I've been thinking the same thing lately (time for a 10/22!).
Always admired them, but as a kid I simply borrowed my dad's Marlin Model 60 for plinking. However, I'm afraid it didn't fair well against my friend's 10/22 every time we went shooting, but at the time, I was anxious to save up for my first "big" guns, so a .22 rifle wasn't a priority. In college, I bought my Ruger MkIII on a whim to cover light plinking territory. So the 10/22 has thus far evaded me, but it won't much longer.
To the OP, please don't convert your 10/22 to a Mall Ninja assault weapon.
Call me old fashioned, but I like the basic models. You can dress it up all you want, maybe wear a headband and body armor when you shoot it, etc, but it's still a .22 rimfire. Save the "tactical" stuff for the big guns, if you must even then.