Rick Rotorhead
01-05-2007, 07:50 PM
Just got my boy a little CoAx heli called an 'Easy Copter' by RC Systems. The instruction booklet reveals its a repackaged (possible re bodied too) Walkera model.
Heres the thing - you won't believe this. The replacement blades - which come as a set of all four blades costs here in UK £12 !!!!!! thats like 23 Dollars - yes really.
The same blades as sold by US vendors are retailing at under 4 bucks - thats £2 UK pounds. Someone is making big big profit on these imports and I absolutely hate them for it :bomb: Even worse, thinking about it, these simple little Co Ax heli 'toys' are often starter helis for kids who don't have £12 for every time the thing bites the furniture. So the grown ups buy one or two sets of blades then refuse to waste any more money and the little heli ends up trashed at the bottom of the kids toybox/wardrobe along with the headless Action Man. Another potential heli convert lost.......... Shame on you profiteering importer/ distributor types out there. :badair:
Heres the thing - you won't believe this. The replacement blades - which come as a set of all four blades costs here in UK £12 !!!!!! thats like 23 Dollars - yes really.
The same blades as sold by US vendors are retailing at under 4 bucks - thats £2 UK pounds. Someone is making big big profit on these imports and I absolutely hate them for it :bomb: Even worse, thinking about it, these simple little Co Ax heli 'toys' are often starter helis for kids who don't have £12 for every time the thing bites the furniture. So the grown ups buy one or two sets of blades then refuse to waste any more money and the little heli ends up trashed at the bottom of the kids toybox/wardrobe along with the headless Action Man. Another potential heli convert lost.......... Shame on you profiteering importer/ distributor types out there. :badair: