Hot Wheels's design team (colloquially known as the Hot Wheels Dream Team) comprises of casting designers, graphic designers and packaging designers.
Current[]
Casting designers[]
Name
|
Joined
|
Projects
|
Photo
|
Charlie Angulo
|
2018
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Monster Trucks, Pull-Back Speeders, Super Rigs, Track Fleet
|
|
Bryan Benedict
|
2004
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Monster Jam, Monster Trucks, Premium 1:64
|
|
Craig Callum
|
2022
|
Mainline
|
|
Fraser Campbell
|
1998 (left 2016, rejoined 2021)
|
Mainline, Track Stars Haulers, Truckin' Transporters, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers, Monster Jam
|
|
Kevin Cao
|
2007
|
Mainline, Monster Trucks, RacerVerse, Super Rigs, various others
|
|
Manson Cheung
|
2000
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64, sculpting of various models
|
|
Chris Colangelo
|
2013
|
Mario Kart, SDCC Exclusives, Star Wars Starships, Star Wars Starships Select
|
|
Eric Han
|
2013
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Pull-Back Speeders, Super Rigs, playsets
|
|
Rob Matthes
|
2002 (left 2017, rejoined 2023)
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64, Dragstrip Demons
|
|
Phil Riehlman
|
1993
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64, Premium 1:43, RLC, Monster Trucks, Character Cars, Elite 64
|
|
Alton Takeyasu
|
1991
|
Character Cars, various others
|
|
Dwayne Vance
|
2002 (left 2005, rejoined 2019)
|
Mainline, Character Cars, RLC, AcceleRacers, NFT Garage, Super Rigs, Pull-Back Speeders, Track Stars Haulers, Track Fleet
|
|
Brendon Vetuskey
|
2007
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64, Monster Trucks, RLC, Elite 64
|
|
Ronald Wong
|
2014
|
Mainline, Monster Trucks, RLC, Premium 1:64, Premium 1:43, Elite 64, Hot Wheels Skate, playsets
|
|
Bryan Zhao
|
2023
|
Mainline
|
|
Graphic designers[]
Name
|
Joined
|
Projects
|
Photo
|
Kristina Albrecht
|
2023
|
Premium, RLC, others
|
|
Andrés Andrieu
|
2022
|
Mainline, 5-Packs, others
|
|
Ralph Benítez
|
2013
|
NFT Garage, "secret projects", others
|
|
Jeremy Cox
|
2007
|
Character Cars, Monster Trucks, others
|
|
Leeway Chang
|
2007
|
Mainline, 5-Packs, Mystery Models, NFT Garage, others
|
|
Kevin Geraldez
|
2020
|
Elite 64, Premium 1:64, RLC, others
|
|
Mario Godoy
|
2015
|
Monster Trucks, Skate, others
|
|
Anton Henggono
|
2022
|
Mainline, 5-Packs, others
|
|
Mike McClone
|
2000
|
Mainline, themed assortments, others
|
|
Jerry Thienprasiddhi
|
2001
|
Mainline, themed assortments, others
|
|
Steve Vandervate
|
2003
|
Premium, RLC, others
|
|
Mike Vasquez
|
2022
|
RacerVerse, Skate, others
|
|
Packaging designers[]
Packaging illustrators[]
Other notable individuals[]
Former[]
Casting designers[]
Name
|
Joined
|
Left
|
Projects
|
Photo
|
Harry Bradley
|
1966
|
1969
|
"Sweet Sixteen" models of 1968
|
|
Ira Gilford
|
1967
|
1969
|
Mainline
|
|
George Soulakis
|
1968
|
2000
|
Sizzlers, Chopcycles
|
|
Howard Rees
|
1969
|
1975
|
Mainline
|
|
Larry Wood
|
1969
|
2019
|
Mainline, 100% Hot Wheels, numerous others
|
|
Bob Rosas
