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@Mos_Eisley "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". i would like to totally rip-off Mos' great idea of likes. This is a good cause so I don't think Mos will mind plus he's far more original than me when it comes to ideas like this. In addition to already donating 2 SW TFA sets along with a small donation, my wife and i will like to give even more by engaging other Brickpicker members. *** For each LIKE this post gets, we will donate $1 per by purchasing fundraiser tickets. No limit of likes. *** The cutoff time for my likes is Sunday @ 12:00 PM EST. note: I think we can get 500 likes with this post alone! Lets work together make it happen. Mos' post can be found below. More info = https://rallyup.com/stpaul-2016/ ----- @Ed Mack @Jeff Mack

as a side note (which I post first in case you decide not to read my entire post) Ed, If I am so lucky I'll be happy to provide you a label using my fedex account number to send it so it doesn't cost you out of your pocket. And actually I'll do you one better (regardless if I win or not): If you package the products, weigh them, measure the boxes and send me all the info including the winners name and address info I will provide you with labels from Fed-Ex and pay for all the shipping. The only thing I would ask you is to take the money you would have spent on shipping (which I can provide via my account) and give the school an additional check for this amount (if thats cool with you since you would be spending them money anyway, it will be on my company's account so it is an extra tax write off and what the hell, I had a good year last year and I'm not going to take it with me when I go so may as well spend a little more while I'm at it). I don't think I have ever posted but I have enjoyed the site more than you know although I probably could have made a few extra mortgage payments with out it! I'm all for a cause and normally get a lot of requests during the year but I will say that the raffle got me going and on top of it I used to work for a software company years ago that catered to private schools for administrative software and while I never had the pleasure one of my (still) good friends did some work at St. Pauls and always had great things to say. I know fundraising is tough for schools and it is such a shame because at the end of the day it is where it all comes together for children and they need the support. So here is to you for the effort and here is to my hope of getting some Star Wars and some mystery bundles...... 49 tickets in and hoping for some fun to go with it!

$40,000! This is fantastic! How about $50,000? We have two and a half days!!!

In a world governed by greed and selfishness it's refreshing to see so many people pull together for such a worthy cause. I've got the upmost respect for Ed and Jeff organizing this fundraiser and feel an overwhelming sense of community spirit. Good luck with your goal.

Holy blow the doors off the stable Batman! I am gone to my son's ski race for a couple hours, and the whole place has gone crazy. My $300 has now been donated. Thanks everyone for fulfilling my pledge.

You are very generous and I will take you up on your offer. I am humbled by the response from members. I know there are a lot of great LEGO sets in the raffle, but there is more going on here than LEGO sets. The LEGO community as a whole is a special bunch. People might scoff at our hobby...laugh at our passion, but this is a community that has shown that it does care and is filled with articulate and generous people. I am very proud to be a part of this event and I am praying that it will be enough to keep the school open. My gut tells me it will...Thanks everyone...Keep it coming. .

Alright, I'm selling likes! I've already bought some raffle tickets, but just for fun, for every "like" this post gets from members who joined before the time of this posting, I'll spend an equal amount on more tickets, up to $250. If it gets beyond that, I'll figure out how much more I'll spend. Let's set a like record!

All, lets get a jump start to $50k by liking the post below.

After digging for an hour I found another prepaid card and I am now trying for the Friends raffle (I already have some in R2D2 and S10 CMFs). If I didn't promise the wifey to cut back spending I would have tossed in more (don't want her looking at the credit cards haha) - my mom and her whole side of the family are all teachers/professors and I really support good schools and learning like many of the other BP dads and moms. I think we should be able to get to $40k. Come on BPers, sell those fire bikes and buy some tickets

This guy cannibalized some tumbler wheels. But he has a pimp tractor now.

Having bought and sold many of the tumbler figures, they are most definitely not fakes. Nor is it likely that there's one or two people buying up hundreds of every set with rare minifigs, taking the figs and then returning the rest of the set. My theory is there are excess figures produced in Mexico by Lego (either legitimately or illegitimately) which find their way to a handful of reputable sellers in the US.

Just got your email about this today - thanks for doing a mail shot to let people know about it. Bought my tickets and if I win I'll donate some more. All the best wih the school fundraising

Just bought some tickets. Thank You for offering some cool sets! What is the Brickpicker Bundle #5?

I got one for my birthday 2 weeks ago and finished it within a week. It was a very nice build and is an absolute eye catcher if put on display despite the fact it's not coming with the UCS badge. I might buy a couple as an investment in the following months.

I would go to the USPS website customer service and try contacting them with the tracking number: https://www.usps.com/help/welcome.htm I've gone this route before when a package was "stuck" somewhere in the system past the delivery date and they've made an inquiry which magically got the tracking moving again. I doubt this method is very full-proof but it's worth a shot as your first step.

This was more likely a scam than someone actually selling those two sets for that price. Don't you think?

Been lurking on this forum for a while, now happy to contribute. With my own kids in struggling Catholic schools, I can 100% relate to how much of an impact a quality school makes in the lives of our children. Hope to see this fundraiser continue to grow!

I honestly cannot see anyone wanting more than 1 Rex's AT-TE in their collections. The proper AT-TE, on the other hand...

Sounded like a dream job until I googled "legoland master builder salary": $37500 for a master builder? How would you even afford LEGOs for personal use on that salary? ...Think I'll keep it as a hobby.

Nobody has the capitol right now, that set only comes out later this year </duck>

right - nobody was hoarding the Delorean which was discounted 20% for the majority of its life from all retailers, unlike the ecto-1 which has never been discounted other than jet.com fiasco. stay away from ecto-1 - its a total loser... the idea that ANY lego set is not being hoarded is amusing.

