Also check out our selection of Astroy Boy items: Astro Boy Main Listing Astro Boy Figures Astro Boy Plushes Astro Boy DVDs Astro Boy Miscellaneous Gift Items Astro Boy In the year 2030, a brilliant robotics engineer named Dr. Boynton loses his son Toby in a tragic car accident. Distraught over his death, the dedicated, but heartbroken scientist uses his technical expertise to construct an android in the boy's image. But all was not as he'd hope, for the scientist soon realized the robot, Astro Boy, could never grow into a human capable of filling the void in his heart.