I have owned the pin for 9+ years and nothing has ever broke on my pin. I guess it just depends.

I think it's a great firs pin for reliability (at least my experience), fun especially for younger kids and family. It's fairly easy to understand the rules and make a good bit of progress but it will take a good player to reach the wizard modes.

I myself have never made it to the Wizard mode (three balls plus EB) but it's within my sight. So I like that since it's reachable but not easy by any means.

Let's say, I have kept it all this time, could have flipped it for a different game but it has kept my interest for 9+ years. If I had a small collection I would probably have traded it but since I was able to keep it while adding to my collection, I kept it.

I like the theme, I am just watching the movies again (the pin is only covers movie 1 and 2) it is loosely based on the movies, I mean it uses the places and Heart-chest/Kraken, liars dice, collecting pirates etc. from movie 2 maybe the Tortuga and Port Royal and compass from movies 1-2 and the ships names whatnot. But it is not a strict retelling of the movies.

I don't recall there being a lot of ship to ship combat in the movies, there was some and you never really fight the Kraken that is just made up for the pin. So it's more loosely based on the movies, not like SM which as movie scenes in the DMD and movie call outs .

good point, all in fun movies.