My wife has been looking for a better set of color pencils. I showed these to her and she seems to love the idea! Great post! Thanks again for the ideas!

Also, concerning the Chinese markings and deli... My wife noticed that each pencil in the advertisement has a barcode. That seems strange if they are selling a box but sounds right if they are being sold individually. Although the photos of your pencils do not seem to have barcodes on each pencil.

Perhaps that has something to do with it?