Further pictures showed the top one folded down for a optical drive's tray, and the bottom one folded down for front usb and things. You almost certainly would be able to remove them and mount a slot loader if you want.
> Looking more closely at the not-shiny new FLP01, the front has a couple of faux 5.25-inch floppy drives to the right. Sadly, they look fake, even from a distance, with the filled-in slots and single-color plastics. However, these two artifices flip open to reveal an optical drive (upper slot) and front I/O array including headphones, USB-A, and USB-C ports (lower slot).
Sure, but making it slot-loading would let you do away with the cover and still look right.