Awesome. I'm still here. 😉 

Thank you! I love this line.

Classified is a great line of figures.  

Just got another batch in:

General Hawk

Ripper

Buzzer

Shockwave

Low-Light

New name reveals today!

Nemesis Enforcer

Starduster

Zandar

And the latest that went up for preorder:

Quick Kick

Airborne

Big Boa

Techno-Viper

Duke (retro)

Scarlett (retro)

Recondo (retro)

60th Action Infantry

60th Action Sailor

Okay... I know I talked a lot of crap about Super 7 and their G.I. Joe Ultimates in the past. Now, I'm ready to eat a heaping, helping of crow...

I went ahead and opened up my G.I. Joe Ultimates! wave one (because they've been sitting in their shipping boxes since I got them), and I am BLOWN. AWAY.

I think that these are some of the best figures that Super 7 has ever made... they even eclipse the TMNT Ultimates, IMHO.

After I opened up Duke, Snake Eyes, and Cobra Commander, I fell head-over-heels and immediately ordered Wave 2. Sadly, Flint and Lady Jaye do not have painted skin tomes like wave one... however, Destro is flippin' phenomenal! (I didn't open Baroness because I'm going to gift her to a friend and get the black-suit version later this month.)

Now, I'm patiently awaiting my Wave 3 to show up! This wave DOES have full paint apps and they look incredible. Scarlett isn't even in my hands yet, but I'm confident that she will become one of my favorite figures in my whole collection - and a very likely contender for figure-of-the-year.

I don't know... maybe it's the rush of nostalgia from all those years watching G.I. Joe after school, reading the comics, and spending many a night at sleepovers watching G.I. Joe the Movie... these Ultimates! have won me over - big time!!

Don't get me wrong, I still have the Classified Retro wave on pre-order and still plan on collecting the Hasbro stuff... but G.I. Joe Ultimates! have won a deserving place in my display as well as my heart!

Finally my most wanted Jinx is available for pre-order. I've been eagerly awaiting her, hoping she'll be done right and perfect and everything looks great except...

SINCE WHEN DOES JINX HAVE HUGE FUGLY TATTOOS ALL OVER HER ARM?!!!!!!????!!!!????

if it was the Arashikage emblem I wouldn't say anything. Even the dragon emblem from her outfit I'd probably let slide, but I don't even know what this -again F-ING UGLY- pattern in supposed to be!

Yeah I still pre-ordered 2, but I'm hoping I can somehow remove that when she gets here. (Paint thinner? Nail polish remover?)

@lordofdestruction Tattoos are incredibly common now. It seems that 80% of the population under a certain age has at least one, so I'm not at all surprised that modern action figures would reflect that reality. The vintage Joes were way ahead of their time when it came to that - several figures had tattoos way back in the 80's, a time when it was extremely uncommon to see them among the general population.

@durendal I can’t wait to see these idiots with their face and neck tattoos when they’re in their 70’s and 80’s

@brasco everyone looks like shit at that age anyway, so might as well go out in style!