Just had a friend drop a reel over with the reel seat broken off while bottom bashing for red emperor. Not verry happy. Not sure if this is common, i have noticed it is a similar reel vintage as the TLD failures, Malaysian made. I'll post a photo when my camers is charged
Regards Ben
http://s1118.photobucket.com/albums/k617/becandben1/
hoo, boy! the whole reason for going with the tyrnos reels is to avoid this problem.