John Violette, Phil Riehlman
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.
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.
