CASTING DESIGNER
George Soulakis
Background
George Soulakis Jr. was a Mattel designer and engineer from 1968 to 2000 and the main engineer and designer behind the Sizzlers line. In 1972 he suggested using the tampo printing process to apply graphics to the cars; Mattel invested more than US$100,000 in equipment, and the technique has been used on Hot Wheels cars ever since. He retired in 2000 and died in 2025.
