You can start getting a sense of the amount of talent over at the Design Center. I don’t even want to try to create a list his work, but we can start with the RLC Candy Striper Gasser and everything you see in Car Culture. It should land him any design job.Īnd while I am heaping this praise on Mark, the same goes for Steve Vandervate, who is in charge of all the premium decos. Mark Jones should add the note “Made David Tilley compliment a Hot Wheels casting” to his portfolio. Those who know DT will verify the magnitude of that compliment after you revive them. Yet, in our chat, David VOLUNTEERED how impressed he was with the Supervan casting. Saying DT doesn’t like Hot Wheels is a bit of an understatement. The mere mention of Hot Wheels makes him change the subject. That is all he collects, and he doesn’t have one example of any other brand in his house. If you know anything about Tilley, he is ALL Matchbox, and stubbornly nothing else. My Lamley co-founder David Tilley and I were chatting the other day, and he brought up the fact that he came across the Hot Wheels Ford Supervan at the store. In fact, here is the ultimate compliment. His work speaks for itself, but the more you look, the more you will see how many Mark Jones creations you have in your collection. He was in charge of the Matchbox Real Working Rigs, among other projects, before he jumped into the premium offerings for Hot Wheels. Mark has been with Mattel for a long time, and has designed for both blue and orange. Mark’s name doesn’t come up as much as others, and he might be annoyed that I am writing about him, but that cat can design. Think RX-3, think this 964, think the 2017 Ford GT that was just unveiled, think Ford Transit Supervan, an all-time favorite of mine. Mark is the quiet, unassuming dude who is in charge of many of the premium designs we have seen in the last while. Many collectors know who Mark Jones is, but if you don’t, all you need to do is look at this 964 and recently released Mazda RX-3 in the Japan Historics line. Hot Wheels has released a lot of Porsches lately, but four really stand out: Jun’s 993, Ryu’s 934, the 356A and now the 964.Īnd we might want to start calling it Mark Jones’ 964. The gold wheels are a perfect touch as well. The new 964 is Urban Outlaw’d-out with the front red panel and blue bumper, and sports a simple deco. But the star of this event has to be the brand new Porsche 964. The 935/78 race car and 911 GT3 RS will both sport decos created by Magnus and the Hot Wheels team, and those two by themselves are noteworthy, especially sitting next to the two colors of the 356A. The event was the unveiling of three new Urban Outlaw-inspired Porsches, all in the Car Culture line. Jun was there (methinks he really enjoys this part of his job), Magnus was there, although not in a tux which was a bit surprising, a TON of grimy jean-wearing car nerds were there, and a plethora of Porsches were there, 1:1 and much smaller. It was a “MINI Porsche” Party at Magnus Walker’s shop today. Who am I kidding? It is always a Porsche Party at Magnus Walker’s shop. It was a Porsche Party over at Magnus Walker’s shop today.

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