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November 4, 2008
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Thomas & Friends Got No Game Toymaker RC2 is finding the current retail climate a tough track to ride.   |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Misfit Mattel Beats Recall Bumble Toymaker Mattel reports higher fourth-quarter revenue and earnings, even though domestic sales fall. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Zinc It Over, RC2 The die-cast toy maker gets hit with higher zinc costs. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
Rich Duprey |
RC2 Treading Water Despite a one-time hit to earnings, toy train distributor RC2 is improving. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Todd Wenning |
Foolish Forecast: Will RC2 Steam Ahead? When it files earnings reports this evening, how will toymaker RC2 address the class action suit filed against it in response to their voluntary recall of Thomas & Friends railway toys? Long-term investors are looking carefully at a potential buying opportunity. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hasbro Lands on the Island of Misfit Toys Hasbro's six-quarter-streak of beating expectations comes to an end. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
You Don't Know Hasbro Hasbro's got the hot toys right now. The toymaker had a super-strong second quarter and again exposed analysts as underachievers. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
It's Time to Play Again The toymakers are back. Shares of Hasbro soar after the country's second-largest maker of playthings delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Hasbro's Self-Serving PSA The toy maker is advertising its lack of lead-related recalls, but that is only half the picture. In this tough retail environment, Hasbro is looking for a way to separate itself from the crowd. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2007
Todd Wenning |
RC2 Runs Out of Steam RC2's toy recall in June, due to a Chinese manufacturing problem, caused even worse second-quarter earnings than the Street expected. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Racing With RC2 The toymaker raises its guidance, but Wall Street is at the next pit stop. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Can We Believe Mattel? The toy maker is on the defensive over recalls, but are assurances of good sales believable? Will consumers be willing to take the risk on the company's products this holiday season? |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Buy the Better Toymaker Hasbro outshines Mattel in their latest quarters, once you dig beneath the surface. |
The Motley Fool
May 14, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Retailers Keep Toy Makers in Line With retailers like Wal-Mart demanding safer toys, toy makers will have to pay for the privilege of shelf space. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Hasbro Plays a Profitable Game The toy maker avoids the earnings troubles of its rivals because it didn't have as many recalls. |
The Motley Fool
November 21, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Black Friday: Recalling Mattel's Story Is Mattel a good value right now? The top toymaker has strategies in place to make 2007's recalls a thing of the past. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2004
Rick Munarriz |
LeapFrog's Deep Fog LeapFrog, the educational toy maker, has a bad quarter but sees greener lily pads in the future. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Don't Do It, Hasbro Hasbro is -- or is not -- in early privatization talks. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2008
Rich Duprey |
JAKKS Sits in a Corner The toy maker's profits plunge because of legal fees. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Has Toys in the Attic Toy sales keep going the wrong way at Mattel. The toymaker posted sluggish third-quarter reports this morning, but that's just the tip of iceberg. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2004
Phil Wohl |
No Holiday for Hasbro The toy and game maker has a cloudy outlook for the crucial season. Hasbro shares have dropped more than 5%. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kiss and Mattel Mattel wraps up the year with another strong quarter. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hasbro Plays to Win Hasbro has a solid quarter, on the heels of last week's healthy report from Mattel. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2010
Tim Beyers |
Time to Take Another Look at Mattel? The toy maker best known for Barbie and Hot Wheels has a long-standing relationship with Time Warner to produce toys for the company's DC Comics characters. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Toying Around with Analysts Hasbro follows Mattel's lead in posting blowout results. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Testing. Testing. Disney to Test Toys! In the wake of Chinese-made toy recalls, Disney decides to take no chances, and to independently test 65,000 of the toys it gets from licensees. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Quick Take: Toy Buyer Apologizes to Mattel Mattel apologizes to China, faulting its own toy designs instead of a sorely unchecked outsourcing system. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
More Upside: Hasbro or Mattel? Hasbro outshines Mattel in their latest quarters, once you dig beneath the surface. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
The Land of Misfit Toys A new study gives its outlook on holiday toy spending, and it's not pretty. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Where the Toys Aren't Unless the current trend changes -- and fast -- it's going to be a blue Christmas for the traditional toy makers. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Hasbro's Enjoying Playtime Games continue to be big for the toy maker, which had a solid 2003 across the board. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hasbro's Dot-Com Death Star The second leading toy company is going online. Will the retailers strike back? |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Toys Are Back in Town Hasbro posted better-than expected results, powered by success in its homegrown toy brands and its licensing deal with Marvel |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hasbro Plays "Sorry" The world's second-largest toymaker, Hasbro, saw its shares hit a fresh 52-week low today, even after announcing a manufacturing-plant update that will make the company more cost-effective. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Even the Toys Are Crying Toy sales keep going the wrong way at Mattel. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Paint Your Investment Profits White Lead paint caused the toy recalls. Companies such as DuPont and Kronos Worldwide stand to profit by offering non-toxic alternatives. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hasbro Goes Wrebbit Hunting With Hasbro's acquisition of edgy puzzle maker Wrebbit, the big keep getting bigger in the toy industry. What will it mean to investors? |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Let's Play a Game With Toymakers How well do you know Hasbro and Mattel? Let's see whether you can tell them apart. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away These stocks beat analyst's expectations. Take a look at: priceline.com ... LoJack... RC2... |
The Motley Fool
July 21, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
JAKKS Hammered Despite the release of a solid second-quarter report yesterday, the toy maker saw its stock slide by 7%. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Undefeated Toy Stock While some of its competitors struggle, Hasbro has another strong quarter, beating analysts expectations. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Another Recall Nightmare at Mattel For the third time in a month, the giant toymaker announces another massive toy recall. This time it is 800,000 accessories for Barbie dolls, Mattel's biggest seller, bringing the total number of recalled toys to an astounding 20 million. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel Plays It Right The toy giant's diversification moves continue to pay off. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mattel 1, Hasbro 0 Hasbro has a quarter that gets uglier the closer you look. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2008
Steven Renaldi |
Hasbro's Performance Is Not Trivial The toy maker has a good first quarter and plans for success with new toys and classic games. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Mattel Makes the Grade Toy maker Mattel has reported improved second-quarter earnings. However, trouble on the horizon includes weakness in the company's quintessential Barbie brand. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2010
Claire Stephanic |
Hasbro Remains Publicly Traded Rumors circulated by The Wall Street Journal have now been squashed. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
March Of The Toys -- Out Of The Toy Section Faced with a shrinking pool of traditional toy stores and the growing domination of the business by giant discount chains, both large and small players in the $20 billion-a-year toy industry are rushing to stock the aisles of nontraditional outlets. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
JAKKS Beats Aces The smaller toymaker outshines its larger peers. Wall Street has underestimated the toy sector as a whole. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Hasbro Has-Been? Earnings are up, but do soggy sales raise a red flag? |
