Creating clone armies over winter?

I usually overshoot the right time for starting tomatoes.
I get excited for the process around now, as things get cold, but I get distracted.
If I started now, the tomatoes would become tall , spindly and weak before it was time to plant the out.
Getting enough indoor  light to grow tomatoes beyond their earliest stages is cost prohibitive.

Has anyone planted a hand full of starts, pinched the tips to encourage branching, and harvested the resulting plants for cuttings?
I'm thinking of it as keeping the plant at seedling state because seedling is the only state we can properly care for.
When spring actually rolls around, you could have an army of prepubescent clones that you could send forth in waves.
I don't know if this is at all realistic, but it appeals to my ideals of not wasting, it would limit how much seed you needed, and it addresses the problem with my wandering attention.
If a plant is ignored and gets leggy or bushy, it becomes a resource, not a problem.

There's a few suggestions and experiences on this thread William: https://permies.com/t/125594. It sounds like some people have tried your idea with some success, although others have been less successful. The combination of moisture, warmth and light are difficult to achieve out of season.

I have personally seen this done successfully by a friend, on a small scale due to it being for a small home garden. One thing to watch out for- if they get very overly leggy, like, beyond leggy, the clones do not take nearly as well in my experience. Maybe this is already stated in the thread Nancy shared; haven't checked it out yet.

Thanks for your replies!
I've now read that thread you posted , it has some good stuff in it.
Basically it seems like a multiple generations of clones should work.
Snooping around, it looks like some serious tomato heads have even  cloned determinate tomatoes, but timing is key.
Once they start to fruit, for get it.
Many of the fastest to mature tomatoes are determinate, but I've never messed with them.
They have always seemed like poor bang for the buck.
If I could grow unlimited clones from a few plants, they might be worth while.

Tangent: I wonder if one could use an old fridge to keep plants in stasis.
Keep it outside, run rope lights on a timer and heat pads  on a thermostat.
Low light and temperatures, plants ready for early spring.