Last mile here too, but kind of halted for the moment.
Here are two images:
I have the final gear samples and they look very good. The current problem is that the metal parts supplier is making some mistakes and did not yet managed to send me a pedal with the threaded studs (inside the red rectangle) positioned properly.
There was a promise from their side to ship it soon. They are also the supplier for the Footswitch and, since there is an order of it running, there is some extra confusion on their side.
Since last year I have been working towards having an actual team member in Shenzhen to handle the interface with suppliers in a proper manner. That is already in place and our agent has managed to source reliable supplier that we’re already using for the China made parts of the Duo and the Duo X.
I decided to stick with our original supplier for the Expression because “they had already started and were halfway done” but that is starting to look as a bad choice 
Here’s another image:
As you can see, even the boxes are ready 
As soon as the new pedal arrives and, provided it is correct this time, I’ll update you all