Spider-Man and Sandman Showdown — C- · The Brick Drop Score
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The Drop Score
Spider-Man and Sandman Showdown
76172-1 · Marvel Super Heroes
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Two minifigs in a $10 set sounds like a win until you clock that there are only 45 pieces holding the whole thing together. Sandman is the only reason to look twice at this one.
Is the price fair?FNine dollars buys you two minifigs and not much else — Sandman's the only thing keeping this from feeling like a straight-up bad deal.
Will you love it?C+The minifigs are the whole show; the build wraps up before it starts.
Holds its value?C-Sandman exclusivity gives it a floor, but don't expect this one to climb.
True ValueF
$10
MSRP
$2
Parts value
21%
Ratio
The parts alone are worth about 21% of the MSRP — the basis for this F price read.
What you get
Plain bricks
$1
Figures (×2)est.
$7
Premium you pay
Brand & IPcalc
$7
Figures aren’t in the price read yet — that’s an estimate until we price them for real.
OverpricedYou're paying well above the parts' value — $2 of parts for a $10 price.
FiguresThe price read counts the bricks; the figures add an estimated $7 more (real figure pricing coming).
The Full Take
The Sandman minifig is the real product here — everything else is just packaging. For $10 you get a villain that's genuinely hard to find elsewhere, a Spider-Man, and a micro-build that exists more to justify the price point than to deliver a build experience. Forty-five pieces go fast, and not in the satisfying way. The set reads like a polybag that missed the polybag price tag by about four dollars. If you need Sandman for a collection, this is your only real option and you already know it. Everyone else is paying a Sandman tax on something they didn't ask for.
