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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of 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, 2017
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,084 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,084 |
Available-for-sale security (b) | 7,354 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 7,354 |
Total assets | $ | 7,354 |  |  | $ | 4,084 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 11,438 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,877 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,877 |
| 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 |
| December 31, 2016
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
| (In thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,207 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 27,207 |
Available-for-sale security (b) | 14,939 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 14,939 |
Total assets | $ | 14,939 |  |  | $ | 27,207 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 42,146 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,212 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,212 |
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(a) | The fair value 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.
(b) | The fair value of the available-for-sale security is based on the quoted price on an active public exchange.

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- Definition 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). + References 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 + Details
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