It's been called a nodder and a wobbler, but you may know it as a bobble head or bobblehead. This figure with the oversized noggin and a spring for a neck that makes the head wobble when you touch it has perched atop many a collector's shelf, table, or desk, and been enjoyed by children of all ages since at least the 1950s. The truth is, bobbleheads can be traced back as far as the 1700s in Asia and the 1800s in the West, including in the United States!