London 2012 Mascots Unveiled

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by Locke

Vancouver's mascots were weird, lame and came with the absolutely crappiest most drug-induced DNA splicing backstories you could imagine.

My kids liked the Vancouver mascots, especially the sasquatch one. I think mascots in general are a little dodgy - remember Heidi & Howdy?

[photon]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

"We think they're excellent"

I came to this thread to post that exact picture.

[photon]

Originally Posted by Redliner

My kids liked the Vancouver mascots

Yup, my kid too. And I think they were much better than these weirdos.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Say what you want about the Vancouver mascots. There is no denying there were effective. The kids(who these things are made for) loved the ugly sasquatch thing.

Believe me, I thought they were awful when I first saw them, but I was at Robson Square during the games everyday for work and everyday, there were thousands of kids waiting for the mascot skate at the outdoor rink. The kids love them, so ultimately they were extremely effective.

[Muta]

You guys need to expand your horizons. I am supremely happy these things are the mascots, they look like giant, delusional squids.

To me, this is highly, highly entertaining and I will thoroughly enjoy seeing these mascots everywhere leading into 2012.

[Muta]

[mykalberta]

After what England papers wrote about the Vancouver games, I hope this is just the first round of epic fail for London 2010.

[Kipper is King]

I actually really liked Vancouver's mascots!

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

<----- No one be slagging on the first ever Olympic Mascot Sidekick, Muk Muk! He was the man!

I think people were slagging more on the weird stories and justification they made up for them rather than the mascots themselves. Personally I have no problem with the Vancouver mascots. They worked great and made VANOC a ton of money. Mukmuk is definitely a funny idea that worked out well. These however...I dunno.

[worth]

Where can I buy a Penis Alien for my little nephew and niece?

lol

[troutman]

Should have been these guys:

[REDVAN]

It's only a matter of time before someone photoshops a pedobear onto that...

[The Goon]

They are so bizarre that I both love them and hate them.

Mrs. Goon and I made sure to get plush Vancouver mascots for the nursery(we loved Quaatchi - Domo Kun's hippie Canadian cousin), but I can't imagine buying these for a kid unless we wanted to encourage nightmares.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Totally the first thing I thought of.

[Joborule]

The London Olympics seem to be making their imagery look similar to Simpsons reference...

[KTrain]

If you've seen some of the British television shows aimed at kids, you'll know these aren't far off from the other weird stuff they air.

Teletubbies and In the Night Garden to name a couple.

The US has Yo Gabba Gabba.

[Bertuzzied]

They look like wii motes.

I was hoping they would make fun of their bad teeth thing.

[worth]

I have a feeling when Sochi rolls around we're going to see even more f'ed up stuff like this.

When the Russians put on their little show at the Vancouver closing ceremonies with their glowing balls, I wasn't that impressed. But Russians apparently like balls, and like to show their balls off to the rest of the world, so get ready for some type of ball mascot rolling through red square. That's my guess.

[Superflyer]

To that end London recruited former Childrens’ Laureate Michael Morpurgo, who came up with the concept of the mascots being fashioned from two drops of molten steel spilt in the making of the last steel girder used in the Olympic Stadium.
In an animated film that will form part of a series, Morpurgo has grandfather George picking up the two drops of steel on his last day at the Bolton foundry before retirement. Back at home he fashions the steel into figures which he then gives to his grandchildren. Animated by a rainbow they turn somersaults for the children before disappearing off on the road to London.

Oh now it makes sense

[habernac]