I found the set to be a great value for the price almost half off a regular priced pastel! I am glad I purchased a smaller set of full sticks as I was wondering how crumbly they were and did not want to spend hundreds of dollars! I broke them in half upon arrival and I did lose a bit to breakage but they did not crumble like my Sennelier sticks did. I think I may tend towards the half sticks in the future I am glad that is an option now! I hope they offer more sticks in the half sizes in the future!