I can't blame you for that. I'm tired of it myself. I think I'm more happy about the fact that we seem to be getting right to it, instead of it being dragged out longer. Sooner we get to this, sooner we're past it. But I definitely didn't have "more hammer problems" on my list of plots I want to see. Honestly, I'd half forgotten about it, between publishing delays and how little it's played into the story so far. And I'm happy that, at least so far, it looks like Cates will do a better job than Aaron ended up doing, so if we gotta have this plot again at least it won't be badly written. But I feel you on not wanting to see the troupe again.
As for Thor's costume...I like it, but I miss the beard. Thor's too pretty (again).