Rear Cupholder Repair?

[Riggodeaux]

So, the dog gets excited and steps down on the [open] rear cupholder. Now it folds down [bad!], but won't slide back into its cubbyhole. Sigh. I did a quick search and hear the replacement part is spendy; anyone fix one of these things and have advice? I've seen the youtube on getting the dam thing out [basically, disassemble the center console] and hoped I wouldn't have to go that far .... Thx