1970s "Pickled People" were heads made out of stuffed panty hose and smushed into jars, and people in the 1970s bought them for fun Jennifer Sandlin

toys NYC's Museum of Nostalgia is a retro wonderland Popkin

Japan Unusual Gashapons from Tokyo: Hilarious and Weird Capsule Toys You Won't Believe Popkin

Funny Mechanical toys draw unique Spirograph-style art Popkin

fantasy Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N" in a revised, expanded edition Gareth Branwyn

capybaras Capybaras are the toy business's new unicorn Bob Knetzger

Delightful Creatures Corgi warns a stuffed animal to back off — she doesn't want another canine sibling (video) Carla Sinclair

children's literature Why A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin ended up hating Winnie the Pooh, and stopped speaking with each other Mark Frauenfelder

Soviet Union's first electric car, Avtotor Amber, set to revolutionize the roads Mark Frauenfelder

cute Antique handmade doll collected coins for orphans in 19th century Popkin

90s nostalgia Power Rangers prepares its fans for a bittersweet 30th anniversary Devin Nealy

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

quentin tarantino Django Unchained at 10: an observation and celebration of the first hour  Lee Keeler

Cryptozoology Interview with a career cryptozoologist David Pescovitz

NSFW These Stranger Things sex toys could bring a little fun to your Upside Down Thom Dunn

toys The first Mr. Potato Head commercial hit the airwaves on this day in 1952 Devin Nealy

90s nostalgia Watch Mike Tyson explain the X-Men to Roseanne Barr Devin Nealy

tabloids Absence of evidence is evidence of a cover-up, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

creepy Are you in need of a new companion? Look no further than the Creepy Dolls Adoption Agency Popkin

music Listen to Beastie Boys keyboardist Money Mark's stunning contribution to NPR's "Morning Edition Song Project" David Pescovitz