I had one for a bit over a year and really wasn't tired of it when I let it go. I liked the variety of modes and wasn't really put off by anything on the game.
I did have some initial problems with the magnet board. First one component went out and after it was replaced on the board...another went out. After that I just had the 3rd one replaced and it was all good from then on.
I would sometimes get some strange behavior out of the lock, but I honestly think that may have been the occasional issue of software getting confused....but it was never much of an issue if it would act strange.
It's easy to see, when you play the game, that theme and translite killed this one in many people's eyes. It has a nice playfield lay out and ton of features going for it. I really liked the drop target bank with the danger "reset" bar behind it. I'm not much of a sharp shooter, especially on a bank of drop targets that set that much on the side, but it sure did feel nice when I would only have a target left and actually try for it and get it down to move the crane over to lock the ball....and if you get the ball into the lock before the crane got there....it felt that much better.