The Dark Knight of Gotham City — C- · The Brick Drop Score
C-
The Drop Score
The Dark Knight of Gotham City
77903-1 · DC Comics Super Heroes
Early read · 2 reviews
A San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Batman bust that cost $240 at the door — the set is interesting, but the value math never really works out for anyone who wasn't already at the convention.
Is the price fair?D+$240 SDCC exclusive pricing that the set's display value can't quite back up.
Will you love it?C-Sculptural Batman bust is genuinely striking, but it's a very narrow kind of cool.
Holds its value?CExclusive tag sounds promising — secondary market says otherwise.
True ValueD+
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Price
$35
Parts value
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Ratio
What you get
Plain bricks
$31
Figures (×1)
$4
The Full Take
The Dark Knight of Gotham City showed up as a SDCC 2019 exclusive, and that origin story shapes everything about it. The bust format is striking — it's not a playable set, not a minifig showcase, just a sculptural display piece centered on one of the most iconic characters in comics. As a collectible artifact of that convention moment, it has personality. But $240 for 427 pieces and a single minifig is a hard sell even with the exclusive badge attached, and the secondary market has never consistently rewarded that premium. It's a conversation piece, not a cornerstone. For die-hard Batman fans who were there, it carries real nostalgia — for everyone else, the C- reflects a set that's more interesting to own than it is easy to justify owning.
