---
title: "Toy Cybertrucks Will Be Delivered Too Late For Christmas"
description: "Mattel has just announced its delaying the delivery of its Hot Wheels remote-controlled Cybertrucks, as Bloomberg reports."
date: "2020-12-18"
modified: "2020-12-18"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/toy-cybertrucks-delivered-too-late-christmas"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "cybertruck"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Toy Cybertrucks Will Be Delivered Too Late For Christmas

![Mattel has just announced its delaying the delivery of its Hot Wheels remote-controlled Cybertrucks, as Bloomberg reports.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/toy-cybertrucks-delivered-too-late-christmas.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Mattel\</em\>*

## Tesla Experience

Hopefully you're sitting down for this, because it won't be easy to hear. 2020 has been hard enough as it is.

Mattel has just announced that it's delaying the delivery of its Hot Wheels remote-controlled Cybertrucks, [*Bloomberg* reports](<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-17/cybertruck-toy-release-delayed-five-months-but-don-t-blame-tesla?sref=ExbtjcSG>). You'll have to wait until May 2021 — a delay that'll give customers "the real Tesla experience," as [*The Verge* quipped](<https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22187718/hot-wheels-tesla-cybertruck-delay-mattel>) in reference to the automaker's [many production delays](<https://futurism.com/fluff-caused-teslas-model-3-delays>) in the past.

Tesla and Mattel [announced](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/remote-controlled-cybertruck>)[ the toys](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/remote-controlled-cybertruck>) back in February — [smashed window](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-shows-off-bulletproof-cybertruck-breaks-window>) sticker and all — and they were meant to be shipped in time for Christmas.

## Pint-Sized Edition

The toys come in two models: one 1:64 scale model that went on sale for just $20, while a much larger 1:10 scale model is going for a significantly steeper $400.

Each comes with its own tiny battery pack, powering an all-wheel drive train and even functioning head and taillights.

The fully featured 1:1 scale model will still be going on sale starting at just shy of $70,000 in late 2021 — at least according to Tesla's current plan. A cheaper rear-wheel drive only variant will arrive some time in 2022.

**READ MORE:** [Hot Wheels is giving the real Tesla experience by delaying their model Cybertruck](<https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22187718/hot-wheels-tesla-cybertruck-delay-mattel>) \[*The Verge*\]

**More on the mini trucks:** *[Cybertruck x Hot Wheels: Your Adorable Dream R/C Tesla Has Arrived](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/remote-controlled-cybertruck>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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