Toy of the week 2, Week 42, General Madine

[Pomse2001]

General Madine:

 

[Pomse2001]

I never had the General Madine figure when I was a kid. I think it is okay but nothing more. If kenner had not made it then I am sure that I would not have missed it I am pretty sure I would to have changed it for another figure that kenner did not make.

 

[kabuchi7]

I don't recall owning this one as a kid. Prob looked a bit boring on the pegs with so many other cool figures to purchase!

I do have this as a moc and loose...i'll try to locate and post

 

[StarWarsFan]

Remember my mum getting me this figure from a car boot sale years ago had no idea who he was. Got him to sign my cardback a couple of years ago at echo when working with him a real nice guy.

 

[Pomse2001]

I don't recall owning this one as a kid. Prob looked a bit boring on the pegs with so many other cool figures to purchase!

I do have this as a moc and loose...i'll try to locate and post

Great moc you have there, thanks for sharing it

 

[Pomse2001]

Remember my mum getting me this figure from a car boot sale years ago had no idea who he was. Got him to sign my cardback a couple of years ago at echo when working with him a real nice guy.

cool signed cardback you have there, thanks for sharing it and thanks for sharing your childhood story

 

[sith-smith]

Madine was the first Jedi figure I bought from my local toy shop. I seem to remember he was the only Jedi figure in there.

I rushed home to show my two friends that I'd found a new figure in the shop. However, they had both been that morning and had managed to both get Biker Scouts!

So I felt a bit let down with my Madine!



And rightly so

 

[StarWarsFan]

Madine was the first Jedi figure I bought from my local toy shop. I seem to remember he was the only Jedi figure in there.

I rushed home to show my two friends that I'd found a new figure in the shop. However, they had both been that morning and had managed to both get Biker Scouts!

So I felt a bit let down with my Madine!



And rightly so

Lol

 

[Snaketibe]

I don't recall owning this one as a kid. Prob looked a bit boring on the pegs with so many other cool figures to purchase!

I do have this as a moc and loose...i'll try to locate and post

Nice MOC of the good General! Thanks for sharing

Jeremy

 

[Snaketibe]

Remember my mum getting me this figure from a car boot sale years ago had no idea who he was. Got him to sign my cardback a couple of years ago at echo when working with him a real nice guy.

I'm not a huge fan of signed sealed MOC's, but when it's just a cardback, I think it's a great idea! Thanks for sharing yours

Jeremy

 

[StarWarsFan]

I'm not a huge fan of signed sealed MOC's, but when it's just a cardback, I think it's a great idea! Thanks for sharing yours

Jeremy

Thanks mate, I agree would never get a nice MOC signed if it's damaged or just the card back in cool with that.

 

[Nita Nitro]

I'm in the minority here, but I loved/still love my General Madine figure. Don't know what it was about him, but I thought he was brilliant. He had great shiny boots which helped, because I thought they looked excellent.

 

[Snaketibe]

I'm in the minority here, but I loved/still love my General Madine figure. Don't know what it was about him, but I thought he was brilliant. He had great shiny boots which helped, because I thought they looked excellent.

Each to their own! LOL . Mind you, I can't comment as I'm a fan of the Imperial Dignitary, and there doesn't seem to be many collectors that can say that!

 

[StarWarsFan]

Each to their own! LOL . Mind you, I can't comment as I'm a fan of the Imperial Dignitary, and there doesn't seem to be many collectors that can say that!

Personally never minded ID figure

 

[StarWarsFan]

I'm in the minority here, but I loved/still love my General Madine figure. Don't know what it was about him, but I thought he was brilliant. He had great shiny boots which helped, because I thought they looked excellent.

As a kid I used him as Obi Wan had no idea if he was good or bad just a man with a beard though yep that can be obi wan

 

[Nita Nitro]

Imperial Dignitary is a figure I didn't know about till later, but when I saw him in person for the first time I had to get him. He is pretty cool too

 

[StarWarsFan]

Imperial Dignitary is a figure I didn't know about till later, but when I saw him in person for the first time I had to get him. He is pretty cool too

Remember getting him from a toy fair as a kid was over joyed to get another last 17

 

[Snaketibe]

The good General? A dull figure to many perhaps, but for me it does at least hold the dubious distinction of being the first MOC I ever owned after I started collecting again in the early 90's. Way back in the late 1980's, I was amazed to find a pair of carded Madines whilst rummaging in my mother's bedroom drawers for some Sellotape. I wasn't collecting again yet, but I was still astonished to find them there and so I asked her what she was doing with them. She replied she'd bought them cheaply and thought they might make nice presents for some young lads. I rolled my eyes at that, and felt very sorry for the poor sod who was randomly given a General Madine as a present years after the films had ended! Little was I to know it at the time, but it turned out that I was one of those poor sods, as when, a few years later, I did start collecting again, my mother still had one of them and was quite happy to offload it onto me!

