Musgrave, Ceres, and the Yellow Special.

With school starting, Musgrave has really been pushing the Yellow Special. And it's a nice basic pencil; I like it a lot. But when you come to boxes of 144, the Yellow Special is priced at $25.99. This seems a little too close to the Ceres Pastel at $26.99. Unless you specifically need yellow pencils, I don't know why anyone wouldn't spend the extra $1 and get the Ceres. The wood is cedar, and the finish is better.

Thoughts?