haha, nice! I'm a Subie fan too although I've never owned one. Too set on German engineering but if I could have the space, extra time and money, I'd own a 22B STI.
My fairly new Flightpose also eats paint. I put some plastic wrap between the nubs and my toy to prevent it. Now, I just use the stand for unpainted toys.
What happened to the KO thread? If its been moved, I can't find it. Would be nice to hear some updates on those things even though I've already preordered official versions.
Have you sen Sentinel's pricing for similar (arguablly lesser) figures? It's likely that their Ride Armor will be more expensive than either Garland. Of course, that wouldn't stop me from buying at least one or two of them.
Why all the gloom? The article says that stores will stay open and continue to stock new products. It says they will have the ability to abandon the stores that don't perform but that couldn't be all of them.
I got the parts pictured from someone who only wanted the Netflix figures, which like you, I have no interest in. I have Bullseye and Blade somewhere, just need to dig them out.