Thread regarding Mattel Inc. layoffs

All you have to do is listen to RD talk for five minutes to realize he knows absolutely nothing about quality product or actual play patterns if you actually are a true toy designer who does know. A fake is easy to spot.

All you have to do is look at those two freak bros and you'll know what's wrong at this company. Put these two, should three, together and it tells you what's wrong with this picture. Oh, I forgot to throw in CClicheClown.

Not to worry, PML will save us and we only paid 40 million for it. Great job upper mismanagement.

reply to comment by @PY6qzjp-1ehj, as it relates to the original post: Yes today Lego has bricks that kids want, and yes Hasbro has Nerf, a ridiculously powerful brand. BUT, that was not the case in 2003 and 2004, the dates when Lego and Hasbro were in trouble. Lego had Scalia, Alpha Team, Jack Stone, Galidor to name a few. Yes they had some successful IPs, but most were failures. Lego was flush with excess inventory of the wrong product mix...leading to bankruptcy! Hasbro, had Nerf in 2003, but it was a handful of kid focused items, not the blaster we are all familiar with today. If you look up the product mix in 2003, it was maybe a $10mm brand focused at 5 year olds. Today it is probably a $500mm to $800mm+ brand aimed at teenagers. Mattel needs to look at 2003 Hasbro and 2004 Lego for learnings of how they BEGIN a turnaround... NOT 2017 Hasbro and Lego, as that is only the results of a turnaround.

You mean the new "wonder"-ful slogans and pretty colors aren't enough to turn this sinking ship around??

Yes, Hasbro and Lego' s success was numbers related, they had more properties that people wanted. Lego could charge $30 for a small box of plastic pieces (which was 60% air) because kids wanted their toys. They developed internal properties that they sold at a small discount vs external and kept all the profits.

Hasbro has the names that investors think everyone wants and rode the wave of Nerfs and their girls properties popularly. Their games business is the the reason their numbers are up. Again, they have the properties that kids and adults want. They are also run by people who understand that they sell toys and games not . I'm guessing they don't have the massive overhead of Mattel or PLM and the like. The only area they fail at consistently is their Playskool buisness.

Hasbro and Lego aren't perfect, but importantly, they aren't Mattel.

Is it just me or does RD and the MH Twins remind you of Michonne and her zombie pets?

Margo was stunt casting. Period.