Wrecker (Mercenary Gear) — Star Wars The Black Series #TBB 14
The Black Series Wrecker in Mercenary Gear — Phase 4 Bad Batch Collection #14, 2023. The Bad Batch muscle in post-clone-army civilian gear with helmet, knife, blaster, and backpack. 19 joints. Walmart exclusive $27.97.
Overview
Wrecker in Mercenary Gear at #TBB 14 is the second Wrecker in the TBB Collection and the one that covers the later-series configuration — the squad operating outside the clone army framework, in the practical gear of people who are not soldiers anymore even if everything about them still is. Helmet, knife, blaster, backpack. 19 joints. Walmart exclusive. $27.97. 2023. The Wrecker who is done with the Empire.
The Mercenary Gear Configuration
The “Mercenary Gear” designation covers the costume shift that happens as Clone Force 99 moves further from their clone army identity and into the post-Order 66 life they’re building on their own terms. The gear is less institutional — the armour more worn and personalised, the loadout more individual. Where the original Wrecker (#TBB 05) is in the Bad Batch’s clone armour variant, the Mercenary Gear version is the Wrecker who has been operating outside that structure.
The practical difference in display terms: the mercenary configuration communicates the later-season Wrecker, the squad at a different point in their arc, when the Empire is more established and Clone Force 99 is more clearly defined by opposition to it rather than uncertain relation to it.
Wrecker vs Wrecker: The Two Configurations
The TBB Collection having two Wreckers — the deluxe original at #TBB 05 and the Mercenary Gear Walmart exclusive at #TBB 14 — follows the same logic as the two Crosshairs and the two Hunters: the collection is covering the same characters at different points in the series’ arc, the visual difference communicating the character’s evolution.
We recommend having both if you’re building the complete TBB Collection. For a single Wrecker purchase: the original deluxe at #TBB 05 covers the most iconic configuration; the Mercenary Gear at #TBB 14 covers the later-series look. Both are valid.
The Four Accessories
The helmet, knife, blaster, and backpack give Mercenary Gear Wrecker a practical, non-explosives loadout — a shift from the original’s blaster and explosives. The knife and the helmet are the accessories that most communicate the change in Wrecker’s operational context: this is the squad member who is carrying what he needs rather than what the clone programme issued.
Secondary Market
Above-retail secondary market prices. Walmart exclusive 2023. Verify helmet, knife, blaster, and backpack. No production variants documented.
Our Verdict
Wrecker in Mercenary Gear at #TBB 14 is the later-series Wrecker — the squad’s muscle in the gear that communicates Clone Force 99 operating on their own terms. Walmart exclusive at $27.97. Buy him alongside the original deluxe and display the arc. Buy him alone for the later-series display. Either way, Wrecker is worth having.
The Mercenary Gear Wave as a Complete Second-Series Display
The TBB Collection’s 2023 Walmart wave — Clone Commando (#13), Wrecker Mercenary Gear (#14), Hunter Mercenary Gear (#15) — creates a specific second-series display alongside the original first-wave figures. The first wave is Clone Force 99 in their clone-army-derived gear. The Mercenary Gear wave is the squad having moved further from that identity.
Displaying the two Wreckers side by side — the deluxe original at $29.99 and the Walmart Mercenary Gear at $27.97 — is the physical record of three seasons of character evolution in two figures. The squad’s muscle, before and after. The same character, different times.
Wrecker’s Knife
The knife is an accessory worth noting specifically because it connects the Mercenary Gear Wrecker to the original Hunter figure’s knife — both squad members carry blades in the original and mercenary configurations. The TBB Collection’s consistent attention to the knife as part of Clone Force 99’s personal loadout communicates something about the squad’s operational philosophy: they carry what they need, and they carry what works.
Wrecker in Mercenary Gear at $27.97 Walmart exclusive is the later-series version of the TBB Collection’s most physical figure. The knife and helmet alongside the blaster and backpack tell a slightly different story than the original’s explosives — this is the Wrecker who is operating on his own terms, with the tools he has chosen rather than the ones the clone army issued. Buy him alongside the original deluxe for the complete arc.
The two Wreckers together — original deluxe and mercenary gear — are the TBB Collection’s clearest visual record of three seasons of character development. The original is the clone-army Wrecker in the gear he was issued. The mercenary gear version is the Wrecker who has been building something outside that framework. Same character. Different times. Different choices. Both figures worth having, displayed together, the arc visible in the paint and the accessories.
Wrecker in Mercenary Gear is the squad’s muscle in the gear that fits someone who has been operating outside the system long enough to have preferences. The knife is a preference. The helmet without the full armour is a preference. The blaster instead of the explosives loadout is the preference of someone who has learned when to be more restrained, even if Wrecker restraint is relative. Buy him.
The mercenary Wrecker with his knife and helmet and blaster. The squad’s muscle, still intact, on his own terms. Buy him.
Mercenary Gear Wrecker. Four accessories, Walmart exclusive, the squad’s muscle still intact and still enthusiastic. Display him with Mercenary Gear Hunter at #TBB 15 for the later-series squad look. Both Wreckers for the full arc. Buy him.
Wrecker in Mercenary Gear is the Wrecker who chose the squad over every other option, who is still choosing it, who carries the knife and the blaster and the backpack because the squad needs him operational and he knows it. Walmart exclusive at $27.97. Buy him alongside the deluxe original. The two Wreckers are Clone Force 99’s emotional core at two points in its arc.
The knife. The blaster. The backpack. The Wrecker who made it. Buy him.
Wrecker Mercenary Gear at #TBB 14 brings the TBB Collection’s second-configuration count to two: two Crosshairs, two Wreckers, and coming at #TBB 15, two Hunters. The collection’s decision to give second configurations to the squad members who appear most prominently across the full series is the right editorial call. Buy the Mercenary Gear Wrecker. Place him in the later-series display. The squad looks different at the end, and so does its muscle.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Bad Batch Collection. Related: Wrecker Deluxe P4-TBB-05 | Hunter Mercenary Gear P4-TBB-15 | The Bad Batch.