My ICE-50BC BROKE ITSELF on the first batch!

This machine is not well made, and difficult to put together. The "arm" is awkward, and is very hard to attach properly to the plastic lid. You can't fill the container without having the arm attached, which means you can only pour in the ice cream mix through the small hole in the lid. In the end, I didn't spend much time struggling with it, because when the ice cream got the slightest bit firm (and not really that firm at all) the little catch on the plastic lid broke, rendering the machine useless. Basically, the whole machine depends on a very small and weak piece of plastic, which can't stand up to the pressure required to churn thick/firm ice cream. Oh, and also, it's pretty noisy. Needless to say, this baby is going back to the store. And I'm going to invest in the Musso Lussino.