Mauritania has three operators, the original monopoly, Mauritel ( now owned by Vivendi's Maroc Telecom ), Mattel ( owned by Tunisie Telecom ) and Chinguitel, which will start operations in December 2006.

That product line was and still is one of the most successful products Mattel has ever launched.

Following the " Hero City " fiasco ( the name being dropped in late 2005 in favor of " MBX Metal "), Mattel has shown interest in reviving the Matchbox brand.

It has been a Mattel product since 1992.

Mattel has never specified the precise nature of their relationship.

In February, 2004, Mattel announced a split for Ken and Barbie, with Russell Arons, vice president of marketing at Mattel, saying that Barbie and Ken " feel it's time to spend some quality time – apart ... Like other celebrity couples, their Hollywood romance has come to an end ", though Arons indicated that the duo would " remain friends ".

Since 2005 MGA Entertainment has been involved in a lengthy legal dispute with Mattel over the rights to the Bratz design.

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.

Mattel has included two versions of the character in its DC Universe toyline ; one in his classic costume, and another in his current costume.

Mattel Inc., the toy maker, has been plagued with more than 28 product recalls and in Summer of 2007, amongst problems with exports from China, faced two product recalls in two weeks.

SSI was acquired by Mindscape in 1994, spent time as part of Mattel, and finally became part of Ubisoft ( in March 2001 ), which has since retired the brand name.

Since that time, Mattel has also featured He-Man and the other Masters of the Universe characters in, inter alia, a television series, comic books, and video tapes.

This technology has been built into toys and gaming devices ; some of these toys have been extremely commercially successful like the NeuroSky and Mattel MindFlex.

He has collaborated with other artists and companies, including Mattel, Oscar Mayer, Andy Warhol, Wahoo's Fish Taco, SHAG, John Deere, Nirve Bicycles, Skullcandy, Obey Giant, ProKeds shoes, Mark Ryden, Thomas Campbell, Hello Kitty, and Lego.

Since 1997 it has been a division of the Mattel toy company.

The Buzz Saw Hordak action figure first released by Mattel in 1987 has become a very rare and sought-after collector's item.

Today the game is produced by toy giant Mattel in 80 countries and has sold 151 million copies worldwide.

However, Hasbro declined to sponsor WSC 2005, and instead Mattel has organised and sponsored all championships since 2005.

It is often believed that this " neutral " role was Mattel's original concept behind Zodac, and the labelling of him as ' Evil ' was done purely to even out the evil figures against the heroic, or that he was classed as an Evil Warrior simply because the ' Heroic ' and ' Evil ' groupings on the boxes did not have a ' Neutral ' category, but Mattel has never confirmed this.

In his book Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality, Jonathan Gray analyses a scene from the episode in which it is announced that Kidz News has been replaced by the children's cartoon The Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour ( a reference to the Mattel toys and the Mars chocolate bar ).

He has also written commercial jingles for Anheuser-Busch, Zenith, Ford Motor Company, Mattel Toys, Pittsburgh Paints, the National Guard, Dodge, Remington Bank, Americard and more.

Would-be renegade publishers could not publish for each other's lines, as Atari, Coleco and Mattel had done, because in order for the cartridge to work in the NES, the cartridge had to contain the appropriate key chip for the lock inside the console, and the publisher had to also acknowledge its license to Nintendo in the copyright notices.

Licensing rights were also granted to Mattel Electronics for two educational based video games for the Intellivision console in 1979.

The channel also began to carry break interruptions within shows, featuring promos for its programming ( and eventually promotions for Disney feature film and home video releases ); the reasons for the channel's decision not to include traditional commercial advertising include the possible confusion to younger viewers as to the difference between regular programming and advertisements, and the prevention of license fee increases for acquired feature films ( however while Disney Channel does not air commercial advertisements, it does utilize underwriter sponsorships by companies such as Best Western and Mattel ).

Mattel also produced Mary-Kate and Ashley fashion dolls from 2000 to 2005.

On appeal, a stay was granted by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ; the Court also overturned the District Court's original ruling for Mattel, where MGA Entertainment was ordered to forfeit the entire Bratz brand.

On August 5, 2011 Mattel was also ordered to pay MGA $ 310 million for attorney fees, stealing trade secrets, and false claims rather than the $ 88. 5 million issued in April.

The jury also ruled that MGA and its Chief Executive Officer Isaac Larian were liable for converting Mattel property for their own use and intentionally interfering with the contractual duties owed by Bryant to Mattel.

The Court of Appeals also ordered MGA and Mattel to resolve their dispute out of court.

On August 5, 2011 Mattel was also ordered to pay MGA $ 310 million for attorney fees, stealing trade secrets, and false claims rather than the $ 88. 5 million issued in April.

Not only could the " Dick Tracy Crimestoppers " have a realistic snubnosed revolver in a shoulder holster, but Mattel also boosted junior law enforcement firepower with a Dick Tracy cap firing tommy gun that fired a burst of 6 caps automatically when the M-1 Thompson-style bolt was pulled back.

Mattel also came up with a " Dick Tracy Water Jet Gun " that was a miniature replica of a police pump action shotgun that fired caps when you pulled the trigger and squirted water when you pumped the slide.

Mattel paid Radofin to take back the marketing rights, and four other companies — CEZAR Industries, CRIMAC Inc., New Era Incentives, Inc., and Bentley Industries — also marketed the unit and accessories for it.

Peristaltic pump systems have also been used in some water guns models, most notably the original Shield Blaster water guns by Mattel Inc.

It was also, along with Champion Baseball, one of the first sports games to feature audibly-speaking players ( as opposed to text ), using the Mattel Intellivoice module.

In an agreement with Mattel the Chambers dictionary was also the official source of words for the book " Official Scrabble Words " ( OSW ), a lexicon of all words and inflections playable in tournament Scrabble within the UK and other countries like New Zealand and Australia.

Mattel Toys ( who had the license to the Shogun Warriors ) also had the licence to produce toys based on Godzilla and Rodan at this time.

It was also agreed that, after the termination of the License Agreement, Mattel would not make or sell any Conan toys.

Seeley also states that the current Mattel line intends to blend the different He-Man continuities and select the best stories and ideas from MOTU history.

At Mattel, Ryan also designed the mechanics of the Chatty Cathy dolls.

In recent years they have also become known for producing most of the Barbie film series for Mattel.

Around this time, he also designed the highly successful Marvel Secret Wars toy line for Mattel, which formed the impetus behind the 1984 Secret Wars event.

The game was also recreated from as early as 1985 ( from Mattel ) in a more consumer accepted version in plastic moulded version with very highly detailed parts as well as a grided locking system added to the board.