The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six - RETURN OF THE JEDI General Madine
Welcome to another entry in our The Vintage Collection: The Ninety Six column. Hasbro recently committed to collectors that they will be “focusing” on characters in The Vintage Collection that fall under “The Ninety Six” banner. If you’re new to this, it means that there needs a modern counterpart for every classic Kenner figure. Between 2020 and 2021, Hasbro’s made an admirable effort by focusing on these characters. But there is more work to be done, and we’ll figure out where we are step by step. Today we assess General Madine.
Just a few notes: We’re right in alignment with Hasbro in our vintage Kenner database with the count. There are 21 figures under the STAR WARS banner, 29 figures under THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK banner, 31 figures under the RETURN OF THE JEDI banner, and 15 figures under THE POWER OF THE FORCE banner. (Sy Snootles, Max Rebo, Droopy McCool, and Blue Snaggletooth bring the number to an even 100 figures.)
Read our assessment, and then please add your thoughts to the comments. Let us know if you agree or disagree. If you’re a customizer, show us your definitive custom figure in the comments as well! Who knows? It might give Hasbro some ideas.
RETURN OF THE JEDI General Madine
Is there a definitive modern counterpart to 1983’s ROTJ General Madine?
2004’s SW [S – P3] General Madine (Imperial Shuttle Capture) (’04 #20) is generally regarded as the closest placeholder.
Has Hasbro added this character’s card art and action figure into THE VINTAGE COLLECTION? And is it definitive?
No.
Does THE VINTAGE COLLECTION release completely satisfy the modern counterpart to 1983’s RETURN OF THE JEDI General Madine figure?
Hasbro only attempted a modern version of General Madine once and released it twice. The first was 2004’s STAR WARS “SAGA” [PHASE III] General Madine (Imperial Shuttle Capture) (’04 #20) and then quickly re-released it as 2004’s THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY COLLECTION General Madine (OTC #36) figure.
If Hasbro didn’t release the figure yet, do we have a near-definitive or definitive release of this character that can be added to THE VINTAGE COLLECTION as a straight repack, repaint, or with little retooling to update it?
The figure from 2004 doesn’t come close to meeting the standards of modern super-articulation. Hasbro will need to develop an all-new General Madine figure from the ground up.
What does Hasbro have to do so we can check off “General Madine” from our Vintage Vs. Modern checklists?
Hasbro needs to develop all-new tooling for General Madine and release it in THE VINTAGE COLLECTION packaging.
The year and years elapsed (through 2021) since we last had this character in classic Kenner-styled packaging (vintage or modern)?
1983’s ROTJ General Madine 38 years ago.
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