Shane - Just thought I'd help you out with your Toonoble troubles. My eyes probably looked a bit like the eyes on that thing at 1 AM, or I may have shared this with you then. :lol:
To help with the 50/50 landing upright problem:
Try a different hook - one with a bigger gap to shank length ratio. The extra weight of the larger gap below the fly will help it land upright, and may even be able to turn it over if it lands upside down. It might take a pretty big gap to do that on that thing!
To speed up the tying in quantity:
Do as commercial tyers do - have all the materials cut and prepared for the entire batch you plan to tie. I'd just cut really long strips of foam, and deal with the overhang off the front of the hook as you tie. This way, there is no waste, either.
To avoid seeing the thread on the underbody (black foam) as you wrap back over it from the eye - tie it by the segment (left to right). Complete each segment (vertically) with all the materials, then lift up the overhang on the right up and away from the hook shank, and advance the thread on only the shank to the next segment location. Tie in what goes there, and keep repeating until you get to the eye. You bound down the black foam all the way up to the eye, then had to wrap back over it to add the other pieces.
This thread in Fl chartreuse would have been a good choice for that fly.