I grew up loyal to Optimus Prime, so I don’t have the nostalgic geek love a lot of other guys my age seem to have for G.I. Joe. That said, I think I’ve just discovered a pretty good reason to start caring about the upcoming movie version. Her name is Rachel Nichols and she’s playing a G.I. Joe character named Scarlett.

The first ever picture of Nichols in costume as Scarlett has just popped up online over at JoBlo. That’s a truncated version of it to your right, but you really need to click over there and see the whole thing to fully appreciate her… er… its magnificence.