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2010 Olympic Mascots

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Franny
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I gotta say the new mascots for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics are kinda weak. They used a sea bear named Miga, a Sasquatch named Quatchi, and an animal spirit name Sumi (this one wasn't bad, means guardian spirit). Sure they look cute and fuzzy but they don't show enough Canadian spirit. They deffinitley should of added more well known Canadian animals suchas; the beaver, Canadian geese, or the obvious a polar bear.



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Jun 22 2008 4:52PM
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dave44
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What?! There's no polar bear? There's like polar bear statues AlL OVER VANCOUVER, and it's not even an official mascot. WTF

Walk through downtown Vancovuer, they're like on every other block outside office buildings and stuff.
Jun 22 2008 4:54PM
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natur-a
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So very true. They suck. Now the world is going to see this embarassing attempt.
Jun 22 2008 4:55PM
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dave44
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Those mascots are like friggin cartoon characters from Japanese TV....

these are all around vancouver:

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Jun 22 2008 4:56PM
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natur-a
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I'm going to buy a stuffed polar bear and put 2010 on it. Not going to buy this corporate bullshit.
Jun 22 2008 4:56PM
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mmallender.
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everything about all the 2010 mascots and logos seem weak as well. The logo is an inuksuk(not sure if i spelled that right), last I checked, inuksuks don't represent vancouver at all, sure there may be a whole bunch of natives in vancouver and BC, but that doesnt represent vancouver itself. Fuck it might as well have been raindrops or some shit like that, Vancouver has so much more to offer as inspiration for logos than a statue made of rocks...
Jun 22 2008 4:57PM
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Franny
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WTF they forgot a moose! I know it's not Vancouver but in Toronto, a few years they had this project where they placed about 100 moose around Toronto.

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Jun 22 2008 5:00PM
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pth
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Only little kids with ADD will like it.              1st post!!
Jun 22 2008 5:13PM
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dave44
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Ahahaha, yea, they did the same to Vancouver except with polar bears.

wtf


oh, and to the person talking about inuksuks or whatever , there's a fat one sitting outside my home (english bay)
Jun 22 2008 5:18PM
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mski
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They suck? Sasquach looks like the man! But there should be a polar bear.
Jun 22 2008 5:23PM
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mmallender.
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Im not trying to disrespect inuksuks or however its spelled, or bringing the legitimacy of what an inuksuk represents, or the fact that they are apart of BC into question. But it still stands that compared to everything else that could be a logo for vancouver, the inuksuk is a pretty weak choice. (Basically what Iam trying to say is, Im not trying to start a fight or anything about them, but the inuksuk logo is fucking weak)
Jun 22 2008 5:26PM
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Franny
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would of been funny if the made the logo the queen since she's our monarch. but I'm sorta undecided on the logo. It's sorta simple but, sometimes simple is better.
Jun 22 2008 5:33PM
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frstyl46skier
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it looks like anime not olympic mascots
Jun 22 2008 5:41PM
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dave44
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Oh, I agree. To be honest, it doesn't have much to do with Vancouver heritage at all... more Yukon/Territories related, if anything

Jun 22 2008 5:49PM
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Kevski
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Everyone I know hates these thing with a passion. They were designed by some japanese immigrant who arrived like 2 weeks before designing the mascots to represent Canada. Pisses me off.

Oh, and yeah, we have bears all over town now, and we used to have tons of whales like 5 years ago. The coolest bear is painted to look like Darth Vader. Yup, we have a Star Wars polar bear.
Jun 22 2008 5:50PM
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Franny
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hahaha show pics dude.
Jun 22 2008 5:52PM
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Kevski
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Haven't done this in a while...

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Too Big? Hmm, should work though.

Jun 22 2008 6:04PM
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Kevski
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New place, same bear^
Jun 22 2008 6:04PM
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Franny
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you have to upload the image. 7th icon from the bold icon on the toolbar when you post.
Jun 22 2008 6:07PM
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Calb3rt
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those are terrible. their names are not even in a language spoken by a majority of the people in that region. at least i dont think there are a whole lot of chinafolk in canada...
Jun 22 2008 6:09PM
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Franny
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I think their names derived from native language not Chinese. But still sucks.
Jun 22 2008 6:11PM
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Kevski
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Yes there are tons of Chinese people in what many people call "Hongcouver".
[IMG]snowtroopers.ca/uploaded_images/darthbear-753708.jpg[/IMG]

Jun 22 2008 6:18PM
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van_ski
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and killer whales
Jun 22 2008 6:19PM
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Kevski
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Haha, I'm hopeless...
Maybe this time?
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Jun 22 2008 6:23PM
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Franny
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HAHA okay now that is sick!
Jun 22 2008 6:33PM
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dave44
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haha, dude, in certain cities asians are like the majority (vancouver, toronto)
Jun 22 2008 6:52PM
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Calb3rt
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oh man i am sorry, in alaska they are usually just tourists so i figured it would be the same there. and miga and sumi sound really asian to me... my assumptions are a bit of today.
Jun 22 2008 7:10PM
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tdude
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What is a sea bear?
Jun 22 2008 7:28PM
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phishfood
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bahahahahah
Jun 22 2008 7:28PM
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Kevski
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you forgot MukMuk. He's probably the funniest one ever.
Jun 22 2008 7:29PM
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afrocentric
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as a vancouverite.... im embarressed by those mascots... that shit is weak
Jun 22 2008 7:38PM
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Franny
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Nothing comes up when you search google.
Jun 22 2008 8:19PM
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Malcolm
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wow ur completly off. this, my friend, are the official olympic mascots for 2010:

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Jun 22 2008 8:43PM
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Franny
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where is the skier? that's the question.
Jun 22 2008 8:59PM
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Malcolm
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almost forgot
Jun 22 2008 9:07PM
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Franny
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looks like a gaper. lol
Jun 22 2008 9:10PM
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andy_boy
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They made them Asian-looking for one reason. Cash. They expect over half of these gay mascot sales to come from Asian countries, and so they're catering them to their desires. CREAM.
Jun 22 2008 9:11PM
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Malcolm
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no thats what skiings going to be like in 2 years. straight airs in the pipe but with style
Jun 22 2008 9:11PM
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pth
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They look like fugly german cartoon things.
Jun 22 2008 10:43PM
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-Tristan-
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In Halifax we have Lobsters. I'll try and find a pic.
Jun 22 2008 10:54PM
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currentwestman
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no...
Jun 22 2008 10:56PM
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Franny
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huh?
Jun 22 2008 11:01PM
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PBRasap
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dude, they look like those little messed up cartoon things that always like violently get killed and stuff, they have their own website and everything, shit... what are they called.

Jun 22 2008 11:08PM
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deezy.
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you like boys?
Jun 22 2008 11:08PM
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K2skipunk
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those things piss me off sooo much.
Jun 22 2008 11:33PM
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Franny
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Makes me wanna slap an NS sticker on them!
Jun 22 2008 11:36PM
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popNfresh44
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quatchi is the only decent one...i dont really like the anime idea though...they probably just did it because there are so many damn fobs here
Jun 22 2008 11:37PM
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QuazBotch
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Quatchi is a murderer.
Jun 22 2008 11:48PM
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Franny
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Plus Vancouver is the biggest game design paradise in the world. A lot of game companies are located there and you couldn`t get one of the graphic artist to whip something up better than this.
Jun 23 2008 12:37AM
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pth
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This doesn't look like asian stuff. It's not pokemon. This looks more like TVO(if you live in canada-channel 2) crap.
Jun 23 2008 12:40AM
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pth
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Deff should of made a pingu the mascot.
Jun 23 2008 12:41AM
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