Review: Star Wars Black Series KX Security Droid Enforcer & Droideka from Jedi: Survivor, Gaming Greats Amazon Exclusive 2-Pack
- Mephitsu
- 20 hours ago
- 8 min read
“This way Jedi”
The Jedi games from EA have taken many of the Empire's Troop types and converted them in various fashions to become fodder for the game's hero, Cal Kestis, to battle against. In Jedi: Survivor, that same principle was also applied to the Droids of the Separatists from the Clone Wars, bringing them under the banner of the Bedlam Raiders faction and setting them to further thwart Cal on his quest. To that end, many of the Gaming Greats Star Wars Black Series releases from Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor have been tweaked versions of existing figures from the wider Star Wars franchise.
The latest of these is an Amazon Exclusive 2-pack featuring a KX Security Droid Enforcer and a Bedlam Raider Droideka, both repaints of existing Black Series releases. The set was released in the Autumn of 2025 and arrives in a twin Black Series box that is also deeper than usual for the bulk of the Destroyer Droid in particular. As a Gaming Greats release, it carries the Gaming Greats silver foil sticker and uses the blue accent colour for the text and artwork. This is not a numbered release, so while there is a side art panel split between the two droids of the set, it does not connect into or have any link to the other Gaming Greats releases.
The text on the rear of the box has no bearing as such to the source material, simply confirming the role of the KX Enforcer within the Empire as a training tool primarily, and referring to the Droideka Destroyer Droid as a Battlefield Terror. Inside the box, the inner tray is colour coordinated with the artwork and box text and includes an image of one the many bases Cal explores during Jedi: Survivor.
When the first KX Droid appears on screen in Jedi: Survivor during the opening scenes on Coruscant, it is a cream coloured variant, while Hasbro had released the variant black version in 2022 as an advanced release for the game. While this black variant is seen later on in the game, the cream version was striking in its colouring and some 3 years later we can now add the figure to our collection.
The KX Enforcer is the exact same figure as the KX Security Droid released in 2022 for Jedi: Survivor, a figure that itself uses the original 2016 K-2SO figure from Rogue One. This latest version swaps out the dull black armoured panels for cast cream parts, a cream that is quite light compared to the game graphics. The armour is all overlaid over silver joint circular joints and a central silver torso section. The figure in the game is quite weathered, but our Black Series equivalent is presented factory-clean with the only other decor on the body being some red trim at the shoulders, and some white Imperial decals on either shoulder panel. These are accurate to the game, but the similarity in colours does render them difficult to see, again indicating the colour palette may be slightly off. There are several areas significantly lacking in paint detail compared to the game design, notably the rear panel of the droid which is left in its base cream colour
The head of the KX unit is cream across the skull plate, but with a silver-painted jaw section and neck. The eye sockets are painted white, but look dull compared to what should be glowing white-blue eyes of the droid. While that is difficult to achieve without actual light-up functionality, some blue would have made them stand out a little better.
As also included in the original Security Droid version, and as used by the KX Enforcer, there is a battery backpack for the droid that powers the electro-staff weapon we will see shortly. The backpack is optional, so can be left off for a variant look for the droid, connecting by way of two shaped pegs that correspond to the sockets on the back of the droid's torso. The battery pack is the same tan colour, with a large gunmetal cooling grille and four side vents, with these vents also trimmed in red. The control panel, like the rear panel of the droid, is detailed on the battery pack but left unpainted. A pair of flexible red tubes come out of one of these upper vents and are connected to the KX Droid’s right arm by way of two flexible plastic cream clips.
The electro-staff weapon is again the same as the KX Security Droid and is cast in dull grey and in two parts that connect in the middle, and also allows the weapon to be extended or contracted. In the game, the KX Enforcer can holster this weapon on his right thigh, but that is not engineered into the figure. The weapon fits in either or both hands, and the electro shock effect is recreated by a blue transparent energy piece in softer plastic that ‘wraps’ the end of the weapon.
