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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

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Sep. 30, 2016

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Mattel’s financial assets and liabilities measured and reported at fair value on a recurring basis include the following:

	September 30, 2016
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	9,075			$	—			$	9,075
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	6,513			$	—			$	6,513
Cross currency swap contract (a)	—				1,532				—				1,532
Total liabilities	$	—			$	8,045			$	—			$	8,045

	September 30, 2015
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	22,992			$	—			$	22,992
Cross currency swap contract (a)	—				5,288				—				5,288
Total assets	$	—			$	28,280			$	—			$	28,280
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	8,261			$	—			$	8,261
	December 31, 2015
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	18,106			$	—			$	18,106
Liabilities:
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a)	$	—			$	3,720			$	—			$	3,720

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(a) The fair values of the foreign currency forward exchange contracts and cross currency swap contracts are based on dealer quotes of market forward rates and reflect the amount that Mattel would receive or pay at their maturity dates for contracts involving the same notional amounts, currencies, and maturity dates.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258

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