I'm bullish on the EV. It's packed with minifigs (with many exclusive to the set) and it's a cool set IMO. It has many neat little features like traps, hidden compartments and stuff like that. Furthermore, I've seen it in many a UCS fan's displays. Hate the little furballs at your own peril. that's my .2

There's a whole thread dedicated to the hike. The good news: I've sold a few "lots of 10 polybags" which happen to always weigh just under 1lbs. Previously the First Class Package cutoff was at 13oz, so I had to pay ~$5-$6 to ship. Now the cutoff has been moved to 15.999 oz (i.e. just under 1lbs) and I only pay $3.65 for the same shipment. So I save $2 per package, which helps my case since I offer free shipping.

Found a Slave 1 at TRU today...after TRUTH and $40 rewards, $151 and change out the door. Left the other for karma's sake.

i supported!

Got one more ticket today!

Ok, I am in and I will double my donation if I win something. And for people that have commented that he/she can't support a religious organization, then simply send Ed money on Paypal as a site contribution and he can choose to donate the equivalent of his own money to his cause instead of using it on the site. It's similar to selling an item on ebay for someone else to simply resell.

sets donated by brickpicker members 75105 Millennium Falcon (jaisonline) 75101 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter (jaisonline) 60051 High-Speed Passenger Train (belljohn) 60052 Cargo Train (belljohn) 21304 Doctor Who (Lordoflego) 21109 Exo Suit (Lordoflego) 70227 King Crominus’ Rescue (force392) 9450 Epic Dragon Battle (force392) 40166 LEGOLAND Train (Alpinemaps) 70728 Battle for Ninjago City (geno) 10697 Creative Box (blueriderbrick) 30,000!!!!!

What the heck did I order from KMart? Oh, golly gee, that box is for a couple Train Stations?

A close-up on the newborn. It's so cute I'm gonna DIE!

No wonder they can't get anything done in a timely manner. They're too busy searching for everyone's packages after 4 days.

I got my last donation in.( I say donation because I know I'm not winning anything) The allure of the additional mystery boxes was too much to pass up. Glad to see everybody lining up to help, most notably the guys that gave their own sets towards the cause and the guys buying likes. Great job all around. Shout out to the newbies giving as well.

No. Pretty sure that's Matt. He's a radar technician.

Mostly not. Their pay is based on a few things, but most store employees don't make much. Plus, the average store employee is part time. Some supervisors and, of course, the manager and asst. managers are full time. It will be interesting to see what they do if LA gets to $15/hour minimum wage. That will be more than most of the supervisors make currently. For a company that's swimming in money, they are actually pretty cheap when it comes to paying their store employees.

To add to what was previously mentioned: Via Brick Fan: 2016 SW Advent Calendar: According to PromoBricks, there will be 10 minifigures in the set including a chrome C-3PO, a white Chewbacca, and a Stormtrooper snowman. For the mini-builds, you see some of the usual vehicles like Boba Fett’s Slave I, a TIE Advanced, an A-Wing, the Blockade Runner, and a Republic Attack Cruiser. We’ve already seen some of these builds in previous advent calendars so we’ll see how LEGO has updated them for this year.

Noble deed Ed and the BrickPicker family. Sending support from the Land Down Under.

I agree, @exciter1. I definitely have my eyes on that Darth Vader vs A-Wing set now that I've seen the picture of it! The "Encounter at Jakku" set with the Luggabeast looks really odd though. A BLUE Luggabeast??? http://www.hothbricks.com/2016/01/nouveautes-star-wars-second-semestre-2016-premiers-visuels-sets/

I was being totally sarcastic and i think the delorean was highly hoarded - at least it was by me i had 3 dozen and i'm just a small timer. i'm up to 4 dozen ecto. i think any movie based theme is automatically being hoarded, especially a successful movie with the fanbase of Back To The Future. All the hoarding protagonists always ignore the demand side of the equation which we have to guess at. With movies, you have a proven commodity - at least with films like Back to the future, ghostbusters, star wars, Jurassic world - you're dealing with blockbusters. then you get sets like Prince of Persia, Lone Ranger which were total box office flops and you know that the sets are probably not going to do well. Based on the previous incarnation of ghostbusters and the reboot coming up this summer the demand will see a bump. it's just a matter now of when the retirement happens. or doesn't happen.

It's amazing really. Each small step gives us a chance to keep the school open. The LEGO community has really come through...

I've been meaning to contribute but was having a hard time deciding which one(s) to buy. Finally figured I had procrastinated long enough, so I bought a few tickets tonight. I am glad to do my share, partly as a thank you for this website and partly because if my own daughter's school were in a similar situation, I would do whatever I could to keep it open too. Good luck on the continued fundraising effort! I truly hope it is successful!!!

I think the ups driver was using it as a booster seat

Some scumbag removed the figures, resealed the set, returned it, and you bought it from Target this week. You're welcome Either that or they come from China. Fakes!

belljohn time to fork up that 300

As a father of two children with disabilities, I find this to be a good step in the right direction.

I'm a procrastinator and always will be. Finally in for a 7-pack of tickets. It's great to see you guys fighting and raising money for a good cause, in addition to the amazing site you run here.

Just bought a few tickets to show my support and to thank the Mack brothers for all they do with this site. Take it from a former St. Paul fundraiser procrastinator, you will be glad you joined in!

Let's keep the questions of someone's parenting skills out of the conversation please.