|
1969
|
1989
|
Mainline, playsets, numerous others
|
|
Paul Tam
|
1970
|
1973
|
Mainline
|
|
Bob Lovejoy
|
1971
|
1973
|
Mainline, Hot Birds, RRRumblers, Chopcycles
|
|
Gary Saffer
|
1975
|
2001
|
Mainline, Super California Custom, various others
|
|
Terry Choy
|
c.1980s
|
c.2000s
|
Mainline
|
|
Michael Kollins
|
1985
|
2004
|
Mainline, Pro Racing
|
|
Bruce Baur
|
1986
|
2002
|
Mainline, Pro Racing
|
|
Mark Jones
|
1986
|
2023
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64
|
|
Greg Padginton
|
1992
|
2008
|
Mainline
|
|
John Handy
|
c.1993
|
c.2005
|
Mainline
|
|
Dave Weise
|
c.1994
|
2015
|
Mainline
|
|
Gary Swisher
|
1995
|
2018
|
Various
|
|
Steve Moran
|
1997
|
2015
|
Various
|
|
Nathan Proch
|
1998
|
2006
|
Mainline
|
|
Eric Tscherne
|
1998
|
2004
|
Mainline, Hot Tunerz
|
|
Mike Nuttall
|
1999
|
2016
|
Mainline, playsets
|
|
Dave Sheltman
|
c.1999
|
c.2017
|
Various
|
|
Scott Tupper
|
c.1990s
|
c.1990s
|
Pro Racing
|
|
Alec Tam
|
2000
|
2015
|
Mainline
|
|
Jonathan Bedford
|
c.2001
|
c.2006
|
Mainline
|
|
Raffy Gonzalez
|
2003
|
2007
|
Mainline
|
|
Jack Chen
|
c.2003
|
c.2004
|
Mainline
|
|
Felix Holst
|
2004
|
2015
|
Mainline
|
|
Jun Imai
|
2004
|
2018
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64
|
|
Ryu Asada
|
2004
|
2021
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64
|
|
Josh Henson
|
2004
|
2010
|
Mainline, AcceleRacers, Battle Force 5
|
|
Sei Cho
|
2004
|
2006
|
Mainline
|
|
Glenn Yu
|
2004
|
2015
|
Mainline, playsets
|
|
Ludovico Ferro
|
2005
|
2005
|
Mainline
|
|
John Violette
|
2006
|
2011
|
Mainline, Ferrari Racer
|
|
York Bleyer
|
2007
|
2011
|
Mainline
|
|
Joe Woo
|
c.2007
|
c.2007
|
Mainline
|
|
Abe Lugo
|
2008
|
2015
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64
|
|
Paul DeLorean
|
2011 2023
|
2013 2023
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Premium 1:43
|
|
Miguel López
|
2012
|
2014
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
Jeff Allison
|
2013
|
2014
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers
|
|
Dmitriy Shakhmatov
|
2014
|
2023
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers
|
|
Dave Root
|
2014
|
2014
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
Tyler Charest
|
2015
|
2020
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
Lindsey Lee
|
2016
|
2022
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Premium 1:64, Track Stars Haulers, Super Rigs
|
|
Alvin Chan
|
2017
|
2018
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
Rick Jung
|
2017
|
2017
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
Omar Rehman
|
2017
|
2017
|
Mainline, Character Cars
|
|
John O'Laughlin
|
2018
|
2018
|
Mainline
|
|
Sonny Fisher
|
2020
|
2022
|
Mainline, Character Cars, Super Rigs, Track Stars Haulers, Pull-Back Speeders
|
|
Neal Smith
|
2013
|
2023
|
Mainline, Monster Trucks, Hot Wheels Skate
|
|
Shawn Moghadam
|
2023
|
2024
|
Mainline, Premium 1:64
|
|
Graphic designers[]
Packaging designers[]
Other notable individuals[]
Trivia[]
- Designers will often put their names or initials on models they have worked on.
See also[]