At initial glance, Londons mascots for the 2012 Olympic games crop up to be a little kind of mini unconventional cyclops creatures.So what just does that have to do with London?Named Wenlock and Mandeville after small English towns, these one-eyed creations are shaped on a story by childrens writer Michael Morpurgo in that they"re shaped by a welder from the last drops of steel used to set up the girders for the Olympic track in easterly London.And if you"re wondering about the stress of the orange light atop their heads (or hulk eyes, rather), thats ostensible to paint a London cab light. The over-sized eye represents a camera lens that will constraint their practice on the approach to 2012.The new mascots were denounced to the media at the St. Pauls Whitechapel first propagandize in easterly London on Wednesday (May 19). While adults competence have been left scratching their heads, young kids responded with cheers and played with the life-sized versions on the playground."We"ve talked to lots of young kids and they dont wish cuddly toys," said London 2012 organizing cabinet authority Sebastian Coe. "They want something they can correlate with and something with a great story behind it."And the Olympic cabinet is promissory note kids amatory these odd-looking steel creatures, given the mascots will be an important revenue-generating tool. London Olympics arch senior manager Paul Deighton pronounced the sale of mascots should lift 10-20 percent of Londons merchandising bill of $106 million.What do YOU think of Londons preference of mascots? Should they have left with something some-more London-related -- similar to the British bulldog, or a turn on Big Ben?Follow&Zap2itdishrag, Zap2itChristine on Twitter and Zap2it on Facebook for the ultimate TV, movie and luminary news.Photo credit: AFP&
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