2017 BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE 2.0 FOR ST. PAUL SCHOOL

[Ed Mack]

Hello LEGO fans...Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. It's that time of year again. Time to raise money for my son Max's school, St. Paul School, in Burlington, NJ. After a very...VERY...successful first BRICKPICKER LEGO RAFFLE in which we raised over $62,000.00 for the school, a year has passed, and it’s time to raffle off some dynamic LEGO gifts for charity. The money we raised last year literally kept the school open...which is a great thing. It's a special school that once again was voted BEST Private School in Burlington County, NJ, by The Burlington County Times, along with numerous other awards, such as:

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• Best Private School
• Best PreK-Nursery School
• Best Teacher
• Best Fundraiser
• Best Music Instruction
• Best Tutor Service (Junior National Honor Society)

As I stated last year, St.Paul School (SPS) and its community are wonderful. People from all races and religions attend St. Paul School. Besides excelling in educating the children, the school does a tremendous amount of charity for local people in need. From food drives to helping out at local retirement homes, the children of St.Paul School are required to perform “service hours” that are designed to teach generosity, altruism and instill a hard-working, disciplined attitude. Excellence is expected and permeates through St. Paul School and the faculty and student body, so does a sense of goodness and frugalness. We make a little money go a long way. For example:

• All grade levels (Pre – K through 4) are scheduled for “Specials” each week...such as art, music, library, computers, and physical education
• St.Paul School is nationally accredited by “AdvancED” (the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement – NCA – CASI.
• SPS middle-school students have three periods of Spanish and are testing into Spanish II for High School.
• SPS provides more periods of physical education each week than is required by the State.
• SPS provides multiple extracurricular activities such as: LEGO Robotics Club, Science Club, Vocal Choir, Rosary Group, Tonal Chimes, Hand Bell Choir, Crafty Kids Club, Basketball (Boys/Girls), Indoor Soccer, Cheerleading, Yearbook Club, National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), Student Council, MATHCounts, STREAM (Science Technology Religion Engineering Art Math, Activity Tutorial Period (ATP for 5th-8th grades)

But all is not wonderful though. As many of you know, many Catholic schools have a hard time making ends meet. Enrollments are down due to weak economic conditions throughout the world. Even superb schools like St. Paul School have a hard time keeping the doors open. While we did pick up 25 new students this past year to ease the financial burden, we will still be way short of breaking even; thus the need for the 2017 BrickPicker LEGO Raffle 2.0. This year’s version of the LEGO raffle will start with TEN awesome prizes.These include:

PRIZE #1 BRICKPICKER MEMBER RAFFLE LOT:

• 21301 Birds (Salimr)
• Comic Con Throne of Ultron (echin313)
• Comic Con Dagobah Mini-Build (echin313)
• A mint 7144 Slave I (echin313)
• A mint 8001 Battle Droid (echin313)
• 10218 Pet Shop (exciter1)
• Rio Olympic Mascots set (Emvisawthatswho)
• 70816 Benny's Spaceship (Brickcrazyhouse)
• A special custom LEGO snow globe (Flanagan Bros Inc)

PRIZE #2 BRICKPICKER MYSTERY RAFFLE LOT (OVER 5000 PIECES):

• A bundle of quality LEGO sets from multiple themes that will far exceed 5000 pieces!

PRIZE #3:

• 10220 - VW Camper T1 Van
• 42056 - Porsche 911 GT3 RS

PRIZE #4:

• 10227 - UCS B-Wing
• 75060 - UCS Slave I

PRIZE #5:

• 10221 - UCS Super Star Destroyer

PRIZE #6:

• $500 Amazon Gift Certificate

PRIZE #7:

• 75159 - UCS Death Star
  • OR
• 10188 Death Star

PRIZE #8 CHOICE OF:

• 75827 - Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters
  • OR
• 71040 - Disney Castle

PRIZE #9 CHOICE OF:

• 10225 - UCS R2-D2
  • OR
• 10197 - Fire Brigade
  • OR
• 10228 - Haunted House
  • OR
• 10211 - Grand Emporium

PRIZE #10:

• 10255 - Assembly Square
• 10251 - Brick Bank

This year’s total prize value exceeds last year’s total by over $1000.00. Last year we had 11 raffle prizes and winners from around the world. From Vancouver, Canada to Reno, Nevada to Miami Beach, Florida to the Isle of Man, United Kingdom and everywhere in between, generous raffle participants were rewarded with awesome LEGO prizes. The 2017 BrickPicker LEGO Raffle 2.0 can be found here on the secure Rally.up.com site:

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Like last year, we will ship the prizes to anywhere across the globe. If there is an issue with shipping or prizes, a comparable prize and/or shipping method will be arranged with the winner. Last year, the LEGO BrickPicker Raffle worked very well. The Rallyup.com site is a first class, secure site that made this all possible. They also issued the school a big fat check. All raffle proceeds and donations benefit the school directly by bridging the gap between what tuition covers and actual educational costs. It also raises money to upgrade the school’s technology, keeping St. Paul School ahead of the academic curve with a dynamic curriculum. The prizes have been donated by Jeff and I, the St.Paul School PTA and by some very generous BrickPicker members. I am hoping, like last year, that more people will donate sets after the raffle begins. It was fun adding to the prizes last year. You never know what can pop up as a prize!

