When LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launched earlier this year across next-gen platforms, Nintendo Switch 2 players had to wait out a delayed release window before the game finally arrived on the platform on September 18.
To compensate for the wait, Warner Bros. Games and LEGO offered Switch 2 players an exclusive incentive: a physical polybag bundled with the physical Deluxe Edition. Mirroring the massive secondary-market success of The Skywalker Saga’s Blue Milk Luke Skywalker, the Switch 2 release included set 30762: Retro Video Game Batman, a unique pixel-printed purple Batman minifigure. Given its limited availability, collector demand surged immediately, with even non-Switch owners buying the $90 Deluxe Edition solely to retrieve the polybag.
With marketing emphasizing that the figure was available strictly “while supplies last,” secondary market prices remained high for the first two months. Throughout October, the average sold price for set 30762 was $63.15 on BrickLink. Data from eBay reflected a similar baseline: in the 20 purchases completed directly prior to the leak announcing the figure would become a Gift-With-Purchase (GWP), buyers paid an average of $61.86, with peak sales reaching $76.78.
However, that premium valuation took a sharp hit following recent secondary-market leaks shared by r/BrickTap on Reddit. Reports indicate LEGO plans to re-distribute the Retro Video Game Batman polybag as a GWP promotion requiring only a $40 minimum spend on qualifying LEGO DC sets, a significantly cheaper threshold than buying the $90 video game bundle.
The impact on secondary market pricing was immediate. Across the 20 sales on eBay following the leak, the average price tumbled to $50.65, with the lowest completed sale dropping to $34.00, representing an immediate 18.1% decline in mean value and a 32% collapse in the entry-level price floor. BrickLink saw a parallel slide, where the average price over November so far has fallen to $47.88, marking a 24.2% drop from October. By replacing strict “while supplies last” exclusivity with an accessible promotional spend, the re-release has stripped away the scarcity that originally drove the high prices on the secondary market.