Of course there will be a ‘brick’ included 
No worries.
Concerning the prototype situation, yes, it is super unfortunate - the design has finished quite some time ago, most supplies arrived totally in time but we suffered from some delays sourcing the CPUs (Intel shortages) and afterwards it took a while, after the PCBs incl. CPUs have been assembled, for testing at the factory. The device are now finally on their way to us and we expect them to arrive shortly.
Cheers
nicole