LEGO Super Heroes Marvel 76172 Spider-Man and Sandman Showdown

LEGO set 76172, “Spider-Man and Sandman Showdown”, depicts a compact confrontation between Spider-Man and Sandman. Released in 2021 under the Super Heroes Marvel theme, within the Spider-Man subtheme, it contains 45 pieces and focuses on a short action scene.

Set 76172 belongs to the Super Heroes Marvel theme and is listed under Spider-Man. Its subject is the direct clash between Spider-Man and Sandman, presented as a small character driven scene rather than a large location build or a complex vehicle model.

Sandman’s swirling lower body gives the figure a sand based appearance, while the Spider-Man variant is identified by its printed arms.

The set is suited to builders who want a small Marvel scene for play, display, or a focused Spider-Man collection. Within the same theme, it sits as a compact character encounter, useful for adding these two figures and a simple action setup without the footprint of a larger release.

Inventory of set 76172

The inventory of set 76172 lists 45 pieces, spare parts excluded: 28 different lots (one shape in one color) for 28 part shapes. The box also contains one spare part, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 76172

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 22% of the parts, followed by yellow (16%) and red (13%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 76172

21 of the 28 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 76172

One part shape in set 76172 appears in no other set in the catalog, most often a printed element, a sticker or a mold specific to the model. If it gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set.

Rebuilding set 76172 from another set

Share of the parts of set 76172 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 33%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 76172 within its line

With 45 pieces, set 76172 ranks #288 out of 303 Super Heroes Marvel sets in our database, which have an average of 423 parts. Among the 519 sets released in 2021, it ranks #466. That is less than half the average Super Heroes Marvel set size.