Dick Dastardly Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Whether you personally like Kingsley (the mascot, not the sponsor) or not, this has to be seen as a good news story. Loads of people have been asking me about it and the global interest in the story is phenomenal. (Was there a Scottish club involved in a European draw yesterday ?) The important part is what happens next. The board need to find some way to turn this interest into revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 A pair of evil red eyes would have topped everything off...lol. Kingsley roolz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 A friend of Kingsley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 two things... Firstly, I really can't believe the publicity that this has generated. