Mascots for Beijing Olympics

Two days ago, the organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad -– Beijing 2008 (BOCOG) announced the mascots for the 2008 Game:

"The five mascots are officially called the Five Friendlies. They are Beibei, the fish; Jingjing, the panda; Huanhuan, the Olympic flame; Yingying, the Tibetan antelope; and Nini, the swallow. The first syllables from their two-syllable names form a line that reads "“Beijing Huanying Ni"”, or in English "“Welcome to Beijing"”. The mascot'’s colours were chosen in line with the colours of the Olympic rings."

On the first look, the mascots are a bit "“土"”, but after looking at it a bit more and the design of the other mascots with the sport events, they are in fact quite good and very representative of Chinese culture as well.