Didn't New Wave Toys already announce a funcionable remake..? I doubt this one is any real, unless they teamed up with NWT behind the scenes. This is far from anything Bumpboxx ever made so far.
I wouldn't doubt if they teamed up with NWT, or simply purchased their design, because NWT says that project was put on hold indefinitely. Which seems like quite the coincidence.
But even if that's true, it's all for the better, because NWT was never anywhere near as good at marketing/promotion as Bumpboxx. Look at how successful Bumpboxx did with all its previous models, and all the outreach they did with artists, schools and sports teams. They were able to expand their customer base beyond just collectors. So I think they could easily reach their kickstarter goal and then go on to achieve delivery and a reasonable profit, whereas NWT would have a much harder time doing any of that. Just my opinion.
Now, what NWT
did do a great job at was ironing out all the bugs on the Mini M90 and not delivering until they were satisfied with its quality. They also released an updated version after a couple issues were found, and were fully transparent about it. I was really impressed with the way they did that. I hope Bumpboxx will emulate that.