Nintendo - Game Boy Advance SP Console Review

Between the three of my kids we owned a total of five of these Gameboy SP (black, silver, red and 2 blue ones).  I'm big on portable games so I thought they would be a good value.  The first one purchased was when they first came out.  At that time I think the cost was around $80.   Somehow my son's screen was broken.  It was all cracked on the inside.  I called for a replacement but by the time I shipped it and waited for the long turn around, it wasn't worth it.  The next year the SP was on sale at Walmart during Black Friday for $50.  I purchased two more because the kids were sharing one.  After a couple of months, the screen went blank on the blue one.  It wouldn't show anything.  Then a couple months after that the Red screen developed red, white and blue lines across the screen.  I thought it was the games but it was in the system.  So I had bad experiences with the SP.  I know you are probably saying that they kids did something to them but they are very careful with their games.  We have a variety of game systems and electronic toys that are working and never had any problems.  The SP is not a favorite in our household.