Born in Taiwan, and grew up in Latin America, Leeway traveled extensively before he settled in Southern California. Received his Associate of Arts degree in Communication Design from International Fine Arts College in Miami, Florida and Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design from California State University Fullerton. Leeway designed graphics in the apparel, action sports, feature film, web, advertising and print for 17 years before joining Mattel in 2007. At Mattel he was the lead softline designer for Boys Consumer Products for 5 years before moving over to the Wheels Packaging group as Staff Designer for Hot Wheels Adult Collector, Red Line Club and Premium toy lines. Currently he is the design manager for Hot Wheels Die Cast Graphics team.
Vehicle design: ’55 Corvette, Maximum Leeway, Time Tracker, Land Crusher, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, Lamborghini Huracan and Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo.
Hot Wheels collectors have assembled casting collection “rainbows” since the redline days. It was one of the first levels of Hot Wheels collecting — collecting every color of a particular casting. To this day, collectors still collect this way. Collecting a rainbow of a particular casting isn’t as […]
Collecting Hot Wheels by casting is fun. When you assemble a “family” — comprising of multiple releases of one casting — its a cool feeling as there is a sense of accomplishment that goes along with it. Also, its fun to see how many ways one 3D object […]
Wheels #Variations. For the longest time, I didn’t even recognize them in my own collection because collecting in the ’90s yielded all types of them. Back then, production of a specific mainline car could last months versus the several weeks we see now. It was often rumored that […]
#Lamborghini and Hot Wheels have had a great relationship for the last decade, as Hot Wheels has produced at least one new Lamborghini casting every year since 2009 — a streak that unfortunately ends this year. However, before you begin to think Lamborghini is going the route of Ferrari, […]
How many times must we say it? Given the right graphics treatment, some of these less-than-popular #Unlicensed Hot Wheels can really stand out! After multiple colorway releases in the 2014 & 2015 mainline and a less-than-stellar Snow Stormers 5-Pack release earlier this year, the #Dune Crusher was released […]
WOW! Just wow! The brand-new Hot Wheels #Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo has collectors picking their jaw off of the floor as this stunning #Exotic #Race Car has collectors busting open the packaging and grabbing the camera as the lines on this one just make you want […]
Lately collectors have been chasing many cars from the Hot Wheels Entertainment line, especially the #Need for Speed Koenigsegg Agera R. While there have been quite a few gems found in that line, sometimes some real nice licensed #TV & Movie Cars can be found in the mainline […]
Since the Subaru WRX STi casting was released in 2012 (as part of the 2012 New Models Series), collectors and fans of the Fast & Furious franchise have been clamoring for this casting to receive the paint scheme it had in the 2009 movie, Fast & Furious, which […]
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