Influencer from ages ago with dubious claims to fame building a hardware project that never sees the light of day?

I feel like I've heard this one before. Its the story of the Intellivision Amico & Tommy Tallarico.

Weird how similar the two stories are. I wonder if there's a 3rd and a 4th computer-personality-from-the-90s-who-fails-to-build-a-crowdfunded-hardware-thing-and-lies-rediculously-about-it that I don't know about?