Michael Heralda, Terry Choy
Background
Michael Heralda — Michael Anthony Heralda was Mattel's first full-time graphic designer, hired by John Handy, and worked at the company from 1997 to 2015. He started at Hot Wheels in the 1998 model year with the Escort Rally and is credited, along with other designers, with creating the FusionGraphics graphic application process. He moved to Matchbox in 2005.
He reached the mark of 5,000 graphic designs in June 2015, with the '12 Ford Fiesta, and left full-time graphic design that year, but still does occasional work for Matchbox. Outside Mattel, he developed the KiloWheelz die-cast line and has his own company, Aztec Stories.
Terry Choy — Terence Allan Choy was a Chinese-American toy designer at Mattel from 1984 to 2005: Senior Designer (1984–85), Project Designer (1985–87) and Senior Project Designer (1988–2005). He was project manager of the Adult/Collector division of Hot Wheels Racing, which included Formula 1, NASCAR and rally, and responsible for Hot Wheels' first Batmobiles: the 100% Batmobiles series, which debuted in 2003 with the Dream Halloween 1989 Batmobile, made for charity.
He was also a designer on The Simpsons toy line and took part in the vehicle design for a He-Man movie that never came to fruition. He died in 2020.
