Kiefer was on Conan Friday and told a story about why the doll was delayed a year. Apparently they sent him the prototype, and not knowing it was the ONLY one made, him and one of the writers or producers or someone from the show had a few drinks and decided to torture the doll, it ended with them setting it on fire and turning it into a little melted pile.
Everytime I see an interview with Kiefer he just tells some story that makes me wanna hang out with him even more, heh