The amazingly bad mascots of the summer Olympics

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.

 

Then we have the 2004 summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece:

 

Embarrassingly, our own mascot for the 1996 summer Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia:

See more and learn about how London’s mascots have developed a cult following as sex toys –

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