music 19-year-old college student absolutely nails "Name" when invited onstage to play guitar with the Goo Goo Dolls Jennifer Sandlin

Trump walks back problem he created; declares victory Jason Weisberger

politics CEO of toy giant Mattel says company will raise prices to deal with tariffs Rob Beschizza

Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: Donald Trump Dress-Up Dolls for your MAGA fantasies Ruben Bolling

Boing Boing Gadgets Your kids will love getting the Toybox 3D printer under the tree, now 25% ahead of Black Friday Boing Boing's Shop

toys "Wicked" toys from Mattel featuring link to porn site pulled from shelves, now available on eBay Allan Rose Hill

Funny Mechanical toys draw unique Spirograph-style art Popkin

1980s 80 songs from the 80s, performed by members of Magnetic Fields, TMBG, and more Thom Dunn

happy mutants This slowed Chipmunks version of "Chariots of Fire" feels like distorted sludge Jennifer Sandlin

fun Ms. Pearl is a 14-foot-tall squirrel who lives in Cedar Creek, Texas Jennifer Sandlin

nostalgia The 1980s moral panic over video games Jason Weisberger

Barbie Barbie's commitment to diversity and inclusion has come a long way since 1959 Jennifer Sandlin

Barbie movie Evangelicals rail against Barbie, demand Americans not take children to see film Jennifer Sandlin

art KAWS wins lawsuit against counterfeit operation Jennifer Sandlin

History "Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk" returns to Punk Rock's Petri dish Elías Villoro

Tonka Tonka's name is an homage to Lake Minnetonka Andrew Yi

travel An army of troll dolls sit inside of the crevices of this wooden bridge in Portland Popkin

candy Fox News: feminist M&Ms embolden China's mining industry Jason Weisberger

toys You can get a barbie of C.J. Walker, America's first self-made woman millionaire Rob Beschizza

artists Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell Lee Keeler