Quick Review: LEGO Marvel 76321 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene

Today we take a very quick tour of the content of the LEGO Marvel set 76321 Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene, a box of 393 pieces available from LEGO and elsewhere since August 1, 2025 at the public price of €49,99.

The iconic scene from the Spider-Man 2 movie deserved a new interpretation since the one in the set 4855 Spider-Man's Train Rescue marketed in 2004 and LEGO is therefore trying this year to offer us something a little more modern and capable of seducing a nostalgic audience who would have missed the previous set.

In this new box, a New York subway car but nothing else. No rails, no additional construction adding a little context to the scene, it's minimum service. The 23 cm long car is well designed, it's a compact but relatively faithful interpretation of what we know of the subject, we can access the interior via two removable roof sections and it is even possible to adapt the two bogies so that they remain fixed in the axis of the car or become mobile in order to circulate freely on a classic train circuit.

For the rest, the interior space can accommodate half a dozen minifigures if they are properly crammed in, and LEGO provides enough to enhance the scene with some large white canvases. The body of the wagon is riddled with Technic bricks with a hole to accommodate an axle; it's ugly, but the presence of these elements allows for some staging variations.

In terms of minifigures, we get Spider-Man with a torso with a never-before-seen damaged costume and the head already seen in the LEGO Marvel set. 76261 Spider-Man Final Battle, all placed on a pair of legs available since 2016 and LEGO provides us as a bonus the face of Tobey Maguire with acceptable hair. We will remember that the rendering "in real life" is less sexy than on the official visuals abundantly retouched, the flesh-colored area visible on the torso is much paler in reality.

The Doc Ock figure is new in this form with a new torso and a new pair of legs but the face already seen in the set 76261 Spider-Man Final Battle. For those wondering, the hair delivered here is that of Suga from BTS, Max Dennison, Gambit and some mini-dolls from the Friends range.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the solution used to embody Octopus's tentacles; I find it a bit messy despite the maximum mobility of the four appendages, which allows the character to be well presented. To nitpick, LEGO could have chosen a more suitable color for the character's coat, with a dark green shade more appropriate than the brown chosen here.

We also get two characters who have no business being there in the context of the scene: Aunt May and J. Jonah Jameson. Both minifigures are simply recycling elements already available in the LEGO inventory.

Jameson's torso is that of Michael Scott, Creed Bratton or Professor X, the character's head is that of Barty Crouch Sr., Aunt May's torso is here flanked by a new reference but it is the one already seen in 2023 in the set 10325 Winter Village Alpine Lodge and the head delivered here is that of Pomona Sprout. Once again the LEGO Harry Potter range is serving the Marvel universe and we feel that LEGO wants to save money.

In short, nothing to get up in the night over, especially for €50, unless you're a huge fan of the movie that serves as a reference for the scene shown here. Train enthusiasts might find some inspiration here to reproduce the car and integrate a New York subway into their city diorama. LEGO could have made the effort to provide a pair of tracks, so as not to display the car alone on a shelf.

As it stands, there's certainly reason to be satisfied with this new interpretation of a scene beloved by fans, but the execution is a bit lacking, with an obvious concern for economy and recycling. As usual, we'll wait for a discount somewhere other than LEGO before buying.

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