London 2012 Olympic Games Official Product Porcelain Wenlock Queen's Guard Mug

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2012 Olympic Games London
Official Product
OF LONDON 2012
Porcelain Mug Cup
Wenlock Queen's Guard
Mascots
The Olympic Mascots, Mandeville (left) and Wenlock (right)
The
official mascots
for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled on 19 May 2010.
[184]
Wenlock and Mandeville
are animations depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks in
Bolton
.
[184]
They are named after
Much Wenlock
, a town in Shropshire that holds
a forerunner of the current Olympic Games
, and
Stoke Mandeville
, a village in Buckinghamshire where
a forerunner
of the
Paralympic Games
was first held.
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The writer
Michael Morpurgo
wrote the story concept for the mascots, and an animation was produced.
[185]
Two stories have been created about the mascots:
Out Of A Rainbow
and
Adventures On A Rainbow
.
[186]
Creative Review
magazine liked the mascots,
[187]
but elsewhere their design was greeted with some disdain. One columnist jested that they were the product of a "drunken
one-night stand
between a Teletubby and a
Dalek
".
[188]
Others have compared them to
Izzy
, the much disparaged mascot of the
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics
.
[189]
Still others have likened them to
Kang and Kodos
from
The Simpsons
.
[190]
However, the mascots' creators claim that young people find the duo appealing.
Wenlock
Wenlock’s name is inspired by
Much Wenlock
in
Shropshire
, England, where in 1850 the
Wenlock Olympian Society
held its first Olympian Games, regarded as an inspiration for the modern Olympic games.
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The five friendship rings on his wrists correspond to the five Olympic rings, and three points on his head represent the three places on the podium. The pattern on his body symbolises the whole world coming to London, and the shape of his helmet represents the shape of the Olympic Stadium.
A mug with an image of Wenlock in full Queen's guard uniform.
MADE IN CHINA
Dishwasher & Mircowave Safe
Produced by Johnson Brothers
Barlaston, Stoke On Trent England
Brand New official product never used !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can see no chips/damage to this lovely piece
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