Yup you can take them out. You will have to take the armrest off first, then unscrew the console from the mount brackets, then remove the mount brackets. Its pretty easy and very doable to a novice, just look for the screws, take them out, but tape them to each section where they came from so ya dont forget!
Can you post pics of the console? Also will you sell it to me if you are getting rid of it?