Bruce Baur, Phil Riehlman
Background
Bruce Baur — Bruce Baur was a Hot Wheels car designer, active from at least 1993 to 1997; the wiki states, with a caveat, that he reportedly spent more than 20 years at Mattel. The projects most associated with him include Power Pipes, Rigor Motor, Silhouette II, Splittin' Image II, Twin Mill II (1993), Shadow Jet II, Way 2 Fast, Twang Thang and Lexus SC400.
The wiki does not provide his education or his earlier or later career.
Phil Riehlman — Phil Riehlman has worked with the Mattel team in El Segundo since the early 1990s. He designed more than 200 castings through 2012 and, in recent years, has focused on the Premium 1:43 scale line (15 cars so far). His projects include the Volkswagen Drag Bus, Drag Truck, Dairy Delivery, Ford GT-40, Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR34), Toyota Off-Road Truck and Fiat 500C; in the Elite 64 line he made nine castings, such as the Porsche 911 GT2 EVO 993.
