Oh Wow!

Oh Wow is our collection of unusual things to buy, from pocket-sized oddities to purchases that need a driveway or a backyard. The thread running through it is the double take: you see the product, then read the details, and the reaction is "someone actually made this."

Some finds are edible or wearable spectacle. The Giant Gummy Python is almost 8 feet of candy weighing roughly 26 pounds, and SANYES Rechargeable LED Shoes cycle through seven steady colors and four flashing modes. The Kisa Melting Cat Candle starts as a sweet pink sculpture and reveals a grinning aluminum skeleton as the wax burns away. For cleverly odd gadgets, look at the Toroflux Kinetic Spring Toy that pops open from flat, the HypnoCube with 64 RGB LEDs that can each show 4,096 colors, or the Pocket Shot Slingshot, which swaps the forked frame for a ring and closes up to 2.3 by 1.3 inches.

Then there are the bigger outdoor and living-space ideas. The Third Rock Earth Shaped Fire Pit has a 36-inch bowl, the Napier Backroadz Truck Tent turns a pickup bed into a bedroom, and the GoSun Sport Solar Oven cooks with folding parabolic reflectors and an insulated vacuum tube. Browse by mood and you will find something small to try or something large to daydream about.