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Barbie Maker Mattel and Bratz Maker MGA Find Unusual Common Ground on Insurer Suit

Now we know why MGA keeps dragging Mattel back into a Santa Ana federal court that has already awarded the Bratz doll maker $310 million for damages, attorney fees and other court costs associated with a seven-year, back-and-forth battle with the larger company known for Barbie dolls.

Barbie v. Bratz, Part XVI: Mattel Wants Off the Hook for MGA's $310 Million Payday

​We told you earlier in the week that a federal judge in Santa Ana rejected MGA Entertainment's claim for a $1 billion judgment against Mattel, which the same jurist had previously ordered to pay the smaller toy company $310 million for stealing trade secrets involving Bratz dolls. Now, the maker ... More >>

$310 Million from Mattel Enough for Bratz Doll Maker MGA That Wants $1 Billion: Judge

​Winning $310 million of Mattel's money was not enough for Bratz maker MGA Entertainment, which extended the long legal battle in Santa Ana's federal courthouse by seeking $1 billion in total damages from the Barbie manufacturer.But Judge David O. Carter dismissed MGA's antitrust complaint last we ... More >>

Petersen Automotive Museum Opens Mattel Exhibition Featuring Disney/Pixar Die-Cast 'Cars'

​ The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles recently opened the exhibition "From Silver Screen to Die-Cast: Disney-Pixar Cars Imagined by Mattel."The exhibit features an extensive collection of Mattel's die-cast toy cars based on characters from Cars and Cars 2.Learn more about the six-month e ... More >>

[UPDATED with $315 Mil Bond for Mattel:] Bratz Maker MGA's Total Take From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel? $310 Million

​UPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:21 P.M.: In federal court in Santa Ana today, Judge David O. Carter ordered Mattel to post a $315 million bond while the El Segundo-based toy manufacturing giant fights a $310 million award to MGA Entertainment.It's the latest twist in the trade secrets legal battle the makers ... More >>

[UPDATED with Award Proposal:] Bratz Maker MGA Wants $339 Million From Barbie Sugar Daddy Mattel

​UPDATE, MAY 25, 9:30 A.M.: Analysts agree that in the seven years since Barbie-maker Mattel first went after Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment in court, the smaller company's fortune dwindled while Mattel remained a toy industry giant. MGA is hoping to retrieve $339 million of that fortune in ... More >>

[UPDATED with Mattel Getting Bitch-Slapped:] Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz

​UPDATE, APRIL 21, 12:31 P.M.: The sluttier, younger chick wins!A federal court jury in Santa Ana not only rejected claims that MGA Entertainment's popular line of Bratz dolls violates the copyright of Mattel's Barbie, but the panel awarded MGA $88.4 million for trade secrets misappropriated by M ... More >>

Chick Fight! Chick Fight! Barbie vs. Bratz

​Considering the preponderance of plastic, empty-headed bleach blondes one finds around these parts, at least a few have likely found their way into the federal courthouse in Santa Ana. But the two fitting the same description going before a judge at the Reagan today have achieved icon status with ... More >>

HorrorPops Singer Patricia Day Sues Mattel

Myspace.com​Apparently not everyone wants to look like Barbie. HorrorPops lead singer/bassist Patricia Day has filed a lawsuit in Indiana District Court against toy manufacturer Mattel for stealing her stylish "rocker" look. She claimed that the "Hard Rock Barbie" released last year is based on he ... More >>

Blondie Day

Que Sera

[Trendzilla] Paul Frank plus Lip Smacker? Tasty

Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Fishy Rohrabacher

Fishy Rohrabacher? The Huntington Beach Independent features a visit by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Skipped Vietnam Combat Duty) to Coatings Resource Corp., a local company owned by Edward Laird. Michael Alexander's story says that the Chinese had nabbed Laird's paint contract with Mattel Toys. ... More >>

Comic-Con 2007: It figures, Dr. Jones

Hasbro just unveiled the new Indiana Jones figures, all three based on Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones, Ceremonial Belloq with Idol, and Sallah). They're Star Wars scale, with high articulation (the only one not fully-posable is a version of Indy with whip-cracking action) and attention to de ... More >>

The Big Con

Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

Dont Look Back

From nostalgia-peddling dreck to sci-fi satire, the peril-fraught subgenre of the rockstar movie

Subliminable Action Hero

Irvine's Bush doll takes on Barbie

Toys from Hell

In China, Santas elves labor in a Dickensian workhouse

Damn the Torpedoes!

A feminist defense of the Barbies of the Nixon Library

Inquiring minds want to know . . .

Is Donald Trumps Presidential Role Model Richard Nixon?