London 2012 mascots announced

[Zulu Romeo]

Why have a mascot for London 2012 at all? I mean, we've already got Boris!

 

[iguana_tonante]

But let's not forget that these are the same guys who thought "Lisa gives Bart a blowjob" would be a good idea for the Olympic Games' logo.

What. The. Hell.

Like Leela got raped by the Teletubbies.

Most disturbing image evah.

 

[B.J.]

They remind me of the Spathi from the Star Control series.

 

[trekkiedane]

/.../ I suggest that everyone register their displeasure by referring to these mascots exclusively as "Kang and Kodos," until their real names are forgotten.

I second this suggestion

 

[Yeoman Randi]

The one on the left reminds me of a diabetes tester.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

For gods sake London. I know you elected Boris Johnson and all, but have you seriosuly lost every sensible bone in your body? What are those misshapen blobs supposed to be exactly? Just like the logo, give the public half an hour and we get better results for free. this woudl have been brilliant.

Those are pretty good and make a ton of sense in the context of the UK.

Then again, before the last Winter Olympics, I didn't even know mascots existed (looking at the list of 10 worst, I seem to have distant hazy memories of the two Greek ones, but I must have suppressed them).

 

[Lonemagpie]

I'd never even heard of the concept of Olympic mascots before today, let alone been able to identify any of them.

Munich had a German Dachshund, Moscow had a Russian Bear, LA had an American Eagle - Works for me.

London has British... what? One-eyed trouser snakes? What the fuck are those things meant to be?

The point is mascots should be easily recognizable, interpretable, etc. It takes a Telegraph article to explain what the shit on these things represents - which nobody's even going to notice, let alone take the trouble to think about.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...nd-Mandevilles-design-features-explained.html

Utter Fail - how typically British.

 

[StolenThunder]

I think they're pretty good - I very much like the names too.

 

[iguana_tonante]

Then again, before the last Winter Olympics, I didn't even know mascots existed (looking at the list of 10 worst, I seem to have distant hazy memories of the two Greek ones, but I must have suppressed them).

Neve and Glitz were cool.

 

[Holdfast]

I very much like the names too.

Yeah, the names have good origins and I like them too, but I have to say it will be VERY hard to resist calling them Kang & Kodos, as suggested upthread. I mean, how can you NOT?

The designs are somewhat kitschy and bizarre, but isn't that what mascots always look like? Let's be honest, these things are never actually going to be cool. They'll do fine as merchandising opportunities, I think, which is their essential function.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

If not the real thing, how about cartoony versions of Boris and Ken?

 

[Holdfast]

If not the real thing, how about cartoony versions of Boris and Ken?

The real thing IS the cartoony version.

 

[captcalhoun]

they should've used a bulldog...

correction, they should've used Churchy! get extra advertising revenue AND a discount on the insurance for the athletes!

 

[Omnius]

The folks at B3ta have it all figured out:

 

[eastman23]

/\ Heh, maybe they should paint the cameras like that.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I know it's a little late, but I've decided to toss my Burberry hat into the ring with this alternative design:

 

[Trekker4747]

Makes me think of a certain TNZ poster.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

He was my muse, what with 2012 being such a big year for him and all.

 

[Capn Flukie]

I heard that during the opening ceremony they connect and form a human centipede.

 

[DBR]

Ah. I was out for dinner a few hours ago, and I saw on the muted TV those two things prancing around and thought to myself 'WTF?' but didn't give it much thought.