"I originally met and became acquainted with Matt Mcwhirt, the creator of the Jonny Quest model kits, in the early 1990s at a local International Plastic Modeler's Society convention in Southern Indiana. The two of us had a mutual interest in building model kits and, as we found out later, Jonny Quest. Not long afterward, Matt decided to pursue a Jonny Quest license and release the Quest kits through his small company, 'The Shape of Things.' At the time, dozens of small resin model kit producers were releasing unlicensed kits -- referred to as 'garage kits,' because they were sculpted and cast in small quantities, one-by-one, often in people's garages. Matt wanted to do his Quest kits the right and legal way -- meaning, he would pay the fees to actually license the series of kits he had planned. This also meant that he was subject to licensor approval on the sculpts and character likenesses. Knowing that I was a graphic artist, Matt contacted me and asked if I would care to be involved in the creation of the box art. I gladly accepted and undertook designing the art that would eventually appear on the Jonny, Dr. Quest, Hadji, Race and Bandit kits. Matt was working with Turner Entertainment, who owned the Jonny Quest license at the time. Doug Wildey became involved when someone at HB/Turner told him about the project. Matt did purchase the rights to use Wildey's box art, and Wildey was a big help in clearing the way at Turner to move the project forward. Wildey brought the project home and made the concept for the kits true to the series. Original artwork by a friend of Matt's began the discussions of what the kits would be conceptually, but the two of them were outsiders to HB, so the project stalled until Doug Wildey stepped in. Ultimately, after multiple revisions, Turner approved Wildey's commissioned art, the design of the box art and sculpted likenesses of all the kit figures. The Jonny Quest kits were to make their premiere in 1994 during one of the nation's larger model kit conventions, 'Wonderfest,' in Louisville, Kentucky. Doug Wildey had agreed to be a special guest at the convention to promote the line of kits, but passed away just a few weeks before he was set to appear.