LADY JAYE

G.I. JOE ULTIMATES (SUPER 7)

While I’ve been largely left cold by Hasbro’s in-house G.I. Joe: Classified Series releases in the last year or so, I’ve not managed to kick my Joe habits in their entirety.  Super 7’s had their hands on the license for ReAction purposes for a little while, but earlier this year, they officially launched a line under their Ultimates banner.  The follow-up to that initial four figure assortment has just hit recently, featuring amongst its line-up one of the cartoon’s most featured characters, Lady Jaye.  I’m taking a look at her figure today!

THE FIGURE ITSELF

Lady Jaye is the first figure in the second series of Super 7’s G.I. Joe Ultimates line.  She’s one of the the two Joes this time around.  The figure stands about 6 3/4 inches tall and she has 31 points of articulation.  The first series if the line showcased a pretty solid upgrade on the articulation front, and Series 2 appears to be stepping that up even further.  While the neck is still a bit restricted, her knees and elbows both get deeper than 90 degree bends, which is always a win when it comes to Super 7.  Lady Jaye sports an all-new sculpt. As with the rest of the line, Jaye is based specifically on her Sunbow animation model.  In Lady Jaye’s case, since she showed up in the cartoon prior to the toyline, there were actually some notable differences in terms of design work, making her an even more specifically cartoon-figure than the others.  The sculpt does a very nice job of capturing the model from the show in three-dimensions, as well as fitting in nicely with the rest of the line thus far.  Like Duke, Lady Jaye’s sporting three different head sculpts, and they’re honestly pretty similar in their layout, too.  She comes wearing a fairly standard one, and then there’s one with a headset (my personal favorite), and one that’s nearly identical to the first, only with the mouth slightly open.  The last one’s not quite as cool as the shouting head that came with Duke, but I really like the other two.  Where I felt the body sculpt on Duke wasn’t *quite* on the same level as the heads, on Lady Jaye, I think it all matches up much more closely.  The detailing is just a little sharper, and there’s just a little bit more going on.  Lady Jaye’s color work is pretty solid.  It matches pretty closely to the colors from the show, albeit in a more consistent sense, since they tended to fluctuate a little on-screen.  Things are largely molded colors, including the skin tone on the heads, in contrast with the first series.  It’s a slight change-up, but it looks okay, and it means the sculpted details aren’t at risk of getting lost.  The rouge is a little heavy on the cheeks, and the eyebrows don’t look *quite* right on the two heads without the headset, but that head with the headset still looks really good.  Lady Jaye is packed with the three heads, as well as four sets of hands (in fists, open, tight grip, and loose grip), three different styles of javelin (standard, with deployed hooks, and with removable head), nine different javelin heads, a standard issue blaster rifle (re-used from series 1), a canteen the mounts on her belt, and a small knife for the sheath on her chest strap.  She also gets some toy-based extras, which includes a toy-style javelin launcher and camera.

THE ME HALF OF THE EQUATION

Due to her prominence on the cartoons, and the fact that they were in such constant re-run into the early ’00s, I have a fondness for Lady Jaye, especially her cartoon-style look.  Until now, however, I haven’t been able to get any of the figures based specifically on that look.  While Series 1 of the line definitely had me excited from the start, it was her confirmation in Series 2 that really, truly sold me on the line.  This figure really turned out nicely.  Her Classified figure being so good set a high bar, but this one still manages to top it, at least for me.

Thanks to my sponsors over at All Time Toys for setting me up with this figure to review.  If you’d like to see a video of this figure in action, I helped out with one for their YouTube channel, so check that out. If you’re looking for cool toys both old and new, please check out their website and their eBay storefront.