Mark Jones, Phil Riehlman
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.
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.
