Beginner
≈ 36 minSuggested range21 min – 58 min
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Creator · SET 4416
Robo Pod
A small robot with a light blue container.
- Pieces
- 65
- Release year
- 2006
- Theme
- Creator
- Set number
- 4416
- LEGO recommended age
- 6+
- Archived regional retail price · US
- 3.49 USD
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build Robo Pod?
For younger children, we estimate the first illustrated setup, with adult guidance when needed. Ranges reflect building familiarity, not a child’s age or ability. Free play and learning have no completion time.
Editorial estimate · first setup
Intermediate
≈ 24 minSuggested range14 min – 39 minExperienced
≈ 17 minSuggested range10 min – 28 minFirst guided arrangement: one model for 3 in 1 sets, a small composition for creative boxes, and setup alone for expansions. Excludes play, breaks and electronic configuration. These are broad editorial estimates, not measured times or targets to meet.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: A small robot with a light blue container. Two broad feet support the figure. Creative boxes and modular decorations refer to one first illustrated arrangement; 3 in 1 sets to the main model only, and expansions to their first setup. An adult may guide the child. Ranges reflect building familiarity, not age or development; they do not measure play, learning or a speed contest. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
- LEGO · set-specific instructions ↗
Official name, pieces, age and imagery; no timed building data.
- LEGO · set manual ↗
Document for this set number. The duration is an editorial estimate, not a LEGO timing.
Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
Shapes and colours
The white and grey body has blue details.
LEGO sourceIn the first model
Two broad feet support the figure.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
A gorilla as an engineering reference
JPL developed RoboSimian for a DARPA disaster-response challenge, taking a gorilla as its animal analogue.
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Its four limbs support both movement across difficult terrain and object manipulation. The form serves practical tasks: crossing obstacles and working in damaged environments. Real robotics can therefore look beyond the human silhouette for useful solutions.
Movement begins with perception
Seven stereo-camera pairs and a LiDAR sensor let RoboSimian map its surroundings in three dimensions.
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Articulated limbs alone cannot solve movement across complicated terrain: the robot also needs information about what surrounds it. The project makes perception as important as the conspicuous four-limbed mechanism.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 26 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE
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Three separate scores from 1 to 10. For difficulty, 1 means very easy and 10 means very difficult.
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· Selected for the subject and atmosphere
Plantasia’s synthesiser melodies have a light, curious character. We pair them with plants and imaginative shapes: a musical garden rather than a natural sound recording.
OUR PICK
Mother Earth's Plantasia
Mort Garson
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Official LEGO® image · © LEGO Group and/or the respective rights holders. Source: LEGO Italy ↗
Official LEGO® image · © LEGO Group and/or the respective rights holders. Source: LEGO Italy ↗
Official LEGO® image · © LEGO Group and/or the respective rights holders. Source: LEGO Italy ↗