There were a lot of slightly warped and broken tips and innards that came in my pencil Set - 15% or more at this writing. The box is flimsy, and there's no real reference that I could discern- though, the pencils do write very smoothly. The order took approximately a month to arrive, packaged with heavier items, which is probably why I'm having to write this less than stellar review.

The Box is frustrating, and doesn't come with a pencil sharpener built in, so I dusted off my battery operated pencil sharpener and got to work. Halfway into making a color reference chart and numbering the pencils, the box tips over. I easily spent a couple of hours trying to eyeball the varying shades without a number reference and getting them back into some semblance of proper gradients:

Note: After several hours, I created a Color Reference Chart and building a stand / holder for the colored pencils. That's when I noticed, when the pencils sit in the stand or roll them on the table, they are wobbly. At first I thought, 15 cents a pencil seemed like a good value now I'm scratching my head instead of scratching paper with pencil.

I haven't even drawn anything, yet with this Crayola 100 pencil set, and I was asked, by my wife "Why are there so many short pencils in the stand already?" My response was ", it's because the leads are broken inside the pencil's barrel."

It becomes obvious: Hobbies can be such a drain of time and money. I guess when You're a child, it doesn't matter much; you just keep carrying / coloring on. As an adult, it's funny how you notice these things. I'm still trying to get the matter sorted out figuratively & literally. I'm looking forward to getting back to having some fun again.

Reputable brand

Before buying this product I read so many reviews where people wrote that pencils were broken, missing, used, falling out of the box or otherwise in bad shape. This is why I find it very important to write a review myself after my package has now arrived and I had a chance to look at and try out my new pencils. I have bought the 100 different colors box. This box does not contain any metallics, like gold or silver. It is clearly stated however, I feel like saying it again as some people still seem to expect these colors to be present.

I received a perfectly fine box with all pencils present and intact. To me it does not seem as if the box was opened or used before. The box was sealed with a stripe of tape, so no pencils would fall out either.
I have started coloring with the pencils and they perform as expected, i.e. they put color on a paper. Of course, these are not 'high end' pencils, but you are not paying for that, so this should be obvious.
I am a happy customer with a big box of pencils.

Good quality form a good brand, not much else to say. They came fast and no damage during shipping

This was a nice set of colored pencils. Highly reccommend.