Title sounds a bit weird but this movie is about a guy who collects a bunch of things including Toby Jugs. However, he loses all his money and is planning to drive off a cliff with all his possessions. On the way there he stops for gas and someone else at the gas station notices all the Toby Jugs and offers to buy them. Hence the guy makes some money and decides to go on living. Saw in the 1990s or late 80s I believe. Thanks for any insight!

My father in law has a collection of Toby Jugs, I was hoping someone may have some knowledge of them to try and piece together who some of the figures are or place some kind of value on them. Any markings on any of them are shown in the photos. I have a few, probbaly the easy to pick up or obvious ones but ones like the several pirates have been tricky to ID.

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oCHd8HAaJTbQiiLn7

WIP List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZT-eS7M0US6fn2u5YzufcV60u2jgoxiJ332GZ0Lizc/edit?usp=sharing

(The photos were taken by him and uploaded by my SO so the most up to date assumptions are on the doc)

This is just an idea, it just popped into my brain.

Alexis Hall has a baking competition themed book out on May 18th called Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake! Recipes are kind of a thing in Alexis Hall books. Most of his romances contain recipes or cooking scenes, or both. As Rosaline Palmer is a book about baking, we thought it’d be fun to have a Romancelandia contest where it's less about crushing the competition than reading, baking and having fun.

The general idea is to do a combination of book report and baking writeup. Posts should contain the following:

1. A brief discussion of one of AJH’s books you’ve liked. (Or not liked. Baking alongside literary criticism is something I’m always on board for).
2. Your attempt at one of the recipes from his books/cookbook, with pictures of the results and the process. This could be a successful or failed attempt, so long as it’s entertaining to read about. And please don’t kill anyone by making and eating that Boyfriend Material Curry.
3. Alternately, you can post a recipe you’ve invented, inspired by a book, character, or plot of his. For example, activated charcoal Ash-themed cupcakes drenched in glittery icing would be on-theme for Glitterland. Original recipe posts must still discuss one of the books and should contain recipe photos.
4. Tag your post with the "contest" flair.

Participants will be entered into a draw for an ebook copy of Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake!

Contest closes June 1st (at the stroke of midnight EST!)

^(Fine print:) ^(Romancelandia mods may participate for fun, but are disqualified from the draw. One entry per redditor will be counted. If non-book recipes are posted, they should be original to you. (Put your personal twist on a standard recipe rather than fully borrowing someone else’s.)) ^(Posts will have to satisfy a minimum level of effort. Though the thought of someone making ten alts and spamming the sub with I LIKE ALEXIS HALL BOOK HERE IS COTTAGE PIE posts is admittedly hilarious, uh, don’t do that please.)

You can, however, double-dip with this contest and other events! There’s also a bake-along of the Rosaline Palmer recipes, courtesy of the Blue Willow Bookshop. So if you’re planning on sharing photos of your baking there, you can also share them on Romancelandia. Details on that event here.

Recipes

(mild spoilers for the books in some of the recipes).

[Rosaline Palmer

Number of Contestants: 32, the same as KFAD2. This time there are 16 veterans and 16 newcomers each for a balanced roster. Some of the newcomers however are characters referenced during KFAD 2 however (Mr. Bean for example). DJ Professor K would be the host, and thus I imagine the tournament would have the name: King for a Day: Future.

[Veterans] Contestant 01: TEH!!! Kikai-teki Mates (Unregisteres Hypercam 2, Nico-Nico, HOBaRT, and Lil' Jon).

Yes thats right The very first winner of King for Another Day has partnered up with the two contestants that everyone keeps comparing him to in order to present a nostalgic blast to the past mixed with immaculate flavour. Lil Jon also actually decided to join in so he can maybe actually get some rips...

Rip Sources: Rips related to memes from the 2000's-early 2010's (009 System Dreamscape, Nyan Cat).

Rips related to 2000's anime (Samurai Champloo, Ghost Stories).

Rips related to food (Songs by Hot Chocolate, Cooking Mama ost).

Rips related to Australia (Down Under by Men at Work, the Crash Bandicoot out).

Rips featuring Lil Jon (Turn Down for What, Shots).

Contestant 02: Infinity Shake (Metal Ajit Pai and Thanos).

After settling their differences at the end of KFAD 2, Metal Ajit Pai and Thanos have decided to team up and capitalise on the world. With both of them buying every property they can in preparation for victory.

Rip Sources: Rips related to Ajit Pai memes (The Harlem Shake).

Rips related to Robots/Mecha suits (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mr. Roboto by Styx).

Rips related to Disney and properties they own (Fox, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar).

Rips related to Fortnite (Chug Jug with You, the Default Dance).

Rips featuring Owl City (Fireflies, When Can I See You Again?)

Rips featuring Jerry Galeries (Hobart Drive, After the Summer).

Contestant 03: The Weird Crusaders (Weird Al Yankovich and Joseph Joestar).

After the events of of KFAD 2, at a currently unconfirmed time or date, a certain weirdo was shot with a bizarrely designed arrow giving him unnatural abilities. After this man found help from the famous business man Joseph Joestar, he came to learn this was the phenomenon known as a Stand, a physical embodiment of one's fighting spirit, this man managed to develop the ability to parody the ability other stand user's powers, and even the powers non-stand users. This man is famously known as: Weird Al Yankovich and his stand power: Eat it.

Rip Sources: Rips featuring 'Weird Al Yankovich' (Ea

 

 

#Picks Of The Week (by u/lefuniname) Disclaimer: None of these are Hidden Gems per my usual definition (< 1000 monthly listeners on Spotify), but all of the releases and artists still deserve way more attention in my opinion. I will mention other releases that fit my definition with the 💎 marker as always though.

Warning, it's a very techy week.

1. Jabba - Axis EP [ProgRAM]

Recommended if you like: Annix, Focusfire, Mofes

Good news, I found another entry for my underrated german producers list: Jabba!

Coming straight from Heilbronn in southern Germany, the relatively new producer has been bringing the southern heat to the dancefloor since around 2015. Not only did he quickly establish himself as a DJ talent all around the local area, he also started producing soon after. Following his first few releases on smaller labels here and there, he got so fed up with the whole process that he founded his own label Subminded Records together with his equally annoyed mates BNR and Julez in January 2017. Over the years Subminded managed to attract the talents of Dub FX, Noizesplitter and Skruff among many others, but eventually Jabba decided to shoot for the bigger labels. In May 2020 he released his first EP on RAM's sister label ProgRAM, the Radius EP, followed by an entry on the RAM Rave compilation series and a feature on Division's EP on Delta 9 Recordings. Now it is time for Jabba to return ProgRAM once more with this new Axis EP!

The EP starts off with the massive title track Axis. While it is not completely different to his previous works, you can still hear the change in sound he was going for here. By combining snappy as hell drums with several massive distorted basslines coming in from left right and centre and a chopped-up vocal that is som