Syma Forum

CPD said
Hope you have fun with em!

The box really doesn't mean anything, as long as it has a Syma logo on it. Heck, even then, some of the fakes are getting bold enough or reboxed, and have the syma logo. You should be able to look from the side at the motors, and it should be pretty straight foreward--red/pink and green =fake, black, black and white or white mean real.

 

As for knowing if it's an older s107 or a s107g, it's unlikely that they have any regular 107's left in yellow, probably selling all of them off years ago now.

 

I say if it has real motors, give it as a gift. If it has pink/green motors, give it as a gift saying if anything happens to it, you can fix it. The fakes are great helicopters, just their motors have bad brush holders made of inferior plastic. The one motor always goes, but it's a simple $3 fix, and you're up and flying with a heli that's as good if not better than the real ones. If it's a fake, it'll probably break down during christmas break, with one motor being bad, so just order up a replacement for like $3, or whatever the cost is now, and put it in. Might be a safe bet to just buy an A/B set now, and if you don't use them on it, just keep them for yourself. I'm pretty sure the sellers aren't going to take them back after christmas, since it's more than 30 days from whever you bought them, so you're probably better off just taking 5 minutes to repair it if it breaks.

Thanks for the info!!! (CPD & SYMA FREAK)

Look like they're all legit... I'm planning on having a blast with these little guys.... yet my wallet wonders what I'm going to get myself into if I really take to RC heli's LOL

Hope you have fun with em!

The box really doesn't mean anything, as long as it has a Syma logo on it. Heck, even then, some of the fakes are getting bold enough or reboxed, and have the syma logo. You should be able to look from the side at the motors, and it should be pretty straight foreward--red/pink and green =fake, black, black and white or white mean real.

As for knowing if it's an older s107 or a s107g, it's unlikely that they have any regular 107's left in yellow, probably selling all of them off years ago now.

I say if it has real motors, give it as a gift. If it has pink/green motors, give it as a gift saying if anything happens to it, you can fix it. The fakes are great helicopters, just their motors have bad brush holders made of inferior plastic. The one motor always goes, but it's a simple $3 fix, and you're up and flying with a heli that's as good if not better than the real ones. If it's a fake, it'll probably break down during christmas break, with one motor being bad, so just order up a replacement for like $3, or whatever the cost is now, and put it in. Might be a safe bet to just buy an A/B set now, and if you don't use them on it, just keep them for yourself. I'm pretty sure the sellers aren't going to take them back after christmas, since it's more than 30 days from whever you bought them, so you're probably better off just taking 5 minutes to repair it if it breaks.