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These were purchased as a gift for my daughter who is the artist in the family. She had been begging for them for some time, and I now see why.

I was initially skeptical as I thought that "pencils are pencils". Upon receiving them however, my daughter was quick to draw me a picture with them. The difference between this and the drawing with "normal" colored pencils was dramatic. The colors were sharper, the lines smoother, and they didn't have any of the raggedness that the normal pencils left on the page.

In addition, these last longer. The "lead" holds it's point longer, and they just feel like better quality than what you can get at a big box store.

It would be nice if they weren't quite so expensive, but as I said in the title you do get what you pay for.

I would recommend these to anyone who draws or (like me) has an artist in the family.

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The pencils are good, creamy and bright, with decent color selection (having two each of white & black is great), though I would have preferred a greater range of darker purples instead of, like, five light ones and a ruddy violet; a true indigo (blue-purple) and a medium purple would've been nice. I say "true indigo" because there *is* a pencil called "Indigo," but it's really only a dark blue, no purple involved. Premier is better in consistency and brilliancy, but these are a good stand-in for those who can't afford them, and Scholar is so so much better than Crayola & Artist's Loft (would not recommend Artist's Loft to a child—if you really want cheap colored pencils, go for Crayola), which is what I'd been stuck with before.

My set only had 59 pencils—missing "Orchid"—but it wasn't too much of a loss, as it would've just been another light purple. The packaging leaves much to be desired, though, as it's supposed to be able to prop up for easy access to the front & back rows, but the plastic edge is slippery and won't stand on its own—not unless you want to risk it falling over unexpectedly and damaging the pencils. All in all, I like them, and they were much cheaper online, which is a huge plus. They're a good sampling set to figure out which colors you actually use, so when upgrading to Premier, you can invest in singular pencils and not waste money on a full set.

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The color options are great. The pencils just leave a waxy finish which would be fine if I wasn't rendering things for clients now that I'm done with school. Just save your money and buy the actual Prismacolor Pencils first than you won't have to buy them later.

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This is for my son for Christmas. He has done a lot of research and these were his pencils of choice. However, as mentioned in other reviews, the packaging of these "expensive" pencils is absolutely terrible. My pencils were not contained at all in the flimsy plastic case the manufacturer uses as shown in the picture. Instead, they're rolling all around inside the box that Amazon uses for packaging. I don't feel this is an Amazon issue, the problem rest with the manufacturer. Can't believe they sell this product in such a lackluster package. Good golly if Crayola can figure it out with their cheap products, surely the manufacturer of a higher end product could come up with something better than this. Here's hoping the lead inside the pencils are not damaged.

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Received the product very quickly but it was very poorly packaged. It was an order fulfilled by amazon and it probably was the worst packaging I have ever received from them. All the pencils were out of the flimsy plastic case, rattling in the box with three air pillows for company. One pencil had the point broken. You'll probably think "gee, one out of sixty" but it won't be until my niece uses the pencils that we'll be able to tell if there's internal damage. I have not tested for quality of pigmentation or any other coloring feature but I don't expect any issue. The cost was very reasonable, but we'll see.