RE: blade cx2
Wow, that's the same price my wife paid for mine, and all I got was one e-Flite battery. Can't comment on any of the suppliers as I haven't done business with them. Mine came from either HorizonHobby.com or Amazon.com for $180.
Don't forget to order extra blades (upper and lower). Also you may wish to consider getting the training gear. I got training gear after crashing several times and learning what a separated swash plate meant! Haha. The training gear helps protect your rotor blades until you get things figured out. The gear is a little tricky to install but not if you're good with your hands. Special hint there remove the landing gear while stringing the rods through the little clamps, then install the landing gear with the training gear already inserted. Then adjust. You can then use needlenose pliers to help shove the little rods into the disk.
Mack