And here it is! A mint Palitoy 65B twin-stemmed General Madine that spent years of its existence languishing unloved in a drawer.

And it wouldn't be me without some loose variants, so here they are! From left to right (please note, the staffs are not correctly distributed in the photos; I have reallocated them since ):

Taiwan L1a, R1a figure - Moulded face, green hair, dark red/brown belt, dark blue eyes. Currently incorrectly paired with an M1 Smile Staff as a placeholder, but a correct M2 Taiwan staff is hopefully on its way .
Smile L1b, R1a figure - Moulded face, grey hair, light brown belt, dark blue eyes. Smile M1 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2a figure - Pink painted face, darker grey hair, dark brown belt, light blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2b figure - Yellow painted face (discoloration?), slightly lighter (than the Unitoy figure above!) darker grey hair, dark brown belt, dark blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Lili Ledy L1a, R2b figure - Moulded pink face, dark beard, dark brown belt, pale blue eyes, glossy boots and gloves, glossy darker blue arms, darker grey body. Paired with a placeholder M1 Smile Staff (not shown) as missing correct Ledy staff .

 

[StarWarsFan]

The good General? A dull figure to many perhaps, but for me it does at least hold the dubious distinction of being the first MOC I ever owned after I started collecting again in the early 90's. Way back in the late 1980's, I was amazed to find a pair of carded Madines whilst rummaging in my mother's bedroom drawers for some Sellotape. I wasn't collecting again yet, but I was still astonished to find them there and so I asked her what she was doing with them. She replied she'd bought them cheaply and thought they might make nice presents for some young lads. I rolled my eyes at that, and felt very sorry for the poor sod who was randomly given a General Madine as a present years after the films had ended! Little was I to know it at the time, but it turned out that I was one of those poor sods, as when, a few years later, I did start collecting again, my mother still had one of them and was quite happy to offload it onto me!

And here it is! A mint Palitoy 65B twin-stemmed General Madine that spent years of its existence languishing unloved in a drawer.

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And it wouldn't be me without some loose variants, so here they are! From left to right (please note, the staffs are not correctly distributed in the photos; I have reallocated them since ):

Taiwan L1a, R1a figure - Moulded face, green hair, dark red/brown belt, dark blue eyes. Currently incorrectly paired with an M1 Smile Staff as a placeholder, but a correct M2 Taiwan staff is hopefully on its way .
Smile L1b, R1a figure - Moulded face, grey hair, light brown belt, dark blue eyes. Smile M1 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2a figure - Pink painted face, darker grey hair, dark brown belt, light blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2b figure - Yellow painted face (discoloration?), slightly lighter (than the Unitoy figure above!) darker grey hair, dark brown belt, dark blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Lili Ledy L1a, R2b figure - Moulded pink face, dark beard, dark brown belt, pale blue eyes, glossy boots and gloves, glossy darker blue arms, darker grey body. Paired with a placeholder M1 Smile Staff (not shown) as missing correct Ledy staff .

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Impressive have a few variants myself just can't display them . Thanks for sharing

 

[Ruby2511]

The good General? A dull figure to many perhaps, but for me it does at least hold the dubious distinction of being the first MOC I ever owned after I started collecting again in the early 90's. Way back in the late 1980's, I was amazed to find a pair of carded Madines whilst rummaging in my mother's bedroom drawers for some Sellotape. I wasn't collecting again yet, but I was still astonished to find them there and so I asked her what she was doing with them. She replied she'd bought them cheaply and thought they might make nice presents for some young lads. I rolled my eyes at that, and felt very sorry for the poor sod who was randomly given a General Madine as a present years after the films had ended! Little was I to know it at the time, but it turned out that I was one of those poor sods, as when, a few years later, I did start collecting again, my mother still had one of them and was quite happy to offload it onto me!

And here it is! A mint Palitoy 65B twin-stemmed General Madine that spent years of its existence languishing unloved in a drawer.

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And it wouldn't be me without some loose variants, so here they are! From left to right (please note, the staffs are not correctly distributed in the photos; I have reallocated them since ):

Taiwan L1a, R1a figure - Moulded face, green hair, dark red/brown belt, dark blue eyes. Currently incorrectly paired with an M1 Smile Staff as a placeholder, but a correct M2 Taiwan staff is hopefully on its way .
Smile L1b, R1a figure - Moulded face, grey hair, light brown belt, dark blue eyes. Smile M1 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2a figure - Pink painted face, darker grey hair, dark brown belt, light blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Unitoy L1b, R2b figure - Yellow painted face (discoloration?), slightly lighter (than the Unitoy figure above!) darker grey hair, dark brown belt, dark blue eyes. Unitoy M3 Staff.
Lili Ledy L1a, R2b figure - Moulded pink face, dark beard, dark brown belt, pale blue eyes, glossy boots and gloves, glossy darker blue arms, darker grey body. Paired with a placeholder M1 Smile Staff (not shown) as missing correct Ledy staff .

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Awesome collection