Phil Riehlman

Phil started working for Mattel about 30 years ago designing such things as the Attack Pack line, deco projects, track sets and working with Bruce Baur on the Silhouette II and Twin Mill II. The first Hot Wheels® model Phil designed was the VW Bus, in 1996. Although he did not design any models for the 1997 line, that year he became one of the main designers for the basic line, designing a number of the 1998 basic cars (most cars are not issued the year they were designed).  Currently he is Principal Designer in Hot Wheels Die Cast Design and has done over 200 castings.

Since then Phil has created some of the most popular cars among collectors including the’56 Ford Truck, ’70 Chevelle SS, Fiat 500C, Anglia Panel Truck, ’68 El Camino, ’41 Willys, Mini Cooper, Surfin’ School Bus, La Troca, Ford Thunderbolt, Plymouth GTX, Fright Bike, ’40 Ford Coupe, Rocket Oil Special, Volkswagen New Beetle Cup, Corvette Stingray, Swoop Coupe, Meyers Manx,’69 Dodge Charger, ’68 Chevy Nova, VW Pickup, ’49 Chevy Fleetline, Mustang Funny Car, Hummer H3T, ’69 Pontiac GTO, Karmann Ghia, ’69 Corvette, 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe,’55 Chevy Panel,’70 Dodge Hemi Challenger, ’66 Chevy Nova and the ’66 Batmobile.

Phil’s 2009 designs include the 2010 Ford Mustang GT, ’71 Dodge Demon, ’70 Chevelle SS Wagon, Dune It Up, 2010 Camaro SS, ’70 AAR Barracuda, Jeep C2A, C6 Corvette Convertible and the ’66 Ford Fairlane GT.2010 Castings: Toon’d VW Beetle, Nissan Skyline GTR-R34, 2010 Shelby GT-500, Backslider, ‘62 Ford Mustang Concept, ‘49 Drag Merc, ’71 Maverick Grabber, ’71 Dodge Charger, Blown Delivery, Volkswagen T1 Drag Bus, Ford Focus RS, Citroen C4 Rally

2011 Castings: 2010 Ford Shelby GT-500 Super Snake, ’69 COPO Corvette, Dodge Challenger Drift Car, ’63 Ford Mustang II Concept, ’68 COPO Camaro, ’63 Studebaker Champ, Drag Beetle, ’70 Dodge Power Wagon, ’67 Custom Ford Mustang Coupe.

2012 Castings: Lamborghini Aventador, ’52 Hudson Hornet, Monster Dairy Delivery, Chevrolet SS

2013 Castings: Drag Dairy, Muppets Beaker Character Car, Sponge Bob Hot Rod, ‘68 Barracuda Formula S

2014 Castings: 1974 Brazilian Dodge Charger

2015 Castings: Dodge Charger 500

2016 Castings: Nintendo Bowser Character Car

2018 Castings: ’17 Jeep Wrangler & Electrack, and much more on the way.

 More to come..............