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I had been reticent in the past to purchase Castle Art Supplies because I was unfamiliar with the brand name. My loss! I decided to take a risk when I noticed they now offered a 120 pencil set. Boy! Am I glad I did! I took them right out the smartly designed tin case and took them for a "test drive." Well, you know how it goes with a new car, don't you? You say you are just going to drive around the block, but you love your new car so much you end up driving all over town the rest of the day! Same scenario! This very nice family owned business reached out to me to inquire if everything was alright with my order even before they arrived. As it turned out there were some bumps in the road with the pencils getting to me, but not due to Castle Art Supplies. And their intervention set matters straight! I was so impressed by their customer support that I immediately wanted to test their product. With this much attention to detail, their pencils have got to be top notch! And I wasn't wrong! Remember the car analogy? Well I ended up coloring with these pencils all afternoon, and into the evening, and Yep! Into the night! What a joy they are to color with! Let me say that again! What a joy they are to color with! Attached is a quick picture I colored on my first attempt using these pencils. I tried to use several different types of color combinations to give you a good idea of the vibrancy of these colors. This wonderful picture is from "Hidden Paradise, an Adult Coloring Book" by the artist and Brazilian illustrator, Cris Lopez. They are so smooth and creamy, and indeed glide over the page like "melted butter!" They drive like a new Cadillac coming off the showroom floor! I swear! If I had first tried these I wouldn't have invested all that money in the Prismacolor, Marco Renoir, and the eight other different sets I own! This one set has all the colors you need! And if not, then blending will definitely give you the hue that you want! I'm sold! My future coloring needs will be handled through Castle Art Supplies! And NO! This was not a paid advertisement! So clap your hands for these soft core pencils while they take a bow!