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Tesla Tardiness Is Echoed in Mattel’s Cybertruck Toy Delay

  • Mattel cites ‘production issue’ for missing ship date
  • Toy Cybertrucks come in two sizes, and both are sold out
Elon Musk gestures while introducing the Tesla Cybertruck in Hawthorne, California on Nov. 21, 2019.Photographer: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Tesla Inc. watchers know all about blown deadlines for product releases by the electric-vehicle manufacturer, but even fans of the brand who are too young to drive won’t be getting a promised Cybertruck stocking stuffer this year.

Don’t blame Elon Musk.