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Pros & Cons

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Pros

They are awesomely pigmented and lay down color beautifully. They aren’t as buttery, but they last so much longer and the colors are vibrant. They blend reasonbly well and perform best on a textured paper.

The color lays down flawlessly and the color description matches the pencil color. The pencils are lightweight, probably basswood and well balanced. They apply smoothly and while not as pigmented as prismacolors or polychromos, they are still great fo...  Read More

After examining the contents of the package and swatching each pencil, all i can say is “wow! Immediately changed my appreciation of these pencils. Try sketching with them.

Do not smudge or crumble. They sharpen in a standard sized electric sharpener. I’m reasonably sure that they won’t break just from sharpening.

Even though the lyra seem a bit wimpy, i do like the colors. Individual colors are inexpensive to replace. They work great on complicated, detailed mandelas.



Cons

These coloured pencils are thinner than both arteza & prismacolour pencils. They're so scratchy that they skip, leaving blank lines that you have to go back and fill in. Requires many more layers to achieve a similar depth of color of faber-castel...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


The quality pencils arrived in no time in excellent condition


Very pleased with the color pencils and i will buy them again


If they break consistently and will not keep a point without breaking it will be due to this and not the quality of the product


Theres no sign of the missing wood chips which means the box was filled with the pencil already broken at the factory

Shipping


Shipping was on point the only issue is they shouldve been in protective packaging as the leads break inside of the pencil if t...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


The other pack arrived and thanks so much for providing some protection for my pencils this time during shipping packaging was just right

Competitiveness


These are an amazing value and i definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a set of lightfast oil based pencils as an upg...  Read More


I also use prismacolor premier and blick studio pencils


I wish a lightfast chart is given instead of a claim of good lightfast


These pencils in comparison to prismacolor are more subtle and i would say muted looking

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    color, set, great, colored and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 906 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 11 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However for my surprise they send totally different set that what i selected and amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I selected lyra poly color assorted gray as the description and picture show


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The deliver box only have different colors not but even one gray


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If they break consistently and will not keep a point without breaking it will be due to this and not the quality of the product


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I am not afraid of wasting these


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Watch for sales on these on amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Watch dick blick prices on these as well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wish a lightfast chart is given instead of a claim of good lightfast

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