# Meet the 2012 Olympic mascots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033 "2010-05-19T19:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/21 "2010-05-19T22:17:36Z")
These mascots are beyond awful. Nice way to kill off probably 50% of your potential souvenir income. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/22 "2010-05-19T22:49:16Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > I think these were dreamed up in a field somewhere in Hampshire.\* > > [sub]\*Surely there’s at least one person here who gets that.[/sub] Yep! And I’m only English by ancestry! (Just downloaded that album last month… 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/23 "2010-05-19T22:56:28Z")
Having Kodos and Kang as the mascots would be infinitely cooler than this shit. I’m gonna go watch the sloth video again. I recommend everyone else do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/24 "2010-05-19T23:00:48Z")
And I thought the [Vancouver mascots](http://www.boingboing.net/_wordpress_wp-content_uploads_2007_11_2010.jpg) were ridiculous looking. Yes, nothing says “Canada” like stupid-looking anime. At least we didn’t have Kodos and Kang. 😃 (“Fatso the fat-arsed wombat?” That slays me!) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/25 "2010-05-19T23:38:11Z")
> [@](#): > > With a metallic finish, a single large eye made out of a camera lens,… The first association I made with London and cameras was the swarms of CCTV cameras everywhere, and I would have thought that that was the sort of thing you’d want to downplay. Then I realized it referred to photographing London’s landmarks and scenery, so it takes on more of the character of a [cruel joke](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8476318.stm). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/26 "2010-05-19T23:40:51Z")
They kinda look like the two ends of an airline seat belt. If the seatbelt was staring at you. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/27 "2010-05-19T23:50:04Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > They kinda look like the two ends of an airline seat belt. > > If the seatbelt was staring at you. Maybe they are the creepy staring Geico Money’s ugly cousins? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/28 "2010-05-20T01:30:13Z")
[I mean, seriously.](http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Reaction+London+2012+mascots+Twitter/3048401/story.html) Most Olympics mascots are inane. These are terrifying. Especially the one on the left. It looks like a Lovecraftian nightmare, one of the Great Old Ones come back to consume the souls of young athletes. Honestly, just… like, what the fuck, huh? [After the travesty of their Games logo](http://landonhowell.com/wp-content/london_2012_logo.jpg), they came out with this? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/29 "2010-05-20T01:40:34Z")
Kill it with fire! ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/30 "2010-05-20T01:43:29Z")
Well. That’s, uh, a…bold artistic statement? They certainly captured the Olympic spirit of great big white…eyeball…things that won’t stop watching you even to blink. oh god please make them stop looking at me ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/31 "2010-05-20T01:46:40Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Well. That’s, uh, a…bold artistic statement? They certainly captured the Olympic spirit of great big white…eyeball…things that won’t stop watching you even to blink. > > oh god please make them stop looking at me Well, it certainly seems to capture the spirit of modern London, anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/32 "2010-05-20T01:52:39Z")
They certainly are stupid looking, but they’re kind of cute too. ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/33 "2010-05-20T02:20:29Z")
I think Daleks would be more fun… ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/34 "2010-05-20T02:32:59Z")
That’s one fucking angry looking cyclops on the left.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![RhapsodyInBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RhapsodyInBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RhapsodyInBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/35 "2010-05-20T02:46:49Z")
Man! I’d be curious to see what the committee turned down. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/36 "2010-05-20T02:56:16Z")
> [@GythaOgg](#): > > I think Daleks would be more fun… Oh, I _like_ that idea. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/37 "2010-05-20T03:01:34Z")
I really didn’t think they’d come up with anything as ugly as their “2012” logo. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/38 "2010-05-20T03:39:19Z")
> **[Meet the 2012 Olympic mascots](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563798)** > > Here they are… Wenlock and Mandeville. Seriously. I… I don’t even have words. I look at them and I’m just sort of disturbed and depressed at the same time. It’s as though all the hope for humanity’s future has been drained out of me by two 8-foot,... ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/39 "2010-05-20T04:44:55Z")
[runs screaming to hide under couch] Sweet zombie Jesus, those are not only fugly but scary!!! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/40 "2010-05-20T04:48:32Z")
I agree with the comment on the page that says that the blue one looks like it was designed by Kotex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033.md?page=3)