I work at a shop in Toronto, so this isn't "I heard from a guy ..."
I saw dozens of pairs of Crank Bros pedals come in and out of the shop w/ no issues at all. That being said, I also saw two new pairs of Eggbeater C pedals come back for warranty repair/replacement. The "cage" snapped at the same point on both of them. There's a spot on some of the cages where they meet the main pedal body and are almost crimped slightly. Both sets of pedals failed at that point under average riding conditions (not "just riding along" but not cx riding and nowhere near race conditions).