Sure, you're still going to have to deal with the dispute resolution process, but you get to negotiate from a position of strength (you have the money and they want it, rather than the other way around), and you're not in the red by having paid the costs to ship products without getting paid for them.
Kickstarter's limit is $10k, so it's likely to be your problem. On top of that, bankruptcy would be a problem for most people, even if the bank suffered too.