9/28/2004: 2006 olympic mascots

perth · 09-28-2004, 04:11 PM

I think they're kind of cute. terrifyingly cute, but cute nonetheless. I like them better than the blobs Athens came up with, and they certainly couldn't get any worse than Izzy, the demonspawn mascot of Atlanta's games.

perth · 09-28-2004, 04:15 PM

Mildly interesting article found while googling for pics of mascots from Olympiads past. I was looking for a reasonably complete webpage with decent sized pics of each mascot.

This was the best I found, though it's a bit out of date.

Guess · 09-28-2004, 04:28 PM

I think the Athens mascots were better than these. Those actually had historical backround. Yes, those things had a meaning. --

"Phevos and Athena, the brother and sister mascots of the 2004 Olympics, might be considered a step above the usual stuffed toy Olympic merchandisers come up with every two years, if only because this particular mascot has hundreds of years of history behind it. The male and female dolls, whose gender is only distinguished by either blue or orange dress, are based on a bell-shaped doll from the seventh century BC. And, they are named for two Olympian Gods: Phevos, god of light and music and Athena, godess of wisdom and patron of Athens."
you can find that here-
http://openhere.com/current/496787895.stm

What does an ice cube and a snowflake have to do with culture??

perth · 09-28-2004, 04:39 PM

Old and ugly is still ugly.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-28-2004, 05:03 PM

Quote:

What does an ice cube and a snowflake have to do with culture??

What does culture have to do with the Olympic games?
Neither the modern games, a media circus and the ancient games, a real circus. Entertainment, not culture.

garnet · 09-28-2004, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by perth

This was the best I found, though it's a bit out of date.

After looking at this timeline it appears that the whole Olympic mascot thing started going to hell in the early '90s. All the ones before that were cute animals that people liked--even I had a Misha bear, even though the Olympics were held by the dirty Communists in the Soviet Union that year. For some reason they decided to get "creative" with these ugly ass things that defy description. Every kid at the Olympics would want a cute Teddy bear or bunny, I'll betcha they didn't sell very many stuffed Izzys.

Leah · 09-28-2004, 07:29 PM

They look absolutely stupid, at least Australia came up with some great mascots. Although I can't remember their names right now, I think they were our kookaburra, kangaroo, echidna, and platypus. But don't quote me on that, just going by memory. Oops and I think our koala was in there also. One was names Syd.

perth · 09-28-2004, 07:33 PM

Sydney

Yeah, they are kind of cute. I confess I didn't like them much at first, but they are among the cream of the crop, looking back at other "recent" Olympic mascots. And I know I'm in the minority saying this, but I'll say it again. I think Neve and Gliz are cute, even if there's no discernable reason *why* they were chosen as mascots.

glatt · 09-29-2004, 08:39 AM

I like Neve and Gliz too, but that's probably only because the bar has been lowered so much in recent years.

09-28-2004, 04:15 PM	#2
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Mildly interesting article found while googling for pics of mascots from Olympiads past. I was looking for a reasonably complete webpage with decent sized pics of each mascot. This was the best I found, though it's a bit out of date. Last edited by perth; 09-28-2004 at 04:17 PM.

09-28-2004, 04:28 PM	#3
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	I think the Athens mascots were better than these. Those actually had historical backround. Yes, those things had a meaning. -- "Phevos and Athena, the brother and sister mascots of the 2004 Olympics, might be considered a step above the usual stuffed toy Olympic merchandisers come up with every two years, if only because this particular mascot has hundreds of years of history behind it. The male and female dolls, whose gender is only distinguished by either blue or orange dress, are based on a bell-shaped doll from the seventh century BC. And, they are named for two Olympian Gods: Phevos, god of light and music and Athena, godess of wisdom and patron of Athens." you can find that here- http://openhere.com/current/496787895.stm What does an ice cube and a snowflake have to do with culture?? __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

09-28-2004, 04:11 PM	#1
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	I think they're kind of cute. terrifyingly cute, but cute nonetheless. I like them better than the blobs Athens came up with, and they certainly couldn't get any worse than Izzy, the demonspawn mascot of Atlanta's games.

09-28-2004, 04:39 PM	#4
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Old and ugly is still ugly.

09-28-2004, 07:29 PM	#7
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	They look absolutely stupid, at least Australia came up with some great mascots. Although I can't remember their names right now, I think they were our kookaburra, kangaroo, echidna, and platypus. But don't quote me on that, just going by memory. Oops and I think our koala was in there also. One was names Syd.

09-28-2004, 07:33 PM	#8
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Sydney Yeah, they are kind of cute. I confess I didn't like them much at first, but they are among the cream of the crop, looking back at other "recent" Olympic mascots. And I know I'm in the minority saying this, but I'll say it again. I think Neve and Gliz are cute, even if there's no discernable reason why they were chosen as mascots.

09-29-2004, 08:39 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like Neve and Gliz too, but that's probably only because the bar has been lowered so much in recent years.

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