Reading the updates makes it seem like the issue had more to do with Kickstarter and Amazon than anything else. The project was "funded" on July 8th, but the funding wasn't released to them until August 16h. Once that happened they continued giving updates, put together the box and electronics (yes, this was a little more complicated than just a box), took pictures of the items being produced and then announced when they'd ship it.

I think delays with this type of thing are to be expected, and by themselves are not the worst sign.