The Enforcer has 21 points of articulation, all designed to incorporate the visible round industrial joints of the droid itself. The circular joints of the elbows, knees and ankles provide the bend, while rotational joints above the knees and elbows allow for the limbs to be further positioned outward or inward to the body. There is suitable torso movement to facilitate posing the droid into more dynamic shots, while the head is similarly mobile thanks to the dual ball joints at the base and top of the neck.
While the earlier K-2SO releases did have weaker joints and balance issues, these more recent Jedi: Survivor droids are more robust in their joint construction and despite its height, long legs, and too-heavy design there is no issue when the KX Enforcer is posed for display.
Moving on to our Droideka, and this is the same exact Destroyer Droid released in 2024 as part of The Phantom Menace collection. In a direct parallel with the game itself, this base Droid has then be redecorated with the markings of the Bedlam Raiders to tie it into the game and the other Droid releases to date from that faction.
Out of the box there is an immediate issue with the way my Droideka was packed, and a potential issue with them all. The central primary sensor array is bent entirely backwards on itself, thanks to the shape of the inner tray. Despite several unsuccessful heat and reshape attempts, I have given upon actually getting it into the correct position.
The bronzium armoured panels of the Droideka, namely around the central body, the ends of the trio of legs and across the large circular cowl of the head and glove central body, are burgundy as a base colour, and it is here the Bedlam Raider colour schemes are applied with added cream and black geometric designs and trims. The ‘inner droid workings’ themselves are left in a dullish grey finish with some darker grey used on joints, on the flexible spine section, and around some of the tubing. The guns feature the same burgundy colouring, with grey barrels and metallic bronze energisers.
The Droideka has no accessories. Its articulation is all designed around the engineering of the Droid in fighting position. There are around 24 joints throughout the droid's body, some of which have been enhanced with metal pegs to support what is quite a precarious design. The three legs are all jointed in two places and again with a final pivot where they connect to the domed reactor section. From here, the spine piece has a couple of joints to adjust the stance and height, as well as a pair of hinged panels that can extend out or fold in.
The arms appear to have a joint where they connect to the central body but don’t move within this joint. They are then joined at two further joints down the length of the arm with a clever piston movement seen on the elbow, as well as with flexible wiring that moves with the joint. The upper carapace moves marginally within a clipped hinge that holds it in place, while the front section can be moved more extensively on a very tiny ball joint. This articulation allows you to vary the Destroyer in a number of positions particularly by splaying out the feet or bringing them inward and by adjusting the gun arms to varying firing positions.
While there is an intention for the joints to also facilitate some version of the ‘rolling’ Destroyer Droid, this is relatively unsuccessful - unless I am doing it wrong as there is no guidance or instructions on how to roll the Droid up. The nearest we can get is a kind of folded down deactivated version. There are YouTube versions out there to help you get the best out of this function, but for me the final look is simply not worthwhile, and the Droideka might as well be left in fighting stance.
At a retail price of £49.99 here in the UK, this set reflects the equivalent price of two single releases which on paper is not bad considering the Destroyer is classed as a Deluxe release. That price is likely to fluctuate on Amazon who hold the exclusivity and are likely to offer deals on this while stocks last. With Amazon the only place to buy this, there is a definite issue for boxed collectors, considering how little care is taken by Amazon when packing and delivering. Our box arrived with a beat up corner that has obviously happened before it was even packed.
As an exclusive set it works in so much it re-uses existing figures, remains accurate to the source material, but sits outside the main collections both in terms of the continuation of the usual connected box artwork and numbering, but also as very ancillary characters in a collection that may well be ignoring the Gaming Greats series all together or focusing on key elements like Cal, Merrin, and Dagan Gera.
The set is far from perfect, with both Droids' appearances being too clean, and with a paint job on the KX Enforcer that is a couple of shades too light. They do expand out your Imperial and Bedlam Raider squads even further, the Droideka in particular looking good alongside the other Bedlam Droids. One for the completists or focused fans of the Jedi video-game series
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