They used to manufacture some of the plastic parts (pistol grip, handguard, buttstock). They were never involved in the design or manufacture of the rifle itself.
no, Mattel making military rifles is an urban legend, and comes from two sources - the first being a replica M16 they made, and the second being that they were contracted to manufacture plastic furniture for the M16 rifles, and this furniture bore the name of the manufacturer.
In 1970, when I was in the military (US Army) I was learning to disassemble and assemble my weapon (M16) to clean it, and upon taking off the hand guards, I saw the word Mattel and their logo.............
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Mattel's population is 31,000.
The M14 and M16 were both new rifles which debuted while the US was involved in Vietnam to some extent. The M14 is the battle rifle - the M16 is an assault rifle.
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Robert Eckert is the CEO of Mattel.
You can buy Mattel products in the UK. Mattel has its own UK website if you want to order from there.
Mattel is an American brand.
A M16 cost about $2000.00
The Mattel sun logo is always on the box, not the doll. The word "Mattel" is written on the doll's backside.
Mattel Aquarius was created in 1983-06.