05-30-2009, 07:29 AM
Ugh.
Back when I working the toy business in the 70s it was cut-throat beyond belief. I had to get out. Doesn't seem to have changed any.
I can't imagine signing a slave labor contract like that.
What does that mean? He took a sheet of paper and a pencil and roughed out an idea over a sandwich at lunch? Somebody looked over his shoulder and asked what he was doing, and he told them, so he "involved colleagues." Gimme a break.
The fact is, Mattel would have never done the Bratz dolls, that's not their style. If he'd submitted it to them, they would have buried it, which is what they plan to do now.
I remember that lovely scene at the end of season 2 of Mad Men where Duck, thinking Don is firmly under contract, rampages through a meeting issuing ugly threats and then Don says, "I don't have a contract."
Back when I working the toy business in the 70s it was cut-throat beyond belief. I had to get out. Doesn't seem to have changed any.
I can't imagine signing a slave labor contract like that.
He used Mattel supplies to draw the sketches.
What does that mean? He took a sheet of paper and a pencil and roughed out an idea over a sandwich at lunch? Somebody looked over his shoulder and asked what he was doing, and he told them, so he "involved colleagues." Gimme a break.
The fact is, Mattel would have never done the Bratz dolls, that's not their style. If he'd submitted it to them, they would have buried it, which is what they plan to do now.
I remember that lovely scene at the end of season 2 of Mad Men where Duck, thinking Don is firmly under contract, rampages through a meeting issuing ugly threats and then Don says, "I don't have a contract."