The writing-instrument tray with embedded sharpener recess comes from the period around the year 2000 and was taken out of the programme again due to moderate sales figures. It was sold at the time only as a set with pencils and a silver-plated sharpener (today's variant: platinum-plated). Occasionally, trays without content were sold individually in the trade. It is therefore not a designated rarity but rather a scarcity. The variant with silver or today platinum-plated side cheeks has later returned in a reissue.