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The 2012 London Olympics

post #1 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:14pm
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I know they are a ways off, but what better way to start the hype machine than with the first official photos of "Wenlock", the London 2012 mascot?

Alien or sex toy, you decide!

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post #2 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:35pm
The "one eye" is too delicious a pun to pass up for the sex toy angle, but I am ultimately going to settle on it being an alien.

An alien sex toy, that is.
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post #3 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by Agent Z View Post
The "one eye" is too delicious a pun to pass up for the sex toy angle, but I am ultimately going to the alien camp.

An alien sex toy, that is.
Whatever it is, it's darn peculiar looking.


EDIT: Haha, someone on HUFFPO commented this under the article:

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They have a " You must be 21 to enter this shop" look to them.
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post #4 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:41pm


Are London's Wenlock and Mandeville the most bizarre Olympics mascots yet?
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post #5 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:45pm
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Mandeville is fond of crotchless pants..
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post #6 of 22
5/22/10 at 4:46pm




Watch the Mascot Video!
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post #7 of 22
5/22/10 at 5:03pm
Whatever happened to the nice simple mascots? Would it have killed them to use a Tower raven?
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post #8 of 22
5/22/10 at 8:08pm
Or dancing crown jewels?...

Hell, you might argue those are dancing crown jewels.
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post #9 of 22
5/22/10 at 8:39pm
What the fuck?!

Are their cyclops eyes supposed to be a nod to the London Eye, by any chance?
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post #10 of 22
5/23/10 at 1:58pm
The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.

The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
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post #11 of 22
5/23/10 at 2:05pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.
YES!

EDIT: I don't mind your logo. It's a little 1991 MTV Raps, but whatever. It would have been cool if you'd gone with the logo on Clive Owen's sweatshirt in COM though!
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post #12 of 22
5/23/10 at 2:54pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Whatever happened to the nice simple mascots? Would it have killed them to use a Tower raven?
or this thing! I watched most of the Vancouver games but never spotted "Muk Muk". It's adorable though, whatever it is, and it does not resemble a 7 foot tall anthropomorphized magic wand. UK, take note.



Awwww!
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post #13 of 22
5/23/10 at 3:54pm
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.

The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
I like your ideas, Mr. Savage, I really do.
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post #14 of 22
5/23/10 at 5:48pm
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The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
The only thing better would be for John Cleese to silly-walk the torch up to the cauldron.
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post #15 of 22
5/23/10 at 8:51pm
Here was me thinking that a guy dressed as a lion would have been too simple..
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post #16 of 22
5/24/10 at 5:50pm
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I watched that mascot video.. it's vaguely heart warming but it felt like they were really stretching to connect Warlock and Mandible to the Olympics or to Britain.

Plus, the animation was cheap and they tried to hide it with lazy cell shading
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post #17 of 22
5/24/10 at 6:08pm
It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.
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post #18 of 22
5/24/10 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.

Do you even need to ask?

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post #19 of 22
5/25/10 at 12:05am
Eddy "The Eagle" Edwards
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post #20 of 22
5/25/10 at 12:09am
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It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.
Tony Blair. I'm pretty sure giving George W. Bush a decade-long bj requires lung capacity that puts Michael Phelps to shame.
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post #21 of 22
5/25/10 at 5:19pm
Griff Sanders
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post #22 of 22
4/8/11 at 5:02am

 

hi check out information about London olympics 2012, schedule, events, medal tally and  more here..

 

London Olympics 2012

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