So they actually did better than 3.5 percent in the toy industry itself. Clearly they did better than the rest of the industry.

New team members could perhaps resurrect the chain to be once again one of the better specialty retail companies.

The staggering number (for Mattel) was that US Barbie dipped 30%.

Frankly, the results surprised me. I was hoping for a low, low single-digit rise.

Given the environment, they came in with a pretty good quarter. The inventories look well-controlled.

The idea is to show the toys earlier and earlier, partly to get the lucrative deals, and so that changes can be made to products if it's required.