orangest Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I picked this up today. I can't tell if it's a regular Royal Dealer label underneath. Not sure if this is a common label error or not, but thought it was a cool little oddity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yep, it's the original Mattel label underneath. Intellivision Inc bought up the remaining stock and had to cover up the Mattel label when they sold off the old carts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangest Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltron Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 When mattel sold the Intellivision tradename they did not sell the Mattel name so to prevent copyright violations they had to cover up the tradename. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 When mattel sold the Intellivision tradename they did not sell the Mattel name so to prevent copyright violations they had to cover up the tradename. That is true. However, the reason is a bit more nuanced: IntvCorp owned the rights to the games at that point, so it made them no favors to sell games claiming to be the property of Mattel. I'm sure they would have re-labeled the cartridges even if Mattel allowed the to continue using their name, otherwise they can't enforce their property rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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