It reminds me of the people who put significantly larger amounts of money into the "Aido" home robot - a heap of unrealistic promises in an unrealistic timeframe for an unrealistic price - it's way behind schedule but has yet to pull the rug out.

(More on Aido here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aido-next-gen-home-robot-...)

I funded The Way and it was eventually released.