Mattel said it is negotiating with publishers Dan and Barbara Miller in the hope of reaching an amicable resolution. The company wants them to sign a licensing agreement that would allow it to review periodicals before they are published. Given Mattel's financial heft, legal experts expect that the Millers, who publish their periodicals from their Spokane, Wash., home, to eventually settle. But they said it is not clear Mattel would prevail should the matter go to trial. A forced licensing deal could reduce collector interest in a magazine that likely serves to build enthusiasm about Barbie.
Unhappy collectors lack such inhibitions.
They are stealing our hobby. We want our hobby back. The Times Mirror Company 1997.