London’s Olympic mascots will blow your mind - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

lima20 · 2010-05-19, 03:32 PM

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Moulded from steel left over from the last girder on the Olympic stadium, London’s 2012 mascots are neither cuddly nor cute but organisers say the gleaming one-eyed metallic forms will strike a chord with children.

As the covers were removed by two pupils in front of wide-eyed classmates and LOCOG chairman Sebastian Coe at an east London school a mere javelin throw away from what will be the heart of the Games in two years, Wenlock and Mandeville, as they will be known, were introduced to the world.

It was the culmination of an 18-month project to come up with an enduring image for the Games and a merchandising gimmick that will keep the cash tills ringing as 2012 target 16 millions pounds in revenue from Games memorabilia.

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cooper83 · 2010-05-19, 04:06 PM

It took them 18 months to come up with that crap??

Tezster · 2010-05-19, 04:37 PM

Looks like an enemy monster in a Japanese RPG.

haystack · 2010-05-19, 04:54 PM

Well at least its not the first thing I thought of when I heard it called a one eyed monster. I see the # one selling item being Olympic oven mitts.

jayoldschool · 2010-05-19, 07:25 PM

They look like "fabulous" remoras. Wow.

NB Josh · 2010-05-19, 09:41 PM

At least they are better than the London 2012 logo, which looked like Lisa Simpson doing something that I'm not sure I can mention on here. But they are still terrible. After Beijing and Vancouver did so good organizing the Olympics, why does London have to do so bad? And the Games haven't even started yet.

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2010-05-19, 04:54 PM	#4
haystack Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,113	Well at least its not the first thing I thought of when I heard it called a one eyed monster. I see the # one selling item being Olympic oven mitts.

2010-05-19, 07:25 PM	#5
jayoldschool Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,746	They look like "fabulous" remoras. Wow.

2010-05-19, 09:41 PM	#6
NB Josh Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Brunswick - Shaw Direct Posts: 3,150	At least they are better than the London 2012 logo, which looked like Lisa Simpson doing something that I'm not sure I can mention on here. But they are still terrible. After Beijing and Vancouver did so good organizing the Olympics, why does London have to do so bad? And the Games haven't even started yet.