>>8647373There should be a neck joint, considering that the combined form just uses Scarlet's neck, though perhaps at an odd angle.
>>8647114The English-speaking fanbase discovered Nicee and Scarlet Sonic on BFB's Weibo at the end of November 2018, but Iceberg actually uploaded the first art of Scarlet to his Pixiv in February 2018, so it's already been well over two years.
I don't think I'd call it a troubled development though, it seems pretty average for toy development by a small company. (MMC routinely takes longer.) BFB's just been juggling Nicee, ~5 Magic Henshins, and Bird/Binary Kalavinka, and considering that, they're making pretty good speed.
And it's not like they haven't been improving the looks of the figures this whole time either, just compare the first colored Scarlet from August '19 to the one at the top of the thread, the face is massively improved, and there are various slots, tabs joints on all of them that were different in previous prototypes. BFB seem very quality focused.