Din Djarin, Grogu, and Spider (Maldo Kreis) — Star Wars The Black Series #MAN 17
The Black Series Din Djarin with Grogu and Spider Maldo Kreis Deluxe — Phase 4 Mandalorian Collection #17, 2022. Three-figure set: Din (19j), Grogu (3j), Spider creature (8j). Target exclusive $36.99.
Overview
The Maldo Kreis set at #MAN 17 is the Mandalorian Collection’s most creature-forward set — the three-piece Target exclusive deluxe covering Din Djarin, Grogu, and the ice spider from Chapter 10, the episode set on the frozen planet where a simple landing for repairs turns into a creature survival sequence. Blaster rifle and Grogu companion. Spider with 8 ball-jointed legs. Target exclusive. $36.99. 2022.
Three figures. One set. The ice spider and the people who survived it.
Maldo Kreis and Chapter 10
Chapter 10 of The Mandalorian — “The Passenger” — sends Din Djarin and Grogu to the frozen planet Maldo Kreis when a New Republic X-wing inspection forces an emergency landing. The planet is inhabited by ice spiders — creatures that begin small and end enormous, whose nest Din and Grogu accidentally disturb, whose pursuit of the Razor Crest forms the episode’s most viscerally effective action sequence. The episode is designed as a creature-feature callback, and the ice spiders are its most memorable design.
The set captures the specific encounter: Din in operational configuration with the blaster rifle, Grogu present as the companion the spiders trigger the maternal instinct to protect, and the spider itself in the 6-inch scale that communicates the creature’s specific threat-when-massed design.
The Spider: 8 Ball-Jointed Legs
The spider figure’s 8 ball-jointed legs are the set’s most mechanically interesting element — the creature figure built specifically for the arachnid articulation that makes the Maldo Kreis spider visually effective at scale. No standard humanoid joint scheme applies; all 8 joints are in the legs, enabling the posed configurations that communicate the spider’s movement vocabulary.
Three Figures at $36.99 Target Exclusive
The $36.99 Target exclusive pricing delivers three figures — Din, Grogu, and the spider — at a per-figure value of approximately $12-$13 each. The spider is the unique element: no standalone spider figure exists in the Mandalorian Collection, making this set the only way to acquire the Maldo Kreis creature in Phase 4 plastic.
The Mandalorian’s Location-Specific Sets
The Mandalorian Collection’s Target exclusive deluxe sets cover specific episode locations: Arvala-7 at #MAN 14, Maldo Kreis at #MAN 17. Each set uses the location as the framing device for a specific Din and Grogu configuration. The Maldo Kreis set is the more narratively unusual of the two — the creature threat as the third figure in the set communicates the specific episode’s texture.
Secondary Market
Above-retail secondary market prices. Target exclusive 2022. Verify blaster rifle, Grogu, and spider figure. No production variants documented.
Our Verdict
The Maldo Kreis set at #MAN 17 is the Mandalorian Collection’s creature-feature purchase — the ice spider in Phase 4 plastic alongside Din and Grogu, at Target exclusive pricing. $36.99 for three figures and the most unusual creature design in the collection’s run. Buy it.
The Ice Spider as Phase 4 Creature Figure
The spider in the Maldo Kreis set is the Mandalorian Collection’s most distinctive creature figure — a Phase 4 production that sits outside the standard humanoid and droid figure categories. The 8 ball-jointed legs enable the spider’s movement vocabulary at 6-inch scale, allowing the display poses that communicate the creature’s specific threat without requiring the full-extension scale that the episode’s largest spiders reach.
For collectors interested in creature figures specifically, the Maldo Kreis spider represents the kind of Phase 4 production investment that typically requires premium pricing. At $12-$13 per figure in the three-piece set, it is strong value for what is effectively a creature accessory with its own articulation scheme.
The Three Mandalorian Collection Target Deluxe Sets
The Mandalorian Collection at twenty figures has now produced three Target exclusive deluxe Din-and-Grogu sets: the original pram set (#MAN 05), the Arvala-7 set (#MAN 14), and the Maldo Kreis set (#MAN 17). Each covers a different episode and a different companion configuration. The pram for the early-series floating carrier; Arvala-7 for the beginning of the relationship; Maldo Kreis for the creature-threat episode with the spider. All three Target exclusives. All three at the $34.99-$36.99 tier.
The Maldo Kreis set at $36.99 Target exclusive is the Mandalorian Collection’s most unusual single purchase — the ice spider, Din Djarin, and Grogu in the three-piece set that covers Chapter 10’s creature-feature best episode. The spider’s 8 ball-jointed legs, the blaster rifle, the Grogu companion. Buy it for the spider. Buy it for the set. Buy it because no other Phase 4 set includes a large arachnid with an independent articulation scheme.
The Maldo Kreis set is the Mandalorian Collection’s proof that creature-feature episodes deserve creature-feature sets. Chapter 10 is not the most narratively significant episode of season two — it is the most atmospherically effective, the one that uses the ice spider design to create the specific visceral dread of a creature that starts small and ends enormous. The set captures that creature in Phase 4 plastic alongside the two people who survived it. Buy it.
Buy the Maldo Kreis set. The ice spider is the Mandalorian Collection’s most unusual figure in any three-piece set. The 8 ball-jointed legs enable the creature poses. Din and Grogu survived. The spider survived in plastic. $36.99 Target exclusive for the most creature-forward set in the collection.
The Maldo Kreis set’s three-figure structure makes it the Mandalorian Collection’s most complete single-episode capture in a Target exclusive. Din in operational configuration. Grogu as companion. The ice spider with 8 ball-jointed legs communicating the episode’s creature threat. No other set in the collection contains a creature with its own articulation scheme. Buy it for that reason alone.
Din Djarin. Grogu. The ice spider. Three figures. One set. Target exclusive at $36.99. The Maldo Kreis set is the Mandalorian Collection’s most creature-forward single purchase and the only place to get the Phase 4 arachnid. Buy it.
The Maldo Kreis set closes the Mandalorian Collection’s third Target exclusive Din-and-Grogu entry on the most imaginative of the three — the creature-feature episode in three-figure plastic form. Buy it.
Din. Grogu. Spider. Three figures. The ice planet. Buy the Maldo Kreis set.
The ice spider from Maldo Kreis. The companion. The Mandalorian who survived both. Three figures in one Target exclusive set. Buy it and the collection has its creature-feature chapter.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Mandalorian Collection. Related: Din Djarin with Child P4-MAN-05 | Din Djarin Arvala-7 P4-MAN-14 | The Mandalorian.