John Violette, Mark Jones
Background
John Violette — John Mark Violette was a Hot Wheels designer at Mattel between 2006 and 2011, responsible for the Ferrari Racer, Crashers, Color Shifters and Custom Motors series and for several new castings. Before that, he was a concept designer at Spin Master. Today he runs his own design company, John Violette Design LLC.
Mark Jones — Mark Jones has been a Mattel designer for many years, with work for Hot Wheels and Matchbox (he was responsible for the Matchbox Real Working Rigs). He estimates having about 300 castings, most of them between 1986 and 2019, and was the inventor of the CM6 wheel. His projects include Pipe Jammer (1993), Hot Wheels 500 (1995), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Ferrari Enzo, Porsche 962, Mazda RX-3, Porsche 964, Ford GT 2017 and Ford Transit Supervan. The sources consulted do not state his education or year of entry.
