New owners Mattel expanded the regular Matchbox series to include 100 models in 1999, changed it back to 75 models for 2001, and once again increased the series from 75 to 100 models from 2008.

Mattel purchased the company in 1999 for $ 3. 8 billion from entrepreneur Kevin O ' Leary, renaming it " Mattel Interactive ", in what has been called one of the worst acquisitions in corporate history.

And others, which Mego did not make, such as Married ... with Children, The Munsters, The Brady Bunch, Space: 1999 ( which Mego did produce to some degree in the 1970s, but only for the European market, as Mattel had the American license ), and professional wrestler André the Giant.

Between 1998 and 2001, T / Maker's clip art assets were sold each year as a result of some of the largest mergers and acquisitions in the computer software industry, including those of The Learning Company ( in 1998 ) and Mattel ( in 1999 ).

In December 1999, Stolar joined Mattel as President.

* Brandy ( Mattel, 1999 )

* Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen ( Mattel, 1999 )

The toys use the phrase when setting out to rescue Woody in the 1999 animated children's film Toy Story 2.

Also in 1999, it was speculated by analysts that Pokémon species, in particular Charmander and others, would become sought-after toys.

A partnership in association with the Pokémon franchise at the height of its popularity in 1999 was tremendously successful for the company, with many locations rapidly selling out of the toys and the replacements.

In 1999, there were 43 million people working in about 3000 FTZs spanning 116 countries producing clothes, shoes, sneakers, electronics, and toys.

1999 Lionel trains were selected as one of the top 10 toys of the 20th century

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A more mutated form of Transmetals known as Transmetal 2 was introduced later in the Beast Wars storyline, with toys released in 1999.

When Babyz was first released in 1999, there were 15 babyz you could adopt and care for, as well as various toys that babyz could interact with.

In 1999, Takara, for the first time since 1984, produced new Microman toys.

The anime adaption of the series is based on the toys and the Manga serialized by Comic Bom Bom with Takara's permission in 1999.

There is also the Little Bags of Dreams Campaign started in 1999 in which local churches have the youth members prepare cloth bags full of toys, small gifts and cards with well wishes, for children in war torn nations.

Also in 1999, Migros Türk launched its online presence, Kangurum, hosting more than 25, 000 products from 60 different stores, ranging from refrigerators, wedding rings, toys, bouquet arrangements, and tomatoes to vacation reservations.

In 1999 the painting, The Wild Ones, had sold at Sotheby's in London for over £ 1. 2m, the highest price yet paid for a Yeats painting.

Libya also paid compensation in 1999 for the death of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, a move that preceded the reopening of the British embassy in Tripoli and the appointment of ambassador Sir Richard Dalton, after a 17-year break in diplomatic relations.

Neither the Conditions of Carriage nor Schedule 17 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999, which states how and when penalty fares can be issued, allow the issue of a penalty fare to a traveller who had already paid the correct fare for their journey.

In 1999 Crowe paid A $ 42, 000 at auction for the brass bell used to open the inaugural rugby league match in Australia in 1908 at a fund-raiser to assist Souths ' legal battle for re-inclusion in the League.

The Giants routinely sell out this nearly 43, 000-seat stadium, whereas it was not uncommon for them to have a paid attendance of less than 10, 000 in Candlestick's nearly 60, 000 seating capacity, although by the 1999 season the Giants managed about 25, 000 fans a game.

Furthermore, the satirical newspaper Le Canard enchaîné revealed the astronomical " food expenses " paid by the Parisian municipality (€ 15 million a year according to the Canard ), expenses managed by Roger Romani ( who allegedly destroyed all archives of the period 1978 – 1993 during night raids in 1999 – 2000 ).

For instance, in 2010 Cisco occupied a meaningful share of the packet-optical market, revenues were still not on par with US $ 7 billion price tag paid in 1999 for Cerent.

Schulz also paid tribute to Rosie the Riveter in 1976, and Ernie Pyle in 1997 and 1999.

Despite NTL Ireland turning a profit, in May 2005, NTL sold their Dublin, Galway, and Waterford cable business ( which they had acquired in 1999 for € 825 million from the Irish government ) to UGC Europe for € 325 million — this after having spent in excess of € 100 million on network infrastructure ( i. e. making a gross loss of € 500 million-more than 50 %-over what they paid ).

Augmenting its presence in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, in 1999 the company paid $ 365 million for the tissue business of Swiss-based Attisholz Holding.

In 1999, accusations of nepotism were levied against the DPP after it was revealed that Kjærsgaard's husband, Henrik Thorup, had been paid by the party as an independent consultant for over two years.

The record transfer fee paid by the club was to Everton for John Spencer in 1999 ( GPB 500, 000 ) and the highest received was that for Phil O ' Donnell for his move to Celtic in 1994 ( GBP 1, 750, 000 ).

With this intention, the paper on occasion paid key witnesses in criminal trials such as the 1966 Moors murders case, and the 1999 trial of Gary Glitter on charges of assaulting an underage teenage fan.

In 1999, Wexner paid $ 42. 1 million for the Picasso Nude on a Black Armchair, and donated it to the Wexner Center for the Arts.

In 1999, Steve McManaman became the most lucrative transfer at the time in British football, as " Britain ’ s first high-profile Bosman departure ", when he moved from Liverpool to Real Madrid and the deal resulted in McManaman once becoming the highest paid British player in history, for the years 1999 through 2001.

Shortly after his recovery from injury Foé moved to English Premier League club West Ham United, who paid a club record £ 4. 2 million in January 1999.

The British staff eventually had this practice declared illegal, and substantial damages were paid at the end of 1999 to UKAEA staff ( and later to some contractors ).

In 1999, the cost of the tender fee that Tyne Tees was paying fell to £ 46 million, from the £ 70. 5 million that it paid in 1998.

In 1999, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital paid $ 25 million for 20 % of Google — as of November 2008 Google's market capitalization stood at about $ 108 billion.

On May 29, 1999, Art Bell explained that this retirement was due to an allegation made by hosts of WWCR shortwave radio that Bell had paid to cover up a criminal indictment.

“ From 1999 through 2001, for example, one firm paid about $ 2. 7 million to approximately 25 other investment banks for these so-called research guarantees, regulators said.

This grew to 233, 333 paid members in 1999, a figure which the League allegedly multiplies by 1. 5 to account for non-paying members in the households of paying members, resulting in a League estimate of 350, 000 members.

Under Helms-Biden, the U. S. paid $ 100 million in arrears to the UN in December 1999 ; release of the next $ 582 million awaits a legislative revision to Helms-Biden, necessary because the benchmark requiring a 25 percent peacekeeping assessment rate ceiling was not quite achieved.

In July 2012, it was reported that United States prosecutors involved in a criminal prosecution of GlaxoSmithKline for healthcare fraud, in which the company settled for $ 3 billion, stated that Pinsky was paid $ 275, 000 in March and April 1999 to promote Wellbutrin SR, a Glaxo antidepressant, " in settings where it did not appear that Dr. Pinsky was speaking for GSK.