The iBoy is the cutest damn iPod toy you ever did see

By Oliver Haslam
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Iboy Stance
Iboy Stance (Image credit: Classicbot)

What you need to know

  • The Classicbot iBoy is a thing.
  • It's like an iPod but in the form of a gorgeous toy.
  • You want one. That's all you need to know.

Classicbot is a name that some will remember as the company most famous for making Apple-inspired plushes. The company's back, and this time it's offering a toy that looks like an iPod. And a robot. And it's stolen my heart.

First spotted by our friends at MacRumors, Classicbot's iBoy is a toy that is made to look like an iPod of yesteryear, complete with the chrome finish around the back. And there are even some Earpods that act as ears. I mean, just look at this thing and tell me that it doesn't do two things:

  1. Remind you how great the iPod was way back when.
  2. Make you want to fill a room with these things.

Just me?

Iboy Positions

Iboy Positions (Image credit: Classicbot)

Either way, you can get one of your own for around $30 via the wonderful world of Kickstarter. It's a pre-order situation right now, but given the company's reputation I don't see any issues arising here.

If you do pick one of these things up, you can expect:

Features• Crafted from high quality ABS plastic• Glossy white painted body and limbs• Mirror-like chrome rear finish• Easily posable magnetic-jointed limbs• Ultra-fine silk-screened details• Added weight ensures satisfying heftiness• Realistic wired headphone connection• Clickable buttons and turnable wheel• Stands some 10 cms tall and weighs approx. 100 gms in robot mode

Iboy Animated

Iboy Animated (Image credit: Classicbot)

Delivery is expected around November time, so you won't be getting your iBoy soon. But you know what they say? Good things come to those who wait!

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.