What's your opinion on these... things?



On MSN today, there was an entire article about them (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5651091/?GT1=4529) in which it mentions the mascots being compared to "animated condoms and mutants from a nuclear meltdown."

I personally, feel bad for the people who have to stand in those things, what do you think?

I think the advertisers are running out of concepts...

what happened to the bears, the dogs, the lions...animals are great events mascots....

Even a human being, a normal human being...not a phallic shaped thingy....

BTW...are those surplus hobbit feet from the LOTR series???

The orange one looks like a badmonton birdie
The blue one looks like it can't decide if it's a guy or a girl

wtf they look like retards tbh wit ya! like, wats wit the faces man, its like wen they were bein made, they stitched em on the wrong way an were too lazy 2 fix em...ghey...

lucky no one can see whos wearin em, otha wise, there would be a lotta shame

I'd  wear it. THey look so cool

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Originally posted by marissa
I'd  wear it. THey look so cool

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hehehehe

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Originally posted by ind3nt
hehehehe

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Originally posted by Omar
...not a phallic shaped thingy....

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thier very unusual and dont really symbolise anything at all lol they need new ideas...

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Originally posted by Omar
I think the advertisers are running out of concepts...

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Originally posted by Scone
they need new ideas...

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Originally posted by the article
The mascots were not the vision of a single artist, like the Spanish stoner who conjured Barcelona mascot Cobi — squiggled in about four seconds — while in a state of drug-induced bliss.

Nearly 200 entries were submitted when Athens organizers put out the call for prospective mascots. The winning creatures were created by a team of six, including a philologist/historian. They were billed as two kids, brother and sister, “full of vitality and creativity, perhaps mischievous and hence lovable.”

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lol they just look like big coloured triangular things to me

lol go the comdom guy

they look prety gay i thought they would do better like sydney did w00t syd milly and oly but oh well if they want athens or greece for that matter to be know as bigg footed dress wearing people find

Those mascots look really weird, but they are the greatest things i have seen in my life,

Well, Barcelona '92 was a weird dog, but it looks similar to those new mascots:
Cobi

Well, this is the cocept, but there was also a costume that looked more like the new mascot (same color)

Yeh...i dont know what they were smoking in Spain at that time....

lmao i didnt remember the barcelona 92 mascot, i knew it was a dog but didnt remember it was soooo crappy

As for the new ones...

those are they Gayest looking things I've ever seen,

Besides Blade

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Originally posted by blade
The orange one looks like a badmonton birdie

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Originally posted by Omar
Yeh...i dont know what they were smoking in Spain at that time....

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The mascot of the Mexico 68 Olympic Games...

Please remember that it was in the 60's and weed was a common thing....

Australia had the best.

Syd, Millie, Oly and Lizzie

Syd - Sydney, Millie - Millenium, Oly - Olypics

They used lizzie for the disabled olympics I believe
Yeah Go Australia!!!!

wat do u think they r goin to use this year