I was surprised how fun it was to play with a multi-coloured twistable the other day. That's probably bias on my part- I never actually got what the big fuss about Twistables were, having not been particularly impressed.
And my boyfriend went to a museum in Japan where he bought these beautiful crayons, which I keep preciously in a box and have not yet tried.
Wait until they have cooled before removing from the mould, or they will be too soft and lose their shape.
Sometimes I feel like I haven't had a childhood- I didn't have access to super-awesome Lego moulds..
I shouldn't say that. When I was a kid, I had one of these without the pencil grip.
I remember they were pretty to carry around in my travel art pack or pencil case, but they weren't a huge part of my childhood memories. They couldn't be sharpened. They didn't last long. When the lead got dull, there was no more use of that colour. I think I preferred the small packs of short colour pencils instead.
I have one of these too, bought from Singapore.
They are old school. I've seen Japanese ads for them from (?) 1960's.
Really easy concept: The coloured leads are stored in the transparent pen body. Pop the colour of the lead you want to use into the nib.
I don't have good things to say. I found them really fiddly to change coloured lead. My cap broke at the end, breaking the special gold coloured lead along with it.
I paid what I thought was quite a lot for a Pentel multicoloured mechanical pencil a few years ago. I decided that I had to buy spare lead refills too because they were a unique thickness. They are popular with Bible students because they can highlight words without bleeding through thin Bible paper. I waited excited for their arrival by post. I have not used them ONCE.
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