You guys have seen the videos of working Jalepeno miners, right?
Yes. They did send prototypes to family&friends, developers and magazine authors to create a media frenzy.
That. Is. It.
After that they stopped shipping again.
Not that it amounts to much but no, there were a handful of customer orders that went out as well.
You are right that shipping stopped after that, won't argue as that is fact... sadly.