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Seasonal Financing and Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | May 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Consolidated debt-to-earnings before interest taxes depreciation amortization ratio as calculated for covenant compliance |  |  |  | 230.00%mat_ConsolidatedDebtToEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAmortizationRatioAsCalculatedForCovenantCompliance
Debt-to-earnings before interest taxes depreciation amortization ratio maximum for covenant compliance |  |  |  | 300.00%mat_DebtToEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAmortizationRatioMaximumForCovenantCompliance
Interest coverage ratio as calculated for covenant compliance |  |  |  | 1155.00%mat_InterestCoverageRatioAsCalculatedForCovenantCompliance
Interest coverage ratio minimum for covenant compliance |  |  |  | 350.00%mat_InterestCoverageRatioMinimumForCovenantCompliance
Foreign credit lines available |  |  |  | 340,000,000 mat_ForeignCreditLinesAvailable
Outstanding amounts of accounts receivable sold under international factoring arrangements | 25,600,000 mat_OutstandingAmountsOfAccountsReceivableSold |  |  | 22,300,000 mat_OutstandingAmountsOfAccountsReceivableSold
Short term bank loans outstanding | 4,278,000 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings |  |  |
Repayment of Medium-term notes | 50,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfMediumTermNotes |  |  |
2014 Senior Notes due May 2019 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Principal of debt instrument |  | 500,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyFourteenDueMayTwentyNineteenMember |  |
Debt instrument maturity date |  | May 06, 2019 |  |
Issuance date |  | 2014-05 |  |
Interest rate |  | 2.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyFourteenDueMayTwentyNineteenMember |  |
Interest terms |  | Interest on the 2014 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on May 6 and November 6 of each year, beginning November 6, 2014. |  |
Redemption terms |  | Mattel may redeem all or part of the 2014 Senior Notes at any time or from time to time at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, and (ii) a "make-whole" amount based on the yield of a comparable US Treasury security plus 12.5 basis points. |  |
Redemption price option one |  | 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyFourteenDueMayTwentyNineteenMember |  |
Redemption price option two |  | 0.125%mat_DebtRedemptionPriceBasisPointsAboveComparableUnitedStatesTreasurySecurity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyFourteenDueMayTwentyNineteenMember |  |
2013 Senior Notes due March 2018 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Principal of debt instrument |  |  | 250,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyEighteenMember |
Debt instrument maturity date |  |  | Mar. 15, 2018 |
Issuance date |  |  | 2013-03 |
Interest rate |  |  | 1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyEighteenMember |
Interest terms |  |  | Interest on the 2013 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2013. |
Redemption terms |  |  | Mattel may redeem all or part of the 1.70% Senior Notes at any time or from time to time at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, and (ii) a "make-whole" amount based on the yield of a comparable US Treasury security plus 15 basis points. |
Redemption price option one |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyEighteenMember |
Redemption price option two |  |  | 0.15%mat_DebtRedemptionPriceBasisPointsAboveComparableUnitedStatesTreasurySecurity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyEighteenMember |
2013 Senior Notes due March 2023 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Principal of debt instrument |  |  | 250,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyTwentyThreeMember |
Debt instrument maturity date |  |  | Mar. 15, 2023 |
Issuance date |  |  | 2013-03 |
Interest rate |  |  | 3.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyTwentyThreeMember |
Interest terms |  |  | Interest on the 2013 Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2013. |
Redemption terms |  |  | Mattel may redeem all or part of the 3.15% Senior Notes at any time or from time to time prior to December 15, 2022 (three months prior to the maturity date of the 3.15% Senior Notes) at its option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date, and (ii) a “make-whole” amount based on the yield of a comparable US Treasury security plus 20 basis points. Mattel may redeem all or part of the 3.15% Senior Notes at any time or from time to time on or after December 15, 2022 (three months prior to the maturity date for the 3.15% Senior Notes) at its option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. |
Redemption price option one |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPricePercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyTwentyThreeMember |
Redemption price option two |  |  | 0.20%mat_DebtRedemptionPriceBasisPointsAboveComparableUnitedStatesTreasurySecurity / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenDueMarchTwentyTwentyThreeMember |
2010 Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 5.275%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember |  |  | 5.275%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember
Interest rate range - low end | 4.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember |  |  | 4.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember
Interest rate range - high end | 6.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember |  |  | 6.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyTenMember
2011 Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 3.975%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember |  |  | 3.975%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember
