theone Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 We see a lot of them at the venues. More so than any other Olympics before this. My only problem with them is that the costumes look so cheaply made. Were they made of plastic? It's not the kinda costume that you would expect like those in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Torino, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 They don't even have "enough" of them. Some of the venues have a few in full costume, and the rest are in a fursuit with a fuwa face helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobart Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 We see a lot of them at the venues. More so than any other Olympics before this. My only problem with them is that the costumes look so cheaply made. Were they made of plastic? It's not the kinda costume that you would expect like those in Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Torino, etc.. i saw them at every venue and event i went to and thought they looked great in Sydney i think i saw them once so even if they were inflatable plastic ones was glad to see them more than other games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtownBLUE Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 While the Fuwas are cute, they still scare me. I still prefer the Snolets from Nagano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lplove Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 from what I remember, there are at least 3 variations of the mascot costumes I saw there: - blow up plastic mascot outfits as mentioned earlier - short furry mascot outfits, must be worn by very short people. these ones were closest to the real thing. - human-proportioned mascot outfits, looked weird and horrible, but they were featured in gymnastics and basketball competitions where they were tumbling and doing trampoline dunking the advantage to the blow up dolls is the fact that it is HOT in Beijing and the people inside the uniforms would be dying in the latter 2 costumes! So even though they didn't look as good (definitely not nearly as bad as #3), at least the people inside were more comfortable. The first time I saw those costumes in person I thought they were ok looking, but a smart choice in terms of weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lplove Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 i saw them at every venue and event i went to and thought they looked great in Sydney i think i saw them once so even if they were inflatable plastic ones was glad to see them more than other games yeah- I think I saw them at every event I was at (over 10 different sports)... although there was often one of the bunch missing, not sure why. Sometimes there were even double of one character in the different variations of costumes (see my post above)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone Posted August 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 No doubt then that Beijing 2008 mascots are the most visible mascots in any Olympics. I remembered Barcelona's Cobi only appeared at the closing ceremony as a balloon.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 The Fuwa are actually kind of cool. They're alwayz jazzed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone Posted August 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 The way some of them danced was not meant to be seen by kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 While the Fuwas are cute, they still scare me. I still prefer the Snolets from Nagano. Nothing is scarier than the phallic moving things in Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ard72 Posted August 25, 2008 Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 On radio this morning, one of the commentators who just arrived back from Beijing said his main memory of Beijing was walking through Beijing Airport and seeing a large photo of one of the Fuwa Mascots brandishing a machine gun! Would love to see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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