I think the backers will receive their kits, although the bot will not work right because the design is crap. I don't think this is a scam or that the lawyer guy will take the money and run. My guess is that he came across a bunch of printer parts that some guy/company close to bankruptcy is trying to dump, and joined up with John Hobgood to cash in on this opportunity. Mr lawyer has his own online reprap printer business (this is before the KS thing), maybe its one of his suppliers that's going down, or maybe its himself. Either way, I think he's getting the parts for next to nothing and trying to get people to buy. We all can tell that he doesn't care about this project like a normal startup founder should, and he's pushing you to buy but there is not a lot of info on the actual product. He's really just cashing in on the parts.