https://brandtree.org/company/mattelAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Mattel.https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-american-girl-1998https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-american-girl-1998Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00:00 GMTMattel acquired Pleasant Company, maker of American Girl dolls, for about $700 million. Each doll comes with historical fiction set in a particular period, and the books address subjects including slavery and internment, which is unusual for a toy line.https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-tyco-toys-1997https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-tyco-toys-1997Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00:00 GMTMattel acquired Tyco Toys for about $755 million, taking Matchbox with it. That put Matchbox and Hot Wheels, rivals since 1968, under one owner; Mattel has kept both ranges in production rather than merging them.https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-fisher-price-1993https://brandtree.org/deal/mattel-acquires-fisher-price-1993Tue, 30 Nov 1993 00:00:00 GMTMattel acquired Fisher-Price for about $1.1 billion in stock, adding infant and preschool toys to a company built on Barbie and Hot Wheels. Fisher-Price had published a set of design principles about intrinsic play value in its first year of trading, 1930.