New Mascot?

[collectiveaction]

Wil the return to the S.P.L see the return of ICAT as the Nessie effort IMHO sucks. Maybe a new mascot will emerge. Anyone got any suggestions?

[buckett]

Two mascots this time - a bridge and a castle.

[kilda]

pub and a chipshop

[collectiveaction]

pub and a chipshop

Maybe it's just me but I would have loved to have seen ICAT beat up that Staggie thing that Ross C*unty have, as part of the pre-match entertainment.

[Jay_7]

Somebody hire the Thundercat that was parading about in a ICT shirt yesterday.

[martinskye]

It looks like Nessie will be back with us, as he/she made an appearance yesterday, what a glory hunter!

[ICTCM]

pub and a chipshop

Harry's pub in ayr??

[CaleyStag]

Being right next to the Moray Firth, it should be a dolphin.

[gordyfromsneck]

It has to be Nessie. All others are imposters.

[CaleyD]

Here's a couple of the conceptual drawings I had done a few years ago following the research and survey work I did on what people would like to see as club mascot. Many of you will have seen these before as I trot them out every year when the subject comes up :022:

[CaleyD]

It has to be Nessie. All others are imposters.

Actually Nessie is also an imposter as it's not actually our Mascot....just like the stag and the fox it's something that has been thrust upon us by a corporate looking to have their brand paraded around TCS.

What we need is our own Mascot with it's own identity...something that will remain with us regardless of who wants to put their name on it's back, something that can be sent out into the community and be instantly recognised as "The ICT Mascot" and not just someone else's mascot in an ICT shirt.

[Snow]

It has to be Nessie. All others are imposters.

I love the Nessie mascot we have just now ~ great costume! But alot depends on the person inside it. Whoever did it a while ago never seemed to want to interact with kids, thereby nullifying the whole point of having a bleedin' mascot in my opinion

[collectiveaction]

Here's a couple of the conceptual drawings I had done a few years ago following the research and survey work I did on what people would like to see as club mascot. Many of you will have seen these before as I trot them out every year when the subject comes up :022:

These are great CaleyD! I particularly like the hairy highlander as it symbolises strength and is different from any other football mascot I can think of.

[CaleyStag]

Both pics are brilliant CaleyD, but I'd prefer a dolphin. I've sat in the North stand before and seen the dolphins leaping in the Firth from my seat. They are the main source of tourism in the area as people come from all over the world to see them, and I've met Chris Packham and Charlie Phillips on Chanonry Point filming them for a BBC2 programme. A dolphin would be quite appropriate I think.

[Wyness13]

I'm a big fan of "Hamish the Hairy Highlander" CaleyD! Very unique and specific to a Highland team! Don't think many would want a topless muscular man patrolling the sidelines and hugging their kids though! :022:

[CaleyD]

The drawings are just concepts to give an idea of how such costumes could/would work. The Highlander would, of course, be wearing an ICT Top and have shorts on under his kilt!!!

[Snow]

Actually Nessie is also an imposter as it's not actually our Mascot....just like the stag and the fox it's something that has been thrust upon us by a corporate looking to have their brand paraded around TCS.

Well in terms of advertising it's failing miserably, because I never realised it was corporate branded!

I think the Loch Ness Monster is the most obvious choice for a Mascot for ICT.

(I like the 'Highlander' pictured above too, but it might be vaguely frightening for some wee kids.)

[Renegade]

Here's a point that hasn't been raised yet, why does the mascot have to be someone in a big suit? Benfica I believe also are associated wth the eagle, so they have an eagle, a real one, flying around the stadium before the game begins. I think that would be pretty cool.

[Yngwie]

Here's a point that hasn't been raised yet, why does the mascot have to be someone in a big suit? Benfica I believe also are associated wth the eagle, so they have an eagle, a real one, flying around the stadium before the game begins. I think that would be pretty cool.

:022:

In honour of Terry we could maybe do something similar with 3 lions. It would certainly keep the players on their toes during the warm-up.

[TopSix]

I like Renegades idea. Especially if it could be trained to crap on the green/blue huns.

[Renegade]

"Victoria" the Benfica eagle -

Edited May 3, 2010 by Renegade

[TopSix]

How about a cat called jocky on a jetpack.

[buckett]

Our "unofficial" nickname in the media is "The Highlanders" - that's what they call us and that's what we are and I quite like that.

I'm for the Hairy Highlander.

(Dolphins suggest a bit of tree-hugging anyway, and real Highlanders don't do that!)

[EWS]

The Hairy Highlander would be great if it is done as a man in a suit, no an actual man. If it is cartoony then it would work fine.

[Renegade]

Our "unofficial" nickname in the media is "The Highlanders" - that's what they call us and that's what we are and I quite like that.

I'm for the Hairy Highlander.

(Dolphins suggest a bit of tree-hugging anyway, and real Highlanders don't do that!)

Aye, I was thinking that too. Hopefully Mr Dolphin would be allowed outside the confines of Caley Stadium just as he would in the wild, and ICT better not sign any Japanese players or it could all come to a sticky end.