The compacts sound like they might be cool, but I think most of us would only have reason to grab maybe 1 since they stuck Carbon in BOTH! I know it's been said several times, but why would they do that!? Most people that would be drawn to these palettes are probably already MAC enthusiasts that have that color in their collection; some multiple times. MAC really needs to give Carbon a break and find something else. Seems very lazy. It's sort of an insult to have to keep buying the EXACT SAME weak performing shadow just because MAC doesn't want to put forth a little extra effort. AND keep increasing their prices. I will pay for nice makeup and products, but don't slap me in the face with mediocrity. They could have sold a lot more palettes if they just tried to create something more unique for this than Carbon... TWICE. I MIGHT get ONE... but still on the fence.