Anybody who's played Myst will recognise this case as an important artifact. Anybody who hasn't will either thing 'Wow, retro, great for my old Bakelite iPod' or 'Hmm, not for me'.

The Recoleta iPod case does have a certain air of chic about it. I personally like it and my artistic 16-year-old daughter is "Like, no way, that's, like, just the coolest. I just gotta, like now". Her logic being that she can't look cool (in a sort of really uncool late 60s way), with a piece of 21st Century metal/plastic hanging off her - she's already tried to modify her headphones by sticking a range of leather/tape, etc. all over the wires, so this really is for her.


They're available from Shoptwigs at a (half price) $39. So I'm "Like, no, no way, you've like already got a case, baby".


They come in aqua, bronze and rose metallic - the bronze is the one you want for the real feel, in my opinion. In keeping with the 'retro' feel, they're already dated as they're not available for the Nano or Video, which is a bit odd.



Anyway, its one of the most original (without being plain stupid) cases out there and if you're willing to pay $40 for one, I suggest you do so now. I don't think they'll move too many of them at the original $78.