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    Ed Mack

    Hello LEGO fans, collectors and resellers…

    Many of you may already know who I am, but for those of you that may have just learned about Brickpicker, my name is Ed Maciorowski and I would like to ask you for a few moments of your time. Over the past five years, my brother Jeff and I have operated the BrickPicker site at no cost to members and fans. All we ever asked from members was to click on affiliate links to help pay for the site expenses, which cost members little or no out of pocket money. Many of you have gained valuable information and insight from our data and forum community that enabled you to make money from LEGO collecting and reselling. Often, people would ask how can we help the BrickPicker site and its creators and we would say thanks for the offer, but no thanks, we felt uncomfortable taking donations. Well, we have a way for all of you to help out not only me, but over 150 children and their families.

    Let me introduce you to the St. Paul School of Burlington, NJ…

    My son, Max, is a member of the Kindergarten class in St. Paul School. He has attended the school since September and adores it. My wife, Jane, and I also adore the school. It is everything a school should be. It’s a school where everyone knows your name and there is a sense of pride and respect not found in many other larger schools. I cannot explain it, but there is an ambience of goodness in the building. Sounds corny I know, but as a person who has the word “evil” in his email address, I can tell you that I know when something deserves special recognition as a “good” thing. But it’s not only me who recognizes a great school. St. Paul School was voted the “Best Private School” in Burlington County, NJ and won numerous other awards. St. Paul School’s graduates constantly excel in high schools throughout Central NJ, with a large portion of graduates appearing on the National Honor Society and finishing top in their classes as Valedictorians and Salutatorians. To find out more about the St. Paul School, you can check out their website

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    So here is the situation. St. Paul School is a Catholic school and as many people know, Catholic schools always have a hard time paying the bills to remain open. While St. Paul School and other Catholic schools welcome all religions and people, they are not funded by state or federal tax dollars and must adhere to many policies of the Catholic church and their Dioceses. Unfortunately, due to the weak economy and other forces outside of their control, enrollment in Catholic schools is down, putting more and more pressure on the school’s and local church’s budgets to remain open. This is an ongoing battle and fundraising has become an annual ritual in every Catholic school in the nation and most likely, the world. Everyone has to do their part to help out and Jeff and I are doing ours. Here is our plan…

    Jeff and I are going to personally RAFFLE OFF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF RARE AND RETIRED LEGO SETS! These sets are from our personal collections and they include the:

    • 10188 Death Star
    • 10228 Haunted House
    • Sealed Case of 64 Series 10 Collectible Minifigures (MR.GOLD might be in there!)
    • 10224 Town Hall
    • 10225 Ultimate Collector Series R2-D2
    • MORE SETS HAVE BEEN ADDED!!!

    That is well over $2000.00 in LEGO sets. All are retired and appreciating in value as we speak. I will personally ship them to anywhere in the world at my cost and in a proper shipping container. There will be one winner for each set and you must buy tickets for each raffle separately. One person can win all the sets if they enter all five raffles. There are discounted tickets available and the raffle will be run on the www.rallyup.com website, which is a very reputable and trustworthy fundraising site. They will automatically pick the winners at 11:59 PM on January 31, 2016 and will notify the winners. I will then ship out the winning LEGO sets to their new owners. The raffle and link to share can be found below:

                                               https://rallyup.com/stpaul-2016

    Each ticket costs $10.00 and enables you to enter one LEGO set raffle of your choice. $50.00 will cover all five iconic LEGO sets. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS (besides the commission to www.rallyup.com) goes to St. Paul School and to its corresponding church, The Parish of Saint Katharine Drexel, which helps the school operate. Tickets can be paid with any major credit card and the site is secure. Unfortunately, PayPal does not get involved with “raffles,” so PayPal can only be used for direct donations. I know that is a minor inconvenience, but if their is an issue, contact Jeff or I and we can see what we can do about transferring money to our PayPal account and paying for your raffle tickets. If we get a great response from people, we might add a few major sets or collectible and rare items to the raffle contest.

    On a personal note, I just have to say that I feel awkward asking people to help and for money, but the St. Paul School kids, faculty and community are worth it. They need to raise $200,000 by the end of January in order to keep the doors open and I am pulling all of my strings to help get them to that goal. I need your help. Period. If you value quality education and teaching children morals and respect, then supporting a school like St. Paul is paramount to the future well being of this planet. To the BrickPicker community...Show the LEGO world that we are more than just a bunch of Quick Flipping Low Lifes….that we care and have a heart, even though we buy all of Little Timmy’s LEGO sets up to resell. LOL. Honestly, this is important to Jeff and I and I want to be proud of our community that we have built over the past 5+ years. If you want to repay us for all of the efforts we have made over the past five years, buy a ticket...or two...or five. My son and 150+ other kids and families, faculty and friends of the St. Paul School will thank you…

    CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNDRAISER

    PLEASE HELP AND SHARE THIS BLOG POST ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND
    OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS!!

     

    If you are interested in just making a donation and want to use Paypal, you can.  Just click the purchase link on the right side bar.  On the next page you will see a checkbox that will allow you to just make a donation.  Check that box and you will then see options for payment.  Paypal is not available for buying raffle tickets, it is against their terms.

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    I have shipped six prizes so far.  The seventh will go out on Monday.  I am still waiting to hear from four winners.  Please check your emails from Jan.31 to Feb. 1.  Thanks...

