Wenlock and which is mandeville

I mean, there was this bald dude in a white vest who just kept on jiving away, but everyone else buggered off to see Lana del Rey. We were just doing it for him in the end. The duo went their separate ways following the Lovebox debacle, and have kept a low profile ever since.

Wenlock briefly dabbled in the pub trade. A couple of years back he teamed up with 70s crooner David Essex to open a moderately successful bar in Islington, but that pairing has now also split. We recently tracked down Wenlock, to a dilapidated lock-up in Potters Bar. This grainy photo is all we could get before the embittered mascot told us to 'cock off, you media bastards'.

The future is perhaps a little brighter for Mandeville. We recently uncovered secret plans for a line of merchandise that would see the erstwhile mascot's effigy in every bedroom. Described as 'the Swiss army knife of adult toys,' the 'randy mandy' is custom made for both his and her pleasure. It's thought that the soft appliance will go into production in late September and should be in certain specialist shops before Christmas.

We can only hope that Mandeville has negotiated a profitable licence fee for the use of his image in this way. But could the dynamic duo ever reform? You'd have to ask him," says our anonymous mascot. But I'd like to think we might team up again one day. Wenlock and Mandeville, which were unveiled as the official Olympic mascots back in , were created and designed by London-based creative agency Iris.

The pair of amorphous, animated cyclops were designed to be family and kid-friendly. Lord Coe, chair of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, or LOCOG , said the designs were partially created from focus groups of children and families before being handed off to children's author Michael Morpurgo to conceptualize an animated series. Although the mascots look simple and somewhat bizarre, there was actually a great deal of thought and significance placed into each design characteristic of these two characters.

After all, the mascots are an important part of the Olympics' marketing and merchandizing strategy; being they key revenue tools that they are, LOCOG also got some consulting help from commercial partners during the design process.

When you first look at them, Wenlock and Mandeville look interchangeable. They're both one-eyed creatures -- they just have different "hair" styles.

The reality is, LOCOG specifically designed each character with a number of ideas and themes in mind. Wenlock is meant to represent the Olympics, while Mandeville is meant to represent the Paralympics. The motifs associated with each set of Olympic games are embedded directly into the characters' color designs. For example, Wenlock is actually wearing all of the Olympic rings as wrist bracelets. Skip to content. Capitol Riot 2 hours ago. Back to Article.

Close Menu. Search for:. Britain has somehow managed to take a relatively unimportant aspect of the Olympic Games and turn it into an unforgettable and indelible full-scale embarrassment.

The release of these creatures on its own should have been enough to know Britain is unfit to host the Games. It's also an embarrassment to a country that gave us bears Paddington, Rupert and Winnie.

The best, cuddliest character the masters of children's literature can give the children these days is a walking, talking shard of metal. They look like something you'd find in an apple on Halloween. What's next, Buckingham, the plush handgun that just wants a squeeze?

How did this happen?