Super Heroes Marvel

Daily Bugle

A 32-inch Spider-Man skyscraper with the best minifig lineup LEGO ever shipped.

4.5/5

Set 76178 · 2021

Pieces3,803

Minifigs25

Year2021

Set number76178

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The verdict

If you love Spider-Man or Marvel minifigures, this one is an easy yes, and reviewers across Brickset, True North Bricks and Jay's Brick Blog largely agree.

The 25-figure lineup, with exclusives like Daredevil, Punisher, Blade and Black Cat, carries a huge chunk of the value. It retired in December 2025, so you're now paying aftermarket prices on top of an already premium RRP. Grab it if the figures and the newsroom playset appeal to you, but skip it if you just want a clever build, because those windows get repetitive.

Best for: Marvel minifig collectors who want a tall display piece on a small footprint

The full review

What it is

The Daily Bugle is the Spider-Man LEGO® set a lot of people had been waiting years for. It's J. Jonah Jameson's newspaper HQ rebuilt as a four-story tower that stands about 82cm (32 inches) tall, staged mid-attack with Green Goblin, Sandman erupting from the pavement and Spidey crawling up the side. What makes it special isn't just the height though, it's the cast. You get 25 minifigures crammed into one box and 18 of them are exclusive here, so that's heroes, villains and journalists all under one roof. For a Spider-Man fan, that's about as good as it gets, and the Brickset community rating sits around 4.5 out of 5.

The catch

Now the honest part. The window sections are the near-universal complaint. There are dozens of them, they're all built the same way, and even reviewers who adored the set admitted that stretch of the instructions drags. The four grey office floors share similar layouts too, so the middle third leans more toward assembly line than puzzle. It was never cheap, launching at $299.99 before a bump to $349.99, and since it retired at the end of 2025 it has trended above $400 sealed on the secondary market. And while the footprint is small, 32 inches of height rules out most bookshelves, so plan your display spot before you commit.

Who it's for

So who's this really for? The 25 minifigures are the honest answer. Daredevil, Blade, Punisher and Black Cat all debuted here, and Jameson, Peter Parker, Miles Morales and a pile of villains round out arguably the best figure roster LEGO has ever put in one box. If that lineup makes your ears perk up and you've got the vertical space, this is one of the most complete Marvel sets ever made and worth hunting down at a fair aftermarket price. If you're mainly in it for a fresh, clever build, your money goes further elsewhere, because the tower's charm is in what it holds, not how it stacks up. For the right person though, it's genuinely one of the finest Marvel sets going.

What works

25 minifigures with 18 exclusive to the set, including first-ever LEGO Daredevil, Blade, Punisher, Black Cat and J. Jonah Jameson
Stands about 82cm (32 inches) tall on a compact 32x32 base, so it displays big without eating a whole shelf
Open-back floors are furnished with fun details like the Web Juice vending machine, printed newspaper tiles and a great little New York taxi build

Worth knowing

The window assemblies get repetitive, and even reviewers who loved the set called that stretch the low point
The office floors share near-identical grey layouts, so the middle of the build can feel samey
Big money and 32 inches of height, so you need both the budget and the vertical space (and it now sells above RRP)

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The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building the Bugle goes floor by floor, and every level detaches so you can furnish the interior as you go. The base is a pleasant start, tiling out pavement, alleyways and entrances, and the ground-floor lobby is the highlight with a red vending machine dispensing dark azure cans of Web Juice. From there you stack four almost-identical grey floors, each fully kitted out with desks, a photocopier, offices and printing gear, with detachable facades so the interior stays reachable. There's also a separate New York taxi build on the side that reviewers rated so highly they said it could have sold as its own little set. Pacing is strong early and mid-build, then those upper floors ask you to grind through a lot of repeated window and door-rail sections.

On parts, there are no brand-new molds here, but it's a big, varied haul with a handful of recolors and genuinely rare elements scattered throughout. The headline for print fans is a single bag of 18 printed tiles, 15 of them unique, stuffed with Spider-verse Easter eggs and jokey newspaper details (plus a few spare No Crime patterns). Fair warning, there are also over 30 stickers, which stung some builders at this price. The interior hides far more color than the grey shell suggests, so parts monsters get plenty to raid. At roughly 3,800 pieces plus 25 figures, the value math held up well even before it retired, and that minifig lineup alone carries a big slice of the price.

Fun facts

01At about 82cm tall, the Daily Bugle was the second-tallest LEGO set ever made at release, sitting behind only the original 10181 Eiffel Tower.
02It packs 25 minifigures, one of the largest single-set lineups LEGO had ever done, with the first-ever LEGO versions of Blade, Daredevil, Punisher, Black Cat and J. Jonah Jameson.
03Daredevil's horns cleverly reuse a head element originally created for a Black Panther minifigure rather than a new mold.
04It shares the 32x32 stud baseplate and street-level scale of the Creator Expert Modular Buildings, so it slots right into a modular city display, and it officially retired in December 2025.