The new Pete was revealed via a half-assed grainy video on Thursday. But after significant push-back via the interwebnet, the revised, and newly-neutered Pete images and corresponding video had vanished. Well, in case you missed it, here you go (thanks cminat02, via Twitter):
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it looks like they spent all the money designing the stuffed animal face and arms, then when it came to the helment and especially the body, legs, and shoes they realized there was no budget left. It's a little embarrassing...
This is from the folks who brought us "Makers All." Why is anyone surprised that the new mascot is awful?
Yep, the Exponent verified it today. This is in fact brought to you by Teri Thompson's office. After the “Makers All” fiasco, why on earth are we still allowing these morons to make decisions like this?!?!
STOP
SCREWING
WITH
THE
MASCOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we please bring back the old Purdue Pete? The one that looks like a pissed-off Gene Keady.
"He will also not have a hammer, as it was decided the hammer was too violent for a mascot."
WTF?!!! What is happening to my beloved Purdue?
http://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/article_d601bf4e-6181-11e0-b2df-001a4bcf6878.html
He will, however, have a cute little strapless dress and matching heels.
I was thinking about the ramifications of booing the unveiling at the spring game. In a game against another school, I would never boo my own mascot, but it will just be purdue people at the spring game. Is booing acceptable? A way to sound off?
In a conference that has a) multiple ill-tempered animal mascots and b) a mascot that's named for a city known primarily for war, claiming "violence" as a reason for depriving a craftsman of the tool of his trade is beyond stupid, and by beyond, I mean past Kelvin Sampson stupid.
I think booing the mascot would be the most direct way to get the point across, not that the athletic department would listen, but what I think would be better would be to find at least one person who can dress up as a reasonable facsimile of the current Purdue Pete and bring a sledgehammer. Have the "pseudo" Pete stand up when the new one is introduced, and have everyone turn to the "pseudo" Pete and applaud him.
Don't panic yet. I talked with Teri Thompson via email this afternoon.
She assured me that the leaked video, and the Pete we see tomorrow is a prototype. In her own words, there will be a "mechanism introduced so that fans can give feedback - the mascot will be tweaked before the final version is completed." So apparently we will have some say in the matter. It looks like the Spring game is our opportunity to offer constructive criticism.
Maybe they'll give him a magic wand or a q-tip. . .
Proudly booed this monstrosity at the BnG Game
I don't believe for one moment that this Pete was intended to be a "prototype." They've been working on this for over a year, and only after the blowback and removal of the video did they start calling it a prototype. They expected that their work would be done today when planning this.
Nothing short of going back to the old Pete and leaving him that way will do. I wish I could have been there to boo too.
Cookie Monster or Bert or Ernie would be tougher looking...
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