Quoted from fosaisu:Just to clarify, "TBL is def happening" just means that DP/ARA are finally selling off the ~40 previously produced TBLs that have been sitting in a warehouse for three years, not that there's anything in place to produce new TBLs. So the TBL situation has no clear connection to the Alien situation.
And if they were only selling the existing 40 and not producing new pins who would be making parts to support TBL.