child study groups have boasted confidence in Christmas toys and the corporate statement re most of the toys under the tree this year will be Mattels....G.I.Joe has not done nearly as well for Hasbro as expected...Mattel has the hot new talking truck. Barbie (and even though you might not expect much out such an old toy )is going to explode when the Barbie movies come out. I am very bullish long term on Mattel.