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.
No, Mattel did not make the plastic hand guards for the original M16A1. The hand guards for the M16A1 were made by the U.S. military's contractors. Mattel did produce toy M16 rifles under license from the U.S. military, but these were not used in military operations.
Mattel's population is 31,000.
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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.
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.
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.
The company is Mattel.