Super Heroes Marvel

Spider-Man Race Car & Venom Green Goblin

A pocket-sized grudge match between a race car and a glider that never quite settles who wins.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 76279 · 2024

Pieces227

Minifigs2

Year2024

Set number76279

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The verdict

I like this set the way I like a good arcade machine, it does one thing and does it fast.

You get two builds, Spider-Man's race car and a symbiote-slimed goblin glider, and both go together in an evening with a kid on your lap. It is not going to blow anyone away with part count or clever building, but as a two-minifigure showdown for a Marvel-loving seven-year-old, it earns its spot on the shelf. Skip it if you already own a few of these race car sets, the format is starting to repeat itself.

Best for: Younger Marvel fans who want two ready-to-play vehicles out of one box, not display-shelf builders

The full review

What it is

This is a fast, friendly little set, and I mean that as a compliment. You are not building a museum piece here, you are building two grab-and-go vehicles so a Spider-Man fan can act out a chase scene five minutes after opening the box. The race car is chunky and toy-like in a good way, built to survive being driven across a coffee table at speed, and the goblin glider gets an unexpectedly good treatment, that sickly green-on-black symbiote coloring gives it a nastier edge than the standard Green Goblin look.

The catch

I will be honest about where the corners got cut. At 227 pieces split across two builds, neither vehicle has much heft, and if you are the kind of LEGO fan who wants greebling and texture on every panel, this will feel thin. The minifigures carry a lot of the appeal here rather than the models themselves. It also sits in a crowded little sub-line of similarly sized Marvel race car sets from the same wave, so if you already have one or two, this can start to feel like the same toy wearing a different color.

Who it's for

Get this one if you have a kid who wants Spider-Man and a villain to chase him, and you want that resolved in one build session without a three-hour project. Skip it if you are buying purely for the minifigures' rarity or you want a set substantial enough to display on its own, this is built for hands, not shelves.

The parts story

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

Building this is quick and low-stress, which is exactly the point. The race car goes together first and is mostly straightforward stacking with a spoiler and wheel assembly that a younger builder can manage with a little guidance. The goblin glider takes a bit more care around the wing attachments, but nothing that will stump anyone who has built a LEGO set before. There is no tension here, no moment where you have to stop and figure out an awkward SNOT technique, it is built to get a toy into a kid's hands fast.

The best thing in the box is the color palette on the goblin glider, that acid green and black symbiote scheme is more striking in person than in the stock photos, and it is not a combination LEGO uses often outside of Venom-adjacent sets. Beyond that, this is mostly standard Marvel-line parts and a couple of small printed pieces on the minifigures themselves, nothing that is going to turn up on a rare-parts list, but nothing wasted either.

Fun facts

01This set was part of a 2024 wave of small two-in-one Marvel race car sets, each pairing a hero's vehicle against a villain's, aimed squarely at younger builders rather than adult collectors
02The Green Goblin's glider swaps LEGO's usual purple-and-orange goblin look for a green-and-black symbiote finish, tying the villain more closely to Venom's color story
03At 227 pieces for two complete vehicles plus two minifigures, it sits at the entry-level end of LEGO Marvel pricing, making it one of the more accessible ways to add Spider-Man and Green Goblin figures to a collection