Interest rate range - low end | 2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember |  |  | 2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember
Interest rate range - high end | 5.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember |  |  | 5.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyElevenMember
2013 Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 2.425%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember |  |  | 2.425%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember
Interest rate range - low end | 1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember |  |  | 1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember
Interest rate range - high end | 3.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember |  |  | 3.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyThirteenMember
2014 Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate |  |  |  | 2.35%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyFourteenMember
2008 Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Repayment of senior notes | 350,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mat_SeniorNotesTwentyZeroEightMember |  |  |
MEGA Brands |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Repayment of long-term borrowings assumed |  |  |  | 44,600,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfAssumedDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = mat_MegaBrandsMember
2013 Credit Facility |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Terms of credit facility |  |  |  | The agreement governing the credit facility was amended and restated on March 11, 2013 to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the credit facility to March 12, 2018, (ii) increase aggregate commitments under the credit facility to $1.60 billion, with an “accordion feature,” which allows Mattel to increase the aggregate availability under the credit facility to $1.85 billion under certain circumstances, (iii) decrease the applicable interest rate margins to a range of 0.00% to 0.75% above the applicable base rate for base rate loans and 0.88% to 1.75% above the applicable LIBOR for Eurodollar rate loans, in each case depending on Mattel’s senior unsecured long-term debt rating, and (iv) decrease commitment fees to a range of 0.08% to 0.28% of the unused commitments under the credit facility.
Maturity date |  |  |  | Mar. 12, 2018
Aggregate commitment under the credit facility |  |  |  | 1,600,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember
Aggregate commitment under the credit facility, including the accordion feature |  |  |  | 1,850,000,000 mat_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacityAccordionFeature / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember
2013 Credit Facility | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Commitment fee rate for unused commitments |  |  |  | 0.08%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
2013 Credit Facility | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Commitment fee rate for unused commitments |  |  |  | 0.28%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember
2013 Credit Facility | Base Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate margin for loans |  |  |  | 0.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_BaseRateMember
2013 Credit Facility | Base Rate | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate margin for loans |  |  |  | 0.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_BaseRateMember
2013 Credit Facility | LIBOR | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate margin for loans |  |  |  | 0.88%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
2013 Credit Facility | LIBOR | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate margin for loans |  |  |  | 1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyThirteenMember / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
2011 Credit Facility |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Aggregate commitment under the credit facility |  |  |  | 1,400,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_CreditFacilityTwentyElevenMember
Foreign Short Term Bank Loans |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Short term bank loans outstanding | 4,300,000 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember |  |  | 0 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember
Average borrowings | 38,000,000 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember |  |  | 17,500,000 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember
Weighted average interest rate as of the balance sheet date | 9.40%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember |  |  | 11.20%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_ForeignShortTermBankLoansMember
Domestic Unsecured Committed Revolving Credit Facility And Other Short Term Borrowings |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Average borrowings | $ 262,300,000 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_DomesticUnsecuredCommittedRevolvingCreditFacilityAndOtherShortTermBorrowingsMember |  |  | 680,800,000 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_DomesticUnsecuredCommittedRevolvingCreditFacilityAndOtherShortTermBorrowingsMember
Weighted average interest rate as of the balance sheet date | 0.20%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_DomesticUnsecuredCommittedRevolvingCreditFacilityAndOtherShortTermBorrowingsMember |  |  | 0.20%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mat_DomesticUnsecuredCommittedRevolvingCreditFacilityAndOtherShortTermBorrowingsMember

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- Definition Consolidated Debt to Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation Amortization Ratio as Calculated for Covenant Compliance + References No definition available. + Details
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