What's next?
So, what do we do with this information? Now that we know that these inflatables are THE mascots of the 21st century, should we just accept inflatable Rocky and his sidekick stock-race-car driver Rockio Rockdretti? Or should we push for more?Here's my current idea: How about we design a new sidekick for one of those mascots? You know, something in keeping with the war/power/destruct symbolism of the rocket.
Here's some ideas.
Here's some ideas.
- Firestorm: I see an inflatable ball-of fire, gnashing teeth, furrowed brow. This occurs after a nuclear detonation--a side-effect of a nuclear blast, which generates strong inrushing winds from all sides, which spread fires and add fresh oxygen to intensify them. We could bring him out after every touchdown to celebrate annihilation.
- Cruise: A small inflatable Rocket...Rocky's little brother...kind of like Barbie has Skipper tagging along. While most of Toledo wouldn't likely be too keen on the name, once they see this little rascal dance, they would declare him our Top Gun!
Cute names aside, we could design a sidekick using an offical missle name like Hawk, Hellfire, Minutemnan, MIG, Patriot, Pershing, FalconGenie, Quali, Poseidon, Stinger.
posted by Michelle at 1:53 PM
2 Comments:
I think we still have to press on for a new mascot since it is a New UT. Could the sidekick be a medical character in keeping with the mergering? Sherlock Holmes had Doc Watson. So why not a Doc Rocket?
Your argument is sound--New UT; new mascot. The sidekick idea has merit. And I see your point; to welcome our new sibling, MUO, we should go with the medical theme. But what about three sidekicks (if two is better than one, why not a trio--Larry, Curly, and MUO?
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