There was a time when boys and girls jumped for joy at the sight of the latest Hot Wheels die-cast collectible toy cars. Nowadays, kids of the same age but 15 years in the future will roll their eyes ...

Remember the Y2K scare? I was at home on December 31, 1999, preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve with my parents. I was ten years old then, and the whole world was on the edge, unsure what would ...

Although Mattel is keeping its plans for 2000 close to the vest, we managed to breach security and pry some top-secret information out of the hallowed halls in El Segundo, California. So, with ...

An inventor, an automotive designer, and a rocket scientist walk into a bar . . . wait, that's not quite right. Let's try again: In 1966, Elliot Handler, co-founder of Mattel Inc. and noted toy ...