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    5 hours ago, conceptmachine said:

    Lol...maybe I won and it went to my spam like the batpod.  Still erks me about that.

    Did you eventually get the bat pod or lost your chance due to not replying on time? 

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    On 05/02/2016 at 4:10 PM, Ed Mack said:

    Second round of sets went out this morning.  I am still waiting to hear from some winners.  Next sets will go out early next week.  

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    On 05/02/2016 at 4:10 PM, Ed Mack said:

    Second round of sets went out this morning.  I am still waiting to hear from some winners.  Next sets will go out early next week.  

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    I think it would be easier to strip the bags out and flat pack the boxes, maybe folding the boxes in half.

    Not sure would then be able to move on as mint condition though.

    Cheers the awesome effort

    Mike 

    Bat man :-D 

     

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    7 minutes ago, Squashmike10 said:

     

    I think it would be easier to strip the bags out and flat pack the boxes, maybe folding the boxes in half.

    Not sure would then be able to move on as mint condition though.

    Cheers the awesome effort

    Mike 

    Bat man :-D 

     

    Frankly, I would have preferred he wrap them in brown craft paper, slapped a shipping label on, and called it a day.

    Alternatively, he could have borrowed a technique from a previous eBay fruitcake I dealt with and shipped the sets wrapped in Christmas gift paper.

    I hear that 9/10 collectors like to recieve their prized Town Halls and Death Stars in sealed, destroyed box condition.:lolu:

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    11 minutes ago, Squashmike10 said:

     

    I think it would be easier to strip the bags out and flat pack the boxes, maybe folding the boxes in half.

    Not sure would then be able to move on as mint condition though.

    Cheers the awesome effort

    Mike 

    Bat man :-D 

     

    The boxes were shipped the way I would expect to receive them...MISB condition.  I want people to be happy with what they receive because we will do this all over again next year.  

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    27 minutes ago, Deadfraggle said:

    Frankly, I would have preferred he wrap them in brown craft paper, slapped a shipping label on, and called it a day.

    Alternatively, he could have borrowed a technique from a previous eBay fruitcake I dealt with and shipped the sets wrapped in Christmas gift paper.

    I hear that 9/10 collectors like to recieve their prized Town Halls and Death Stars in sealed, destroyed box condition.:lolu:

    You obviously use the same sellers as me. 

    Recited resealed figures, as if putting sellotape over the opened bag helps,

     

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    24 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

    The boxes were shipped the way I would expect to receive them...MISB condition.  I want people to be happy with what they receive because we will do this all over again next year.  

    Would anticipate as such ed,

    next year, better start saving girls and boys.

    Again awesome effort, and have to say as relatively new collector, site is great a inspiration and resource. Although my bank balance currently might not like it.

    As a previous lego builder for display purposes only, I will now stop flat packing my boxes in the loft for storage, (can't find mellennium falcon box :-S) 

    Also have recently brought a set where the box might not be opened, this feels odd.

    Thanks for the new hobby, long may it last.

    And I wish ed and the team good luck topping this year's list of goodies. 

    Mike

     

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    56 minutes ago, drmirage said:

    Very impressive on the members in helping on the fundraiser.  

     

    Im curious if school saved from shutting its doors?

    Yes, the raffle saved the school.  While there were many other events and people that added to the $220,000 that was raised over the past year, the LEGO raffle got us close to the $220,000...enough for the decision makers to say yes for next year.  Unfortunately, we will have to raise money again for next year, unless we get enrollment up.  I'm sure we will be doing another raffle at some point.  

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    Another three winning packages went out today.  It really hurts my soul to part with such wonderful sets.  LOL.  It also sucks packaging them and shipping them.  Why didn't anybody tell me it was so hard?  :jester:

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    So glad the school was saved for another year.    To increase enrollment I'll send you my 3 kids.:jester:        All the sets looked really great.  Husband is sad he didn't win R2-D2.

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    16 minutes ago, mcm96 said:

    So glad the school was saved for another year.    To increase enrollment I'll send you my 3 kids.:jester:        All the sets looked really great.  Husband is sad he didn't win R2-D2.

    Three kids would really help.  I'll get the Principal to work a deal.  It's a great school.

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    Happy to hear that the school is saved for another year.  You can give yourself a pat on the back.  Now where is the news that LEGO investors are able to save the school from closing?  This is very big news.

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    8 hours ago, eriqxlegos said:

    Who are the winners to the raffle?

    I've asked them all to post photos of their prizes.  It's up to them to come forward.  Nine are from the US.  One Canada.  One UK.  Mostly from the west coast.  None from the Northeast.....unfortunately for my wallet and shipping costs.  LOL

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    13 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

    I've asked them all to post photos of their prizes.  It's up to them to come forward.  Nine are from the US.  One Canada.  One UK.  Mostly from the west coast.  None from the Northeast.....unfortunately for my wallet and shipping costs.  LOL

    Mine went to my parents in UK, and I will pick up end of Feb, and will gladly post picks. Batman :)

    Do I build or keep mint the tumbler. It looks so nice, 

     

     

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    I won the Town Hall and have been working on getting it built.  I took a picture to post but I am having a hard time posting.  Maybe I will try again when it is built.  Thanks again Ed for the chance to support a school and win Lego at the same time!  

     

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