London 2012 mascots

[MarillionFan]

You've got to admit it's a stronger brand. Close your eyes, can you remember what those amorphous blobs look like?

No!

Actually having done taken the piss with the Potato Heads, you're right they're much better. I could even see a chain of fast food places springing up(Remember them!!!!)

Bloody hell!!!! http://www.spudulike.com/ they still exist!!!!

[northernladuk]

They are just foul! They are more like to give kids nightmares than encourage them. Why have we managed to shoot so far off the mark with both the symbol and now this. We are just a joke

[AtW]

I am just curious - who thought of one eyed creatures? I mean FFS, it was first Simpons and now Futurama - what next?

[thunderlizard]

They look better in the video. And about time the Bolton steel industry had a PR burst. + top marks for the names.

[d000hg]

I'd rather have a red telphone Box or a double-decker bus like our crazy pre-Olympics display Boris put on in China.

[NickFitz]

This thing must have cost millions to produce.

Is it just me, or does the Hound of the Mandevilles look very much like Sonic the Hedgehog?

Still, given that the 2012 logo looks like Lisa Simpson giving Bart a blow job, we shouldn't be too surprised by further "pop culture" references that exhibit fail

EDIT: although this point isn't really relevant to this post, I'm not sure it's deserving of a separate post, so I'll say it here: I've had the good fortune of working with many talented designers over the years. I think they would all agree with me when I say that stuff is a pile of wank.

[MarillionFan]

I think you may find that this was a result of a Blue Peter competition.

The winner was an AndyW aged 7 from Swindon.

[Spacecadet]

Was Mandeville named after/in honour of Mandleson?

[shaunbhoy]

Was Mandeville named after/in honour of Mandleson?

Good God no!! "Mandeville" was named after the fact that the first Paralympics was first mooted/coordinated by Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and the Wenlock relates to the fact that a rival to the modern Olympics was once held at a small place called Wenlock. Tenuous links indeed.
As for the "who thought of one-eyed creatures", I think that boils down to the fact that the designer of same has spent altogether too much time with a one-eyed thing in his hands. Some kind of bizarre auto-suggestion.

[Spacecadet]

Good God no!! "Mandeville" was named after the fact that the first Paralympics was first mooted/coordinated by Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Thats alright then