Dmitriy Shakhmatov, Ronald Wong
Background
Dmitriy Shakhmatov — Dmitriy Shakhmatov is design manager of Hot Wheels' die-cast line. According to a 2018 interview, he started at the brand about four and a half years earlier (around 2013–2014), brought in by a friend who was already a designer at the company for a Star Wars line project. The most prominent work cited in the interview is a full-size X-Wing displayed at Comic-Con 2016.
Ronald Wong — Ronald Wong is a designer from Hong Kong who has worked at Mattel since 2014, first as an intern and then as a full-time Product Designer. Today he is Lead Product Designer for the Hot Wheels Premium line. His projects include mainline, Monster Trucks, RLC, Premium 1:64 and 1:43, Elite 64, Hot Wheels Skate and playsets.
He is cited as prioritizing track performance and designing many high-end sports and exotic cars, as well as larger-scale vehicles and track sets. Outside Mattel, he photographs Hong Kong's car culture and collects Hot Wheels and other larger-scale models.
