London 2012 mascots

[FiveTimes]

I quite like them. Kids will enjoy them and it should bring in a bit of extra cash.

[fullyautomatix]

You lot will whinge about anything that is produced in a creative way.

I think they are alright. At least they showed creativity and not come out with an uninspiring bear with long legs.

[northernladuk]

You lot will whinge about anything that is produced in a creative way.

I think they are alright. At least they showed creativity and not come out with an uninspiring bear with long legs.

True, a blob with virtually no legs is much better

And they can go too far with this naming reference to obscure forgotten and uniportant facts. Must have cost millions to agree to those. Why do they just not call them Bob and Steve and then go to the pub?

[dang65]

You lot will whinge about anything that is produced in a creative way.

I don't. I always get really enthusiastic about these things, and I even quite enjoyed the double-decker bus Jimmy Page show in Beijing. But the London 2012 logos were genuinely horrific mistakes - even if you didn't see the suggestive side of the images, they were still just... rubbish. And they've never replaced them, even with a bit of subtle tweaking or something. And now these mascots. Well, they are a slight improvement on the logos, I suppose, but that's pretty much the only mildly positive thing that can be said about them. I don't get it. Designers can come up with such fabulous stuff. I'm full of admiration for them. So how does something like this get selected?

[Moscow Mule]

I think they are quite cool - kids and teenagers will be able to relate to them more than some crappy animal based mascot. What animal could London have used anyway? A skanky urban fox, and a grumpy old badger?

Also, the cartoons & story that goes with them was quite cool.

[shaunbhoy]

What animal could London have used anyway?

Some manifestation of loathsome spotted reptile? No offence zeity, obviously.

[DimPrawn]

I quite like them. Kids will enjoy them and it should bring in a bit of extra cash.

The Daily Mash - THE MASCOT NIGHTMARES BEGIN

[SueEllen]

I think they are quite cool - kids and teenagers will be able to relate to them more than some crappy animal based mascot. What animal could London have used anyway? A skanky urban fox, and a grumpy old badger?

Also, the cartoons & story that goes with them was quite cool.

Badgers aren't common in London.

It would be a skanky urban fox, a hyperactive, thieving grey squirrel and a mutant one-legged pigeon.

[AtW]

a hyperactive, thieving grey squirrel

[Zippy]

I rather like the mascots, and they are better than an over tattooed hoodie.

Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells (Mrs)