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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring Charges | In connection with the Structural Simplification cost savings program, Mattel recorded severance and other restructuring costs in the following cost and expense categories within the consolidated statements of operations:
| For the Year Ended
| December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (In thousands)
Cost of sales (a) | $ | 5,741 |  |  | $ | — |
Other selling and administrative (b) | 104,089 |  |  | 45,126 |
| $ | 109,830 |  |  | $ | 45,126 |
(a) | Severance and other restructuring costs recorded within cost of sales include plant restructuring charges.
(b) | Severance and other restructuring costs recorded within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations are included in corporate and other expense in "Note 13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements—Segment Information."
The following table summarizes Mattel's severance and other restructuring costs activity for the year ended December 31, 2018:
| Liability at December 31, 2017 |  | Charges |  | Payments/Utilization |  | Liability at December 31, 2018
| (In thousands)
Severance | $ | 29,794 |  |  | $ | 62,870 |  |  | $ | (64,994 | ) |  | $ | 27,670 |
Other restructuring costs (a) | 5,394 |  |  | 46,960 |  |  | (38,632 | ) |  | 13,722 |
| $ | 35,188 |  |  | $ | 109,830 |  |  | $ | (103,626 | ) |  | $ | 41,392 |
(a) | Consists primarily of consulting fees.

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