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Let me be clear, I've bought the verithin variety of Prismacolor before in store (I've been using this brand for almost two decades) and they were great quality and perfect for fine-line, this is about the ones I purchased here and had delivered. I do not understand how Prismacolor has managed to screw this up. The wood that the set I received was made of was around the same quality as a dollar store set of pencils, and I've even seen better out of some of them. It does not hold together well (as in maybe poor adhesive?), the cores were broken when delivered and as a result I've had to sharpen quite a few of these over half way down the length of the pencil just to get a point that doesn't simply fall the hell out. I am so disappointed and disgusted by the lack of quality of these pencils that I do not ever want to purchase any other product of Prismacolor. Ever. Again. (It's sad really, because I was so happy only days ago waiting for them to arrive so I could finish some drawings.) So hey, Prismacolor, how about you go to your Mexico factory (what it says on the pencil, I am not implying race, calm down) check out the glue formula for your wood and see about those cores would ya? This is an embarrassment to your name and reputation of quality goods.