Exhibit 10.21

                          MATTEL, INC.
                         FIRST AMENDMENT
                               TO
                         AWARD AGREEMENT


          This First Amendment to Award Agreement (this
"Amendment") is made and entered into as of May 11, 1993, by and
between ___________________________ ("Grantee"), and Mattel, Inc.
("Mattel"), with reference to the following facts:

          A.   Grantee and Mattel are parties to the Award
Agreement dated February 12, 1991 (the "Award Agreement"),
pursuant to which Grantee was awarded Stock Appreciation Rights
under the Mattel 1990 Stock Option Plan.

          B.   Grantee and Mattel desire to amend the Award
Agreement to reflect the 5 for 4 and 3 for 2 stock splits which
have occurred since the date of the Award Agreement and to
reflect the agreement reached on May 11, 1993, to change the
leverage formula of the Stock Appreciation Rights for stock
prices above $26.67.

          C.   Grantee and Mattel desire further to amend the
Award Agreement to provide a new method of selecting the
comparison Mattel stock price for valuation of the Stock
Appreciation Rights if certain financial performance tests are
met for fiscal years 1994 and 1995.

          For good and valuable consideration, receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

               1.   The first sentence of Section 1 of the Award
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

               "The number of Stock Appreciation Rights ("Units")
awarded hereunder is ______________."

               2.   The first sentence of Section 4 of the Award
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
               "Units shall become vested as follows:

                    (a)  ____________ Units on March 15, 1995,

                    (b)  ____________ Units on March 15, 1996."

               3.   Section 6 of the Award Agreement is amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:



          "For purposes of determining Unit Value the following
additional definitions shall apply:

               a)   Fair Market Value shall be the average of the
                    closing prices of the Common Stock as
                    recorded on the New York Stock Exchange
                    Composite Tape for the 20 trading days next
                    preceding the Valuation Date (the "Recent
                    Average Price"); provided, however that if
                    either

                    (i)  Mattel achieves a Cash Flow Return on
                    Investment of 25% for the year ended
                    December 31, 1994, for determining Unit Value
                    on the first Valuation Date, or the year
                    ended December 31, 1995, for determining Unit
                    Value on the second Valuation Date, as the
                    case may be; or

                    (ii) the closing price of the Common Stock on
                    the New York Stock Exchange on any trading
                    day during the fourth calendar quarter of
                    1994, for determining Unit Value on the first
                    Valuation Date, and on any trading day during
                    the fourth calendar quarter of 1995, for
                    determining Unit Value on the second
                    Valuation Date, as the case may be, is equal
                    to or greater than an amount equal to the
                    product of 5% multiplied by the Standard &
                    Poors 400 Index;

               then "Fair Market Value" shall be an amount equal
               to the greater of (X) the Recent Average Price,
               and (Y) the product of 90% multiplied by the
               average closing price of Common Stock for
               whichever period of 20 consecutive trading days
               between the date of this Award Agreement and the
               Valuation Date has the highest average closing
               price for the period.

               b)   Initial Unit Value shall be the amount, if
                    any, by which the Fair Market Value exceeds
                    the Initial Value.

               c)   Cash Flow Return on Investment shall mean the
                    consolidated cash flow return on investment
                    of Mattel as calculated by the chief
                    financial officer of Mattel based upon the
                    annual consolidated financial statements of
                    Mattel in accordance with the methodology

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                    approved by the Compensation/Options
                    Committee of the Board of Directors.

               d)   Unit Value shall be the following amounts:

                    (i)  If the Initial Unit Value is $2.6667 or
                    less, the Unit Value shall be an amount
                    determined by multiplying the Initial Unit
                    Value by .5;

                    (ii)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $2.6667 but less than or equal to $5.3333,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $1.3333 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $2.6667 by 1.0;

                    (iii)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $5.3333 but less than or equal to $8.0000,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $4.0000 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $5.3333 by 1.5;

                    (iv)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $8.0000, but less than or equal to $10.6667,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $8.0000 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $8.0000 by 2.0;

                    (v)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $10.6667, but less than or equal to $13.3333,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $13.3333 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $10.6667 by 2.5;

                    (vi)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $13.3333, but less than or equal to $16.0000,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $20.0000 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $13.3333 by 1.5;

                    (vii)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $16.0000, but less than or equal to $18.6667,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $24.0000 plus an amount determined by

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                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $16.0000 by 1.5;

                    (viii)  If the Initial Unit Value is more
                    than $18.6667, but less than or equal to
                    $21.3333, the Unit Value shall be an amount
                    equal to $28.0000 plus an amount determined
                    by multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $18.6667 by 2.0;

                    (ix)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $21.3333, but less than or equal to $24.0000,
                    the Unit Value shall be an amount equal to
                    $33.3333 plus an amount determined by
                    multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $21.3333 by 2.0;

                    (x)  If the Initial Unit Value is more than
                    $24.0000 the Unit Value shall be an amount
                    equal to $38.6667 plus an amount determined
                    by multiplying the amount of the Initial Unit
                    Value in excess of $24.0000 by 2.5."

               4.   Paragraph (c) of Section 7 of the Award
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

               "c)  Change of Control - All Units shall become
               vested on the Distribution Date as that term is
               defined in the Company's Rights Agreement dated as
               of February 7, 1992 ("Rights Agreement"), or, if
               the Rights Agreement has terminated or the Rights
               have been redeemed, on the date the Distribution
               Date would have occurred under Section 3 of the
               Rights Agreement had the Rights Agreement not
               terminated or the Rights not been redeemed."

               5.   The foregoing changes shall be effective as
of May 11, 1993.  All other terms and provisions of the Award
Agreement shall remain unchanged.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Amendment as of the date first above written.


GRANTEE:                           MATTEL, INC.


____________________               By:    ________________
                                   Title: ________________


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