FWIW, I reached out to Dutch Pinball over the weekend and asked a couple questions which I included in the DP Updates in This Week in Pinball:
"This Week in Pinball reached out to Dutch Pinball to ask if there was any communication or lawsuits happening between Dutch Pinball and their former contract manufacturer, ARA. TWIP was told there had been no contact between Dutch Pinball and ARA since April. TWIP also asked DP if there was a certain number of new orders that need to be received to guarantee funding of the earlier pre-orders, and we were told DP would “probably need some new orders to fund Early Achievers pre-orders”."
http://thisweekinpinball.com/twip-details-alice-cooper-pin-homepin-vs-ben-heck-new-tournament/