A year sounds about right. Never heard of any problems with this, TWS or CW Falcon's goggles, or the scavenger scarf on TFA Rey staining the sculpt.
Even though the sculpt for this figure I think is spot on, as is the outfit, I do agree that there's really nothing overly exciting about it. It's not exactly one that your eyes would immediately go to when looking at a collection. I got him simply because I have the rest of TWS figures, so I completed the collection. He's like Drax in the sense where you probably wouldn't be inclined to get him as a stand alone figure, but simply to complete a collection or display. Granted Drax is obligatory to complete a group whereas this figure isn't, but if he's the only one you're missing from TWS or you just simply want a Nick Fury figure to add to an MCU display, it's a good pick up.
To make him look as cool as possible, I put the sling on him and posed him shooting his pistol, in the same pose when he shot Pierce at the end of the film. I must say it did help, as it does look neat when posed next to other TWS figures.
