Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant, and equipment, net includes the following:



	December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Land	$	25,023		$	25,114
Buildings	294,227			303,495
Machinery and equipment	875,308			902,861
Software	400,488			384,568
Tools, dies, and molds	831,743			887,442
Capital leases	23,927			24,279
Leasehold improvements	240,636			213,238
	2,691,352			2,740,997
Less: accumulated depreciation	(2,033,757		)	(1,955,712		)
	$	657,595		$	785,285

During 2017, Mattel recorded an asset impairment charge of $21.2 million within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations to reduce the carrying value of certain retail store leasehold improvements to their estimated fair value, which was determined based on discounted expected future cash flows. Additionally, Mattel recorded an asset impairment charge of $20.6 million in 2017 within cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations for capitalized costs related to tools, dies, and molds for discontinued products which were no longer considered to be recoverable.