Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

[Barbossa]

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics mascot(s) will be revealed on Nov 27. Here's more info:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/Orga...0711061057-757

[Olympicnut]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

My guess - something like an orca duo. Or something "First Nations-y".

[Barbossa]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

My guess - something like an orca duo. Or something "First Nations-y".

Hoping it will be an animal(s). Animals that are found in BC include:
Spirit Bear - a.k.a. Kermode Bear - They are found on the central coast of BC. It's neaither an albino or polar bear, but a white black bear. Here's an article on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermode_bear
Vancouver Island Marmot - an endangered species
Cougar
Sea Otter
Moose
Elk
Orca
Salmon
Osprey
Eagle
Cariboo
Beaver
Coyote
Wolf
Grizzly Bear
Black Bear
Badger
Big Horn Sheep
Mountain Goats
I've seen all these out in the wild except for the Spirit Bear and the Vancouver Island Marmot.

[Jazzman]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

Don't forget the elusive Naiveus Environmentalus, otherwise known as Tre Arrow. He'd be a great Olympic mascot! He even knows a ton about running and torches! He's perfect!

[Grumpy38]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

Who Cares! It will be dumb and stupid like the previous one and the one from Atlanta. Not to mention to dumb Arizona Super Bowl Mascot "spike". DUMB!!!! How about we focus on the athletics?!

[Grumpy38]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

The above is not a slam against any member but merely the idea of mascots for the sporting events themselves.

[Olympicnut]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

While I agree the Olympics should focus on athletics, it's also a money making machine, you can't deny that. It's not cheap hosting an Olympics, and if the government of a nation isn't going to fund them, you have to get the money somehow! Mascots and their products are one way of doing that.

Plus, mascots bring the Games to the children of the world. They see the mascots, ask what they are, and then focus on the sports and then get into the Games that way, or at least that's the gist of them.

Whether a mascot in and of themselves is dumb or not is a personal choice. But the purpose of them is important to "selling" the Games to the younger generation.

[Barbossa]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

I was watching our Global BC news today and they hinted that the mascot may be a Kermode Bear, a.k.a. Spirit Bear. They showed a story where a little Spirit Bear cub was rescued up near Smithers and they are rehabilitating him in Terrace. They said that they want to release him back in the wild when he gets a little bigger, probably in the early summer. Cute little bear, except that his fur wasn't white because it was dirty. He looked more like a brown bear. The reporter hinted that the Spirit Bear may be a mascot for the Olympics.

[Barbossa]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

The mascots were revealed today. Check them out on the Vanoc website:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en




A lot of the comments about them on other message boards are negative. For those of you living in LA, you guys probably had the best mascot so far; Sam the Eagle. Why was he good? He was designed by Disney.

[Barbossa]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

There's some interactive stuff here for the Mascots, games, etc:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascots

[Olympicnut]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

They remind me of the freaky Beijing mascots, especially the black and white thing. I do love that sasquatch is an Olympic mascot now though :lmao:

I haven't been impressed with many mascots recently. I liked Sydneys but of late, they've been the only one's I've really liked.

[Anders]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

I do love that sasquatch is an Olympic mascot now though :lmao:

I love that he has earmuffs! :lol:

[Anders]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

ok, looking at the site, I love the official mascot sidekick Mukmuk. http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/profile_mm.php

I mean, how can you not love that they have a marmot?

[Olympicnut]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

YES! Mukmuk rocks!!

I forgot, I liked Salt Lakes mascots too.

[Jazzman]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

What's with the Olympic mascots always having to look like Hello Kitty characters now days?

[Barbossa]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

The mascots are getting quite a bit of negative feedback. Even on the Global BC news, the reporters didn't know what to think, that led them to parody the mascots by coming up with ones that were more representative of Vancouver with such characters as:
Mouldy the Grow-op fungus
Tarpy the Leaky Condo
The Pan-Handling Pine Beetle

I have mixed feelings about them. They are too similar in style to the 2008 Beijing mascots.

[Coheteboy]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

Everything looks very Asian inspired these days.

[Anders]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

Everything looks very Asian inspired these days.

well, Vancouver does have a large Asian population.

[malice]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

did sanrio design these? not very canadian, eh?

[Olympicnut]

Re: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot(s) to be revealed Nov 27

well, Vancouver does have a large Asian population.

It certainly does. That's why it has the nicknames of Van Kong, or Hongcouver :lol:

I know the days of one mascot are virtually over due to marketing, but I sure would like to go back to those days where we could focus on one instead of 2, 3, 4 or in Beijings case FIVE!