Mark Jones, Eric Tscherne
Background
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.
Eric Tscherne — Eric C. Tscherne was a Hot Wheels designer from 1998 to 2004 and is a 2011 inductee of the Diecast Hall of Fame. He is remembered for bringing import 'tuner'-style cars to the line and for realistic originals such as Muscle Tone, 40 Somethin' and Switchback. He also created the Hot Tunerz line.
After Hot Wheels, he designed cars and toys for Jada Toys (Chub City, Dub City, Import Racer, Big Time Muscle), created the JL Full Throttle line, oversaw the redesign of the Johnny Lightning brand look and was senior director of design at Wicked Cool Toys (Paw Patrol vehicles, among others). Today he is an apparel designer at Ultra Cornhole and runs his own company, ET Design.
