The company that was manufacturing the VBs for GAW went belly up. GAW then gave buyers an option to wait for delayed VBs or convert to hashlets. GAW then hired a new company to make the VBs and they are estimated to ship some time in December.
My guess is GAW lost money on the VBs. So to answer the question, are they real? Only in Josh's head.
that's interesting - what is you chose to wait for the VB's - any estimated time for delivery?