viva la mascots

[KathieK]

There are some websites online which mention installing fans inside costumes. I may try to do that. We will be spraying ours with Fabreeze, and I hung the suit up to air out yesterday, and am washing out the liner. I recommend drinking something like a Gatorade to replenish your system. Drink lots and lots of water, something I always did when I was a clown, since you don't sweat "properly" in greasepaint and heavy costumes. The FLR photo was great - did you have all the mascots together at one time?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by KathieK

There are some websites online which mention installing fans inside costumes. I may try to do that. We will be spraying ours with Fabreeze, and I hung the suit up to air out yesterday, and am washing out the liner. I recommend drinking something like a Gatorade to replenish your system. Drink lots and lots of water, something I always did when I was a clown, since you don't sweat "properly" in greasepaint and heavy costumes. The FLR photo was great - did you have all the mascots together at one time?

They had all the mascots out on the field doing the YMCA on day 3. What I most remember about that was an eagle mascot (I think it was 1511's) and when they tried to a conga he tripped and everybody landed on top of him. OUCH!

[Michelle 236]

this is our mascot

props go out to John for being the best tick ever!

[Bemis]

I saw and liked team 686, bovine intervention's costume at pittsburgh. They were one of our alliance partners.

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Originally Posted by nycpunk

I'm trying to talk our captain into letting us make a mascot. i heard that 233 had a cool mascot last year and i liked the idea. i was thinking something simple for us though like making a boxy robot like the one in the jettisons out of cardboard boxes taped together and painting it silver, nothing to complicated a SCI BORG wouldn't be too hard to make.

Yes, we used the same mascot as last year. Although we got rid of the mask we originally had because it got extremely uncomfortable, and it was very difficult to see through. For the most part, keep your parts light and comfortable. We used mostly styrofoam, with velcro harnesses and padding (on the inside). The mascot had wooden stilts last year, but we upgraded with some metal ones for this year. There are already plans to make an entirely new mascot for next year. You just have to wait and see...

Although if you want to go with simplicity, go with the Backpack Mascot made entirely out of pvc and duct tape!

[MrAmazing]

I am Team 104's mascot. Last year I was a rookie and decided that I would be the mascot. Last year I had a blast as a mascot. It is just so much fun. I even had a small fan club of other teams. However, I am also the director of Marketing for our team. So at the competition I am running around everywhere fulfilling marketing needs and overviewing marketing members while I am changing in and out of the costume. It is crazy but I love it. I can't wait until Thursday when I can do it again...