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To: Marc Fortier who wrote (5862)	1/25/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78481

>>>What about Mattel? The stock is trading in the $22 to $23 right now. The recent write-down, due primarily to Toy's R Us difficulties and also to negative reactions following the proposed merger with TLC, may be a nice opportunity to jump in. If you look at past history, shareholders of this company were well rewarded..<< I just started looking at Mattel myself. At first glance it appears to be a reasonable value at this price based on recent normalized earnings power. It also has sustained a high ROE. It should therefore be worth a premium PE ratio if the current problems are temporary. In this environment it certainly is cheaper than most stocks. When I finish crunching the numbers and looking at the Learning Company I'll get back to the group. Wayne