Bought 3 of these and the kids love them.  They are the actual syma product and the body and landing gear are solid sturdy metal easy to operate and a super product if you are an rc lover.  It has plastic blades for flying that seem like they would break relatively easy if you crashed the helicopter or whacked it or something to the effect they do include an extra tail rotor blade which is great and they sell complete replacement blade kits for 4-5 bucks so not a biggie plus you can charge it 2 different ways either from a cord on the controller that charges it from the controller batteries or from an included usb cable right to your computer. No complaints on this product at all