On a personal note, I would like to thank every person who donated sets/money and/or bought tickets to last year’s LEGO BrickPicker Raffle. It saved a wonderful school and kept dozens of people employed and 175 kids with their friends and teachers. I don’t like asking, but will anyway...please help out again this year. Even buying one ticket can help and it gives you a chance to win some great prizes. Watching the raffle ticket total rise every day was an intense rush and extremely gratifying experience. It made me so proud to have started this site with my brother Jeff and made me realize there is still good in this world…

The contest will end on February 7, 2017 at 11:59 PM. Winners will be notified by Rallyup.com. If you are a winner, please contact me on the site so we can confirm the prizes and shipping addresses. The Rallyup.com site works very well and is secure, so please feel confident in donating to the school and purchasing raffle tickets. All the money goes to St. Paul School, which is a 501(c)(3), and to Rallyup.com for running the raffle. I will make every effort to supply the winners with the appropriate prizes. If there are shipping issues, inventory issues or potential problems beyond my control, I will make sure the winners are awarded LEGO sets/gift cards comparable to the original prizes. Any questions, ideas or concerns, please reply below or PM Jeff or me...

TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL: February 07, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST

DRAWING DATE: February 08, 2017 at 12:00 PM EST

Thanks again!

Ed Mack

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[Ed Mack]

I will post the winning numbers as soon as I get them.  Rallyup.com should contact each winner individually.  I want every winner to PM me so we can figure out the exact shipping address and prize configuration. The secondary raffle data has to be aggregated and we will announce the contestants so there are no errors before we pull the winner.  

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Any questions, please ask them here...

[donbee]

Congratulations on a successful drive.

Wish I had a school this cool in my area.

[thelovemachine]

Congrats on great drive!  Happy to contribute!

[Ed Mack]

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[Leopard]

Just a reminder: Even though the raffle is over, we can still donate for a few more days until deadline 

[Ed Mack]

I see that Belljohn won.  Nice job!  I didn't.  Damn.

[Ed Mack]

As I stated before, all winners please Private Message me so we can start working on getting you the prizes!  I will reach out tomorrow to all the winners through their emails if I do not hear from you.  Thanks...

[nolanfan34]

Off by one number on the Brickpicker member lot (@&(*@#&$(^!*@&#^!@#

[thebrickdad]

So close, but yet so far.

Good job the kids at St. Paul are the real winners.

Thank you Ed and Mike for all the work you do.

[Ed Mack]

I just sent out emails to all of the winners.  Thanks again everyone.  I feel humbled once again.

[ISO8T0]

I guess emails were sent out?

-Ninja'd-

 

 

[Huskers1236]

Congrats Ed, SPS, and to the winners.  I had the pain of being one number off last year.  This year, nowhere close as is normally the case. 

[TigerEyez]

Sweet! I won the Slave I & B-Wing lot!  The Slave 1 was my first ever set to build and got me in to this mess, so that's perfect and I've been wanting another UCS set. 

[Sfcommando14]

I thought the raffle was at noon today (12pm is usually noon).  I had my tickets all training for a mid-day competition and they were wholly unprepared for this midnight event.  Congrats to the winners!

[Phil B]

4 minutes ago, Sfcommando14 said:

I thought the raffle was at noon today (12pm is usually noon).  I had my tickets all training for a mid-day competition and they were wholly unprepared for this midnight event.  Congrats to the winners!

Same here. I demand a recount!

[mcm96]

I'm sorry I was late to the game.  This year has not been kind to me.  Slow in getting to all my emails.  Glad that I was able to join in before the raffle closed off.   Got to pick from the retired sets.  Hope I got my pick in first.  I guess I should throw in a 2nd pick in case someone picked the one I want.  I haven't been on here in a while.  Thanks to this site I've been spending all my free time at the Lego Store.     I hope there was enough support to keep your school opened.

--  I too was surprised to get my email this morning.

[Lego Templar]

Yeah Ed if you emailed people already I must have put the wrong email address I'll PM you my address and you can send me my SSD whenever you get a chance!

[exciter1]

I'm not sure who won the Pet Shop, but congrats and I'm sure Ed will get your info to me soon.

