The 2012 Olympic Mascots

[lupestripe]

They have just been unveiled and it's another disappointment I'm afraid. They are amorphous blobs of steel, which is highly ironic considering that we hardly have any steel industry left any more. Anyway, there is little exciting from a furry aspect - I was hoping for a cuddly lion myself - but I guess pushing the boundaries is the order of the day.

Wenlock and Mandeville are their names, which at least is quintessentially British I suppose. Apparently, they are set to feature in animated form so there could be a cute factor going on. They are also set to have their own Facebook and Twitter pages which would give them a stronger identity and they already have a back story so clearly the creators are trying to foster a strong sense of characterisation. I don't think this has been done to this extent before in this field of mascotting.

So perhaps they will grow on me like the 2012 Olympic logo has. I see parallels with Monsters Inc so perhaps it could work out well in the end. I guess we will wait and see.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/8690467.stm

Comments

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

At least they don't look like Lisa Simpson sucking off London.

That's about the only positive thing I can think of though.

[lastres0rt.livejournal.com]

Hey, they paid £400,000 to have someone draw Lisa Simpson sucking off London.

Porn costs money!

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

Someone should have pointed them to youporn.com for nowt :P

I might have felt "inspired" by the logo that way too!

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Lisa Simpson sucking off London

Oh my, I never noticed that... but you're totally right. ^^

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

Once you've seen that... you really can't see anything else!

(And to be honest, it's pretty much the only thing my brain can make sense of in that jagged mess)

[schnee.livejournal.com]

Agreed on both counts!