London 2012 Olympic mascots

[Jahoota]

WTF are they supposed to be?!???!?!?!


http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/05/20/1225868/998208-mascot.jpg

[Mute]

WTF are they supposed to be?!???!?!?!

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/s/simpsons_aliens-2775.jpg

[The Frog]

Geez, they went all out with the background.

[popshuvit]

:eek::eek::eek: Looks like Hitotsume Kozou to me.

[The Frog]

The one on the right looks like Gumby in a space tracksuit.

[Jahoota]

mutant teletubbies...

http://198.85.71.234/reedrg/cis172/teletubbies.jpg

[Mizu Kuma]

They'll go well with that hideous tower thing that they're gonna build, anyway aren't the poms a bit one eyed when it comes to sport?

[popshuvit]

One eyed is an understatement Mizu... try working with 2 of em...

[Mizu Kuma]

:giggle: that's two eyes in total then Pop, they can probably see ya comin! if they give ya any trouble, soap always gets rid of em!

[Scraperman]

Hey you shouldnt say that about the english my wife is english and when it comes to sport didnt England beat Australia in 20/20 match just the other day.:D

[Mizu Kuma]

Yeah, they also sent my ancestors to the greatest country on the planet, so I suppose I'd better be nice to em from now on! :happy:

[Mizu Kuma]

p.s. I know that the English can take a joke, as I must admit that their sense of humour has to be the best in the world, not sure about their prowess in sport though?

[chunky]

Or their prowess in design. They are awful.

[Bear]

I think they should have gone with Springy.

http://images.wikia.com/openserving/sports/images/c/c2/Springy.jpg

[Mizu Kuma]

Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In fully glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution!
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

brings tears to ya eyes :cry:

Oh yeah, I am talking about the picture of Springy!

[Scraperman]

632

[Scraperman]

http://www.snowatch.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=632

[Scraperman]

they are crap and to quote my BRITISH wife this is the start of the joke that the London Olympics is going to be

[The Frog]

Didn't Ray Meagher just win one of those a couple of weeks ago?

[Billy]

:giggle:

[SnoWhite]

WTF are they supposed to be?!???!?!?!


After reading the following, I'm going to go against the general consensus and must say I rather like the concept and originality.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/london2012/7744654/London-2012-Olympic-mascots-Wenlock-and-Mandevilles-design-features-explained.html

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01640/mascot3_1640411c.jpg

1) The markings on Wenlock's head represent the three levels of the Olympic podium, where athletes are awarded their medals. He is named after the Shropshire village of Much Wenlock, whose annual games inspired the founder of the modern Olympic moevement, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to create the Olympics.

2) Mandeville's aerodynamic helmet features the three Paralympic colours – red, blue and green. He takes his name from Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, where injured soldiers competed in a sports tournament that was a forerunner of the modern Paralympic movement.
3) The mascots' helmets include a light inspired by the signs on top of London taxis. They both contain an initial – W for Wenlock and M for Mandeville.
4) Strikingly, the mascots have just one eye each. They are intended to represent focus, and also resemble the cameras through which the public will view and record the tournament.
5) Wenlock wears five friendship bracelets, in the colours of the Olympic rings.
6) Mandeville wears a personal best timer to keep track of his performance.
7) Both mascots are emblazoned with the London 2012 logo, which was launched to a mixed response in 2007.
8) The mascots owe their curved, metallic forms to their industrial origins. According to a background story written by the children's author Michael Morpurgo, they were crafted by a character called Grandpa George from the last drops of steel used to build the Olympic Stadium.
9) While predominantly silver, Wenlock is painted with flashes of gold and bronze, to represent all of the Olympic medals.
10) The mascots both appear in athletic poses. In merchandise to go on sale in advance of the Games they will be shown competing in various Olympic events.


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[SnoWhite]

And whilst I'm at it, I may as well go out on a limb and say I like the tower too. :redface:

http://blog.visitlondon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/orbit_artistsimpression_2.jpg

[The Frog]

http://recollections.nma.gov.au/ejournal_library/images/vol_1_no_2/logie_award/files/15628/Logie%20200w.jpg

[Mizu Kuma]

Frog, the Logie hasn't got any eyes, is that indicative of the logie winners acting abilities?

and SnoWhite, have you been on the sake at Eboshi tonight? only joking, I have booked a table for august (unless I make it down earlier), based on your feedback!