05 for the paired Dathomirian-warrior-class display, or alongside the broader Fallen Order Dathomir sequence ensemble (Cal Kestis Deluxe, Nightbrother Warrior, Nightsister Merrin). The figure also works alongside other Black Series Dathomirian characters (the various Maul releases, Savage Opress, the Nightsister figures from other lines) for a species-display configuration.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed GameStop exclusive, late June 2022. Aftermarket prices on the secondary market have generally tracked at or near the original $26.99 MSRP. Verify the bow is included; the single-accessory loadout means there’s only one component to lose. No arrows are part of the original release, so don’t expect them in any aftermarket purchase. No production variants documented.

Verdict

The Nightbrother Archer at #GG 10 is the right purchase for Fallen Order Dathomir-sequence collectors and Dathomirian species completionists, particularly when paired with the Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05 for the matched Nightbrother variant display. The butterfly-shoulder articulation supports the bow-drawing combat poses the character class requires, the screen-accurate paint detail elevates the figure above generic army-builder territory, and the 21-joint count is strong for a $26.99 GameStop exclusive.

The lack of arrows is the figure’s most defensible negative — a bow without ammunition is structurally incomplete. The loose ankle joints are a recurring quality-control variable. The repaint relationship with the Nightbrother Warrior means the two figures share fundamental tooling, which collectors building specific-character displays should treat as paired variants rather than fully independent figures.

Buy this figure if you collect Jedi: Fallen Order, if you own the Nightbrother Warrior and want the matching Archer, or if you build Dathomirian species displays. Skip if you only want one Nightbrother figure and the staff-warrior configuration matters more to you than the bow-archer configuration.

The Fallen Order Dathomir-sequence archer enemy class. The repaint of the Warrior with the bow and no arrows. The figure with the butterfly shoulders that actually use them. GameStop exclusive, June 2022.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Gaming Greats Collection. Related: Nightbrother Warrior P4-GG-05 | Nightsister Merrin P4-GG-28 | Cal Kestis (Deluxe) P4-GG-02.