Up...up...and AWAY!!!
The Flytech Bladestar is an amazing little flying machine; unlike indoor R/C helicopters, it has a semi-autonomous mode which allows it to avoid crashing into light-colored ceilings, walls, couches, lampshades, etc. so you can have a boatload of fun with it even in somewhat cramped rooms that you wouldn't normally fly a helicopter in.

Although it looked a little complicated, the Bladestar was also *VERY EASY* to assemble; requiring only the two main rotor blades be snapped into receptacles for them.

It also comes with a hinge-lidded storage case that holds the Bladestar itself, its remote, at least two sets of main blades (yes, it does come with a spare set), and the "dogfighting accessory". This case has various pins & protrusions inside designed to hold all of the components securely, even if the case is jostled or otherwise manhandled.

I have an informal review of the Bladestar on my large website (this is a direct-entry URL to the actual Bladestar's review) at http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/sixteen/bladstar.htm if you're interested.
This review includes photographs and a video clip.

Remember, I'm not a professional product reviewer; I do this only as a hobby.

the thing only hovers
The breakthrough is supposed to be that this thing is smart and knows how to avoid walls and go left right up down by itself, but it totally does not. And even with the remote, it hardly goes left or right. It does hover extremely stable and goes up and down really well. But it's just a lot of promise and not a lot of results.

Looks like fun, but...
I bought this at a local Target store thinking it would be fun to fly around. Snapped on the wings, put in the batteries, and charged it up. Away we go.

It's very hard to fly, and the IR controller must be pointed at it at all times. The speed adjustments must be made very slowly, or they do not register. The whole thing spins, so it's fairly dangerous to kids faces, pets, and walls - the latter of which it will inevitably crash into.

I am sure I could have learned to fly it, but on my 3rd (crash) landing a critical pin in the mechanism that attaches the large blades to the body came out and disappeared, so it was grounded. It went back to Target for a refund before its first 5-minute-flying-time charge was used up.