For those who were cheering the downfall of Toys "R" Us: The liquidation of Toys “R” Us Inc. has sent the toy industry reeling, leaving Mattel Inc., MAT -2.54% Hasbro Inc. HAS -1.23% and other manufacturers without a large chain devoted to selling... — read more 

Mattel execs have beaten the words nimble & disruptive to death. Large corporations aren’t capable of being nimble. Focus should be on efficiency not buzz words.

Let's see. Mattel has been in the crapper for nearly four years. About when RD came on board. Coincidence? Nah. Stock was over $40. Since then, it's been wave after wave of layoffs. Good people were let go in desperation. Lots of experience just... — read more 

They are filing the motion for Chapter 7 tomorrow. All US stores will be up for liquidation UNLESS the Canadian buyers are interested in saving a select number of stores. There will be letters sent out that will discuss the closure. Also sounds like... — read more 

Did they lay off anyone at the DC's or TX?

For those who believe that focusing more online will be enough, get your head out of sand. Part of the sales will move for sure, but it is already evident that a big chunk will be erased. This will be huge for all toy manufacturer, including Mattel... — read more 

Game over. Every US store gone. And anyone here who thinks that's no big deal is a complete moron. This will be catastrophic for us.

What happens now? Is anyone surprised by this? Can we avoid bankruptcy ourselves?

Do you even know how to toy?

The place is held together with old pvc tubing. It was a great idea fifteen years ago, but its time to gut the place and install more competent toy minded copper tubing. Because let's be real, you guys aren't worth or will ever be gold. For a place... — read more 

How about this: a new CEO with LOTS of TOY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE instead of one with ZERO TOY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE? Fire everyone else from the BoD down to VP level. Combine all those salaries into one fund. Spend HALF that total to hire Hasbro's CEO to... — read more 

.....for all you gloom & doomers out there. Still, not everyone is pessimistic about Mattel. Morningstar Inc.'s Jaime Katz wrote in a note last week that Mattel is well on its way to cost reduction, as it's cleaned up inventory and initiated... — read more 

JoeE, we have an SVP of FP&A that for the last 2/3 years has had huge misses in forecasts done two months prior to the close, an SVP of GDPS Finance that has allowed Capex to double in 6 years of flat sales, an SVP of Treasury that has allowed debt... — read more 

MGO doesn't understand that COST CUTTING is one of the biggest drivers for getting us into the state we are in. We cost reduced our best and brightest designers out of the company and replaced them with less expensive millennials with no expertise... — read more 

So why hasn't anyone predicted or wished that JC would get the boot? Who's surprised? Who knew and just didn't care?

This company still has electricity and running water? No child plays with any of the plastic garbage you put on the shelves. So desperate you're scraping the bottom of a septic tank, literally. A p--p game? An obese Barbie who can't wear any of the... — read more 

The dam is bursting and I'd be surprised if they make it to 2019 without at least a MAJOR haircut in number of stores, with the real possibility of complete collapse... — read more 

If you’re s-xually harassed at Mattel don’t post it here. They now keep taking down any mention of it. Bash M-Go, RD, and the rest of their cronies all you want. EVERYONE knows who you’re talking about when you’re posting about them here, so it can’t... — read more 

Our stock once again is taking the plummet to failure. RD and is empowering press jaunt did as much as he does: nothing. M-Go needs to go and hopefully in the next week we'll get the usual re-org and layoffs.

This is looking very bad indeed. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/toys-r-us-is-in-danger-of-breaching-a-covenant-with-its-lenders.html

Makes you proud working for a company putting out crap.

and what solution has any of these mickey mouse titles come up with?

Mattel® Wins Toy Of The Year Award For The Hot Wheels® Super Ultimate Garage In The Playset Of The Year Category should read as: Mattel® BUYS Toy Of The Year Award For The Hot Wheels® Super Ultimate Garage In The Playset Of The Year Category to try... — read more 

It’s time this colossal failure gets bounced.

M-Go, you've had a year, we're expecting to see big connected things in New York. Whatcha got? Thingmaker 2? Aristotle 2? Hologram Barbie 2? Relauches of He-Man & She-ra? Was Toy Box nimble enough to come up with a Tide Pod toy in time? Don't miss... — read more 

It is ludicrous, that the person at the top is not being held accountable for leading us into this mess! To say that we are all in this together, suggests that the blame for our demise be equally shared. And that is the message we get from RD. Yet RD... — read more 

Not too bad despite softening in Q4. Looks like we’re not #1 anymore. Now what?!

Time to pack my bags... This is stupid...

Please tell me what chance we have to stop losing share. MGo seems super optimistic but where exactly is the change of trend? Polly Pocket? Come on.

Listened to MGO and Joe. Trying to put a good spin on dog squat. "We will let you know more at Toy Fair." Is that code for, "We have no clue and can't think of an excuse that you will all buy. So we need more time to string together some... — read more 

Could someone who has better insights into the inner workings of Mattel's finances please explain what's going on? In fourth quarter we had a negative net income of -$280,000,000, third quarter -$600,000,000, down 350% from a year before. Second was... — read more 

Pardon me, I had to pick myself off the floor after reading MGOs prefabricated statement to Wall Street. Laughed so hard, I fell off my chair. Wow! She must think we are all delusional and buy into that load of cr$p. Nothing but word vomit. Where... — read more 

RD did not do the investor call because he's playing with toys in Nuremburg. JE is on the call in his place. Coincidence?

On Throwback Thursday Mattel announces Q4 and 2017 results! After market closes, natch! Headwinds? Challenges? Blame TRU and Korea? Constant currency? Future proofing? Hasbro rebuff? Broadly met expectations? Place your bets and don't forget to bring... — read more 

Nailbiter! Did Mattel make the list? https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/companies-hiring-best-jobs-in-america/

Read in press that M-Go just turned down a $20 per share offer from hasbro. Please help me understand the logic. I’m not trying to be critical but just don’t get it at this point. Mattel was aming 10 worst performing stocks of last year and is in... — read more 

Everyone's right. Millennials ARE the future yet they ARE the problem (through no fault of their own) for Mattel, every other company, and the USA in general. Fix us quick, M-Go & Donald! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As8XkJNaHbs

Just saw this docu on Netflix, it is great: The Toys That Made Us m.imdb.com/title/tt7053920/ 1 Season|Docuseries The minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise – and sometimes fall – of their billion-dollar creations. IMDb... — read more