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Businessman Harold "Matt" Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Elliot and Ruth Handler founded Mattel as Mattel Creations in January 1945 in a garage in Los Angeles. [20] [21] The company name chosen is a portmanteau of the surname of Matson and first name of Elliot, with former chairman and CEO Bob Eckert revealing at a 2013 Christmas Day Peninsula Seniors lecture that the founders ...
In 2021, Mattel Films announced a development of 13 films in production based on Mattel toys and games, such as Hot Wheels, Magic 8 Ball, Masters of the Universe, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Polly Pocket, View-Master, American Girl and Uno, as well as an original intellectual property in Christmas Balloon. [7]
Chatty Cathy (1960–1965) Mattel's original talking doll. The pull-string talking mechanism that was created for Chatty Cathy in 1960, and it was used in many Mattel talking dolls from 1960 to 1975. Re-issue new doll (1970–1972) Re-issue '60s version (1998–2001). Creatable World (2019–present) Six construction kits for gender-neutral dolls.
Big Jim was a line of action figure toys produced from 1972 through 1986 by Mattel for the North American and European markets. He was renamed Kid Acero in Latin America and, for a short period of time, Mark Strong in Europe.
The Mattel office in Barbie isn't your average-looking office, even for a creative company. Although the building is in the real world , its interiors feel like they belong in fictional Barbie Land .
Mattel hired him for his "space-aged savvy" and knowledge of materials. [3] In 1956, Mattel co-owner Ruth Handler returned from a European vacation with a German-designed Bild Lilli doll. She and Ryan worked on producing a similar fashion doll for the American market (the two later disputed which of them was chiefly responsible for the doll's ...
Mattel recommends the dolls for children aged 4 and up. Tuesday’s lawsuit seeks at least $5 million of damages for anyone in the United States who bought “Wicked” dolls whose packaging ...
Razanne is a series of dolls designed and produced by Ammar Saadeh, a Palestinian expatriate living in Michigan, United States. The dolls hit the consumer markets in 1996. Inspired by the American doll Barbie, Razanne is aimed, according to Saadeh, to help Muslim girls develop self-esteem and to dream. All Razanne dolls are equipped with hijab. [1]