I’ve had quite a few fans reach out and ask if I had heard any updates from Mattel on the shipping of the Doomsday Unleashed DCUC figure from MattyCollector.   As you will recall the Doomsday Unleashed went on sale back in November as part of the MattyCollector.com BlackFriday/Cyber Monday sales.    Then on December 1st Mattel posted the following message to the MattyCollector forums:

Just wanted to let everyone know that Doomsday is currently on his way across the Pacific to our distribution centers so he may ship to customers a little later than planned. We’ll ship them out as they arrive, so some customers may get theirs before others. All of them should ship before the holidays, but we’ll let you know as soon as we’ve got more information.

–Matty

Fans have been waiting for and asking for an update.    News out of MattyCollector has slowed a bit since Scott/ToyGuru left Mattel, but I can assure you that things are still happening behind the scenes!  The Matty division is still finding their legs a bit in this post-Scott world and communication is one of the things they are tackling now.  As a matter of fact, today a new voice for Matty has appeared on the message boards that goes by the handle “Skeletor’s Love Child.”  She just posted the latest update on the status of shipping of the figure:

Hi guys,

Customer Service has been getting a lot of inquires about the status of the Doomsday figures. Unfortunately delivery of Doomsday is currently being held up due to the strike at the Port of Los Angeles.

Though this situation is truly beyond our control, we realize that this doesn’t make it any easier. We are extremely sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, and promise to get you your Doomsdays as soon as humanly possible.

Skeletor’s Love Child (a Mattel employee and collector enthusiast)

So unfortunately that sort of thing that no one can anticipate or control.   And of course that would affect the shipping and receiving of some items from Matty, possibly beyond even just Doomsday.   As soon as we get another update from Mattel we will pass it along.   In the meantime I would suggest patience.  The figure is still coming and he’s worth the wait!