This is entirely anecdotal, but after posting a picture of my pirates collection to my Snapchat story, I received atleast 3-4 messages expresssing nostalgia for the game.
keep in mind I only have 30~ or so friends and none of the people who messaged me play any sort of tabletop games at present.
Exactly; that’s great to hear!! Hopefully you could get them back into the game! Although in my experience, a lot of people seem to have moved on permanently and don’t like hearing that it’s now out of print.