Mattel Skip-Bo. Mattel purchased Fisher-Price, Inc. in 1993, Tyco Toys, Inc. (owners of the Matchbox and Dinky Toys brands) in 1997, and Pleasant Company (maker of the American Girl brand) in 1998. Mattel purchased The Learning Company in 1999 for $3.5 billion, but sold it in 2000 at a loss. The company had a $430.9 million net loss that year. Mattel earned the first grant for Disney Princess doll licenses in 2000. In December 2000, Mattel sued the band Aqua, saying their song "Barbie Girl" violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a
ITS launch vehicle if received, would be good. In August 2014, media sources noted that the US launch market might have two competitive launch vehicles available in the 2020s to launch payloads of or more to low Earth orbit. The US government is currently developing the Space Launch System (SLS), a super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to propel very large payloads of to low Earth orbit. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, announced in September 2016, is also expected to compete in the super-heavy lift class. In March 2017, New Glenn's reusable payload capacity was announced as 45 tonnes to LEO and 13 tonnes