Indeed dudes it sucks that the claws are no longer gonna be made of metal. That feature would've given the statue the definite 'cool' factor. I don't know but SS seems to constantly be in over their heads when it comes to making promises and deadlines. It's like they announce all these cool additions and features to most of their pieces/protos, get everyone's money, push back, push back, push back, then finally bend everyone over and stick it through their balloon knot by announcing something like this. I swear to God, they better not do this to the upcoming Batman PF. The last thing I wanna hear is that his utility belt is gonna be made of pure ABS plastic. The only positive outcome I can think of from this ********* decision is that they could've gone with a very cheap metal that would've eventually/possibly corroded over time. That would've really sucked. Hopefully, either way, I'm sure they'll make the claws looking authentic as they can possibly be and all will be ok.
Steven