Rio 2016 Mascots

[aismanggo]

Tq!that is really help!

[neneu10]

Pair of mascots can be called "Tom" and "Vinicius"

The families of musicians already authorized and the pair of 2016 mascots can call Tom and Vinicius. In this option, the names of two more pairs will be released on Sunday by the Organizing Committee of the Games, for the public to choose your preferred over the Internet. There are two mascots because one of them will represent the Olympics, and the other, the Paralympics.

http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/blog_gente_boa/posts/2014/11/23/dupla-de-mascotes-da-rio-2016-pode-se-chamar-tom-vinicius-555250.asp

[Ikarus360]

I'm crossing my fingers its not either an abortion or a generic Dreamworks furry like the Sochi 2014 mascots

[Ikarus360]

1. 1. Visa Brasil ‏@VisaBR 4 minHace 4 minutos

      A contagem regressiva vai começar de verdade. Algum palpite para qual vai ser a mascote da #Rio2016?

      

It's 7 PM on Rio at the moment. Visa is already doing a countdown for the unveiling in Twitter.

[Ikarus360]

Someone in Twitter put this

https://twitter.com/FilipeFDA/status/536650332701736962

According to the user, it seems this is the mascots of Rio 2016. However let's wait until the official announcement to see if its true.

[ofan]

What the hell are those things?

[Ikarus360]

^^ To be honest, i'll take with a grain of salt. The official site hasn't said anything yet and the guy who tweeted this hasn't responded my question regarding if this is official or not. So maybe its fake.

If it ends up being real, though, they remind me a lot of Vancouver 2010 mascots,

The one at the left looks like a boy in some kind of a half macaw-half fox-half cheetah costume. XD The right one reminds me of the pokemon Oddish.

[neneu10]

Photo:Alex Ferro / Rio 2016

Photo: Rio 2016 / Loureiro

Photo: Rio 2016 / Alex Ferro

Photo: Rio 2016

[baron-pierreIV]

A bear in Brazil? And Athena w/ the elephantiasis feet???

[Ikarus360]

Except for Misha for obvious reasons and the Beijing Paralympic mascot, i found the others very lackluster (also where the hell is Phoebos? XD)

[phandrosis]

Is there any one place they are being revealed or do we have to wait until they slowly leak onto various websites?

[Ikarus360]

HERE IT IS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmGuf-qWmoA

[neneu10]

The public will chose the names...

[Ikarus360]

This confirms what the guy tweeted.

Um, they are cute i guess. But they remind me a lot of ...

[neneu10]

[Ikarus360]

Dear god those names are atrocious. And i thought the name options for Fuleco were bad

[Victor Mata]

Marsupilami...

[Ikarus360]

^^ Well, that did it. Now i can't take that out of my mind. XD

[Victor Mata]

Oba and Eba are quite interesting names. Those are common expressions of happiness in portuguese. Something like 'Yay' or 'Yuppie'.

Vinicius and Tom are very meaningful, but the things are too childish for the names.

And the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmGuf-qWmoA#t=14

[Ikarus360]

For me Oba and Eba are the best names. It would fit the cheerful and colorful theme of both mascots.

[neneu10]

[Victor Mata]

The yellow one is a Fire/Fighter type pokemon

The other is a Plant/Water type

[mr.bernham]

Yeah, I'll take Wenlock and Mandeville any day...they are okay. They will just have to grow on me I guess.

[aismanggo]

Wow..that is great!

[Ikarus360]

I never liked Wenlock and Mandeville to be honest. No offense for those who like the mascot though.

As for these ones, they are ok. Better than London and Athens at least. And I appreciate they didn't used the same style for Fuleco, that would had felt repetitive. However i'm sure there will be a lot of comparisons with Adventure Time (seriously, the yellow guy looks a lot like Finn the Human) and , like the Vancouver mascots, will be considered too "asian".