LONDON (Reuters) - Moulded from steel left over from the last girder on the Olympic stadium, London's 2012 mascots are neither cuddly nor cute but organizers say the gleaming one-eyed metallic forms ...
As Seth Stevenson pointed out the other day, the official mascots of the London Olympics are extremely creepy. Wenlock and Mandeville are bright silver globs of vivified steel, with single gigantic ...
London 2012 launched Olympic mascot Wenlock and Paralympic mascot Mandeville in London on Wednesday. London 2012 launches Olympic mascot Wenlock(L) and Paralympic mascot Mandeville on Wednesday, May ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. That giant, vaguely Orwellian eye. That cold, impassive steel. What’s ...
LONDON – Sinister. Disturbing. Creepy. Frightening. The official mascots of London's Olympic and Paralympic Games — Wenlock and Mandeville — have been called all of those things, but organizers are ...
On Wednesday, Seth Stevenson wrote in Slate that the London Olympics mascots Wenlock and Mandeville are creepy and terrifying. He also added that their names “conjure thoughts of scuffed wingtips, ...
If for some strange reason none of the sports at the 2012 London Olympic Games interests you, please meet Wenlock and Mandeville. Two alien-looking characters (representing the Olympic and Paralympic ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Anyone who thought The Fuwa (aka, ‘The Friendlies,’ the official mascots ...
For decades, Olympic mascots have been jolly animals with links to their host country, like Sam the Eagle during the 1984 games in Los Angeles and Waldi the dachshund from the 1972 Munich games. The ...
A sculpture of Mandeville, the London 2012 Paralympic mascot, is seen on the south side of Westminster Bridge in London. 83 sculptures of Wenlock and Mandeville have been placed at some of London's ...
The official mascots of London's Olympic and Paralympic Games - Wenlock and Mandeville - have been called all of those things, but organizers are hoping to tack on a more positive title: merchandising ...
If for some strange reason none of the sports at the 2012 London Olympic Games interests you, please meet Wenlock and Mandeville. Two alien-looking characters (representing the Olympic and Paralympic ...