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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1 hour ago, auntiemamel said:

Trying to figure out how much more I have to spend to get a second entry into the special raffle. Any idea where I can find this info? 

The total of all your donations needs to be $100.  At $200 you get 2 entries, 3 at $300, ect...

Just now, belljohn said:

The total of all your donations needs to be $100.  At $200 you get 2 entries, 3 at $300, ect...

Thanks. I am looking to see what I already bought. I know it is over 100, but less than 200. Looking to see what I have to spend to get to 200. Thanks again for your answer

LESS THAN 2 DAYS LEFT TO WIN SOME GREAT SETS!!!

On 12/21/2016 at 7:00 PM, Lego Templar said:

I am stealing Jaisonline's idea from last year!

For each LIKE $***THIS***$ post gets I will donate 1 dollar!

1 like=1 dollar towards the schools raffle!
 

141 likes so far! Maybe the most liked comment of all time! Let's get at least 9 more likes! We have like 50,000 members so I'm sure you can go to this post and like it!! 

 

 

1 like=1 dollar!!! 

 

 

LAST CALL!!!!

Probably already been asked, but is the 3 tickets for $25 only if you buy 3 tickets on the same prize, or can you spread it across 3 prizes?

2 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Probably already been asked, but is the 3 tickets for $25 only if you buy 3 tickets on the same prize, or can you spread it across 3 prizes?

same prize. click the Blue "Select" icon and you'll see your purchase options for each item.

 

3 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Probably already been asked, but is the 3 tickets for $25 only if you buy 3 tickets on the same prize, or can you spread it across 3 prizes?

As far s I know, it's just on the same prize.

27 minutes ago, Sprocket77 said:

Probably already been asked, but is the 3 tickets for $25 only if you buy 3 tickets on the same prize, or can you spread it across 3 prizes?

Same prize.

Just did $50.  Good luck to everyone.

3 minutes ago, legonoose said:

Just did $50.  Good luck to everyone.

Thank you.  

any chance to report how many tix were sold for each item?

1 hour ago, Elkkthunder said:

any chance to report how many tix were sold for each item?

I will tell you that the Death Star and LEGO Vehicle raffle is SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER in ticket purchases!  

Let's make this interesting...

I will throw in a mystery bonus set(s) to each one of those raffles!!!

Took a while but I am on board. Good luck with the fundraising 

23 minutes ago, Mrbigz8657 said:

Took a while but I am on board. Good luck with the fundraising 

Thank you.  Remember, I will ship anywhere in the world.  I will also take Pay Pal and buy tickets for a person.  Also remember the secondary raffle for the collectible San Diego Comic Con displays and sets or sealed case of 64 Series 10 Collectible Minifigures!

i bought some tickets approx 2 weeks ago (1/25) and some more today  - interesting to see how many have been bought for some of the categories since then.

in one package, only 7 more tickets were purchased

on another package more than 90

and on the member raffle lot more than 110 were purchased since 1/25

2 hours ago, Ed Mack said:

I will tell you that the Death Star and LEGO Vehicle raffle is SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER in ticket purchases!  

Let's make this interesting...

I will throw in a mystery bonus set(s) to each one of those raffles!!!

Alright alright the mystery set convinced me.? I bought 1 ticket for the death star and enough tickets on the others to get another ticket in the bonus lottery.

Not to intrude on the excitement or anything ? but I just checked the fundraising page and was wondering why it indicates that there are 8 days left instead of 2.

2 minutes ago, idunno101 said:

Not to intrude on the excitement or anything  but I just checked the fundraising page and was wondering why it indicates that there are 8 days left instead of 2.

raffle closes in 2 days. u can still donate for 8 days 

31 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

raffle closes in 2 days. u can still donate for 8 days 

Right.  Raffle is over tomorrow night.  They give you an option to accept donations a week after the raffle ends.  

53 minutes ago, Starkthunder said:

Alright alright the mystery set convinced me. I bought 1 ticket for the death star and enough tickets on the others to get another ticket in the bonus lottery.

If we hit $30.000.00, those "Mystery Sets" will get impressive...

I am Batman. ☺️

The hometown favorite NJ kid just donated  

Btw Ed, think we are both the same nationality? 

Edited February 7, 20178 yr by Leopard

6 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

If we hit $30.000.00, those "Mystery Sets" will get impressive...

Great news.  At $30,000 I will put in another $100 too.

3 minutes ago, JimboJet said:

I am Batman. 

I am always open to modifying a prize.  I will make The Tumbler an option in the PICK A RETIRED SET raffle!

1 hour ago, Ed Mack said:

I am always open to modifying a prize.  I will make The Tumbler an option in the PICK A RETIRED SET raffle!

Hey ed I just bought 100.00 of tickets. I want a tumbler I miss out on that one. My 9 year old is a big fan of batman wish me luck, and good luck to all of you Brickpicker. From Reno Nevada.