So far, London 2012’s visual identity has been among the worst ever, making this year’s otherwise well-planned games something of a laughing stock. Take those awful mascots, for example.
![mascot-London-2012-summer-Olympic-Wenlock-and-Mandeville](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mascot-London-2012-summer-Olympic-Wenlock-and-Mandeville.jpg)
Then we have the 2004 summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece:
![mascot-2004-SUMMER-OLYMPICS-ATHENS-GREECE](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mascot-2004-SUMMER-OLYMPICS-ATHENS-GREECE.jpg)
Embarrassingly, our own mascot for the 1996 summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia:
![mascot-1996-SUMMER-OLYMPICS-ATLANTA-GEORGIA](http://1x57.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mascot-1996-SUMMER-OLYMPICS-ATLANTA-GEORGIA.jpg)
See more and learn about how London’s mascots have developed a cult following as sex toys –