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Model Car Hall of Fame Announces New Inductees for 2021

The Model Car Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2021 class of inductees for several categories. Each person or brand is worthy of their inclusion because of current or historical contributions to the model car collecting world. Model Car Designer of the Year – Ryu Asada Ryu Asada found his dream job right […]

Hot Wheels, Matchbox Designer Ryu Asada dies at 42

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Longtime Matchbox and Hot Wheels designer Ryu Asada has died of cancer at 42 years old.  Asada started with Mattel in 2004 designing mostly licensed, not-too-outrageous vehicles based on real cars. Even his original Matchbox concepts were vehicles that looked like they could be miniatures of actual production cars. In 2009 he started “guest designing” […]