“[B]e ready for two of the dumbest mascot designs in the already stupifying world history of mascot imagery” says D.C. Art News – an opinion shared by many, described in this AP article: “The pair were derided in various news articles, described as animated condoms and mutants from a nuclear meltdown. Their names were co-opted by anti-Olympic activists, who promptly firebombed two government vehicles in February.”