[Ed Mack]

1 hour ago, exciter1 said:

I'm not sure who won the Pet Shop, but congrats and I'm sure Ed will get your info to me soon.

Please PM me exciter1...Thanks.  Any members who donated sets that were not shipped to me previously, please PM me as well.  

[bassking511]

PM Sent! I can't believe I won, that's a better wake up than a cup of coffee, can of redbull or a kick to the head by a wild bronco.

[Guest TabbyBoy]

LOL - I was just one digit out on 3 of the draws which is what normally happens when I enter a raffle. Just like when the guy behind me at the post office who won £10,000 on a scratchcard on Christmas Eve. If only I bought one (which would've been the winner), but I never have! I definitely won't now as that WAS my chance.

However, LEGO just shipped 2 Caterham 7s and I only ordered 1 - it happened before with the Sea Cow. So the sun does shine out of my arse sometimes!

Congrats to the winners and glad it all went to a good cause!

Me entering the raffle gave everybody else better odds ;-)

Edited February 8, 2017 by TabbyBoy

[brickelements]

I checked all of my email folders.  Nope nada.  I can only presume Ed will be calling me personally to congratulate me on winning the raffle.

Yes I can be delusional.

The last person arrived at my office and nope no donuts...what a day I am having.

 

No Lego, no donuts.  Sheesh.

[thelovemachine]

I'm glad I contributed more than $100.  All this means is that I'll win that next contest!

[Ed Mack]

16 minutes ago, brickelements said:

I checked all of my email folders.  Nope nada.  I can only presume Ed will be calling me personally to congratulate me on winning the raffle.

Yes I can be delusional.

The last person arrived at my office and nope no donuts...what a day I am having.

 

No Lego, no donuts.  Sheesh.

Well don't forget the SECONDARY LEGO RAFFLE!  I don't know if you bought $100 of tickets, but you can still donate for 6 more days.  I will throw any donations posted over the next six days into the SECONDARY LEGO RAFFLE (which includes):

• COMCON004  2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Ahoska Tano, Clone Trooper, Mace Windu) #290 of 300
• COMCON006  2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, General Grievous) #69 of 300
• COMCON009   2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Anakin Skywalker, Clone Trooper, Obi-Wan Kenobi) One of 1250
• COMCON019   2012 San Diego Comic Con Collectible Tin (Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator) #305 of 1000

OR

• A SEALED CASE (64) OF MR. GOLD SERIES 10 COLLECTIBLE MINIFIGURES!

So for example, if a person bought $75.00 in tickets and wants to donate $25 more, you will get a ticket for this raffle that Jeff and I will run in one week.  I might even up the prizes on this one if people are interested.  We have a list of members that donated $100 or more and will be issuing numbers to people.  My son will randomly pick the winner.

[Ed Mack]

On 1/8/2017 at 1:41 PM, Ed Mack said:

I want to announce a secondary raffle that will take place a week after the conclusion of the main St. Paul School LEGO raffle.  This raffle is designed to be a "thank you" for the most generous of the LEGO raffle contributors.  All a person has to do to enter this "elite" raffle is to buy $100.00 (or more) of raffle tickets before the conclusion of the LEGO raffle.  A donation of $100.00 or more will also qualify.  The $100.00 amount will be a total of all raffle ticket purchases or donations.

Upon conclusion of the primary LEGO raffle, I will aggregate the Rallyup.com data of the contributors and raffle off ONE of the packages below:

• COMCON004  2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Ahoska Tano, Clone Trooper, Mace Windu) #290 of 300
• COMCON006  2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Count Dooku, Asajj Ventress, General Grievous) #69 of 300
• COMCON009   2009 San Diego Comic Con Display (Anakin Skywalker, Clone Trooper, Obi-Wan Kenobi) One of 1250
• COMCON019   2012 San Diego Comic Con Collectible Tin (Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator) #305 of 1000

OR

• A SEALED CASE (64) OF MR. GOLD SERIES 10 COLLECTIBLE MINIFIGURES!

They are both rare and valuable prize packages, with the potential to win a $1500.00 Mr. Gold minifigure!  The raffle will also be exclusive in nature, with potentially very few participants.  As always, if these prize packages don't interest you, we can always discuss one that would.  So good luck...Remember, it's a scientific fact that generosity makes you happier and healthier!

FOR EVERY $100.00 OF TICKETS BOUGHT, THE CONTRIBUTOR WILL RECEIVE ONE TICKET FOR THIS SECONDARY RAFFLE!!!

Thanks again to all who have participated (and will participate) in the St.Paul School LEGO raffle!!!

 

This is the SECONDARY LEGO RAFFLE.  You can still donate to enter this raffle if you did not buy $100 worth of tickets previously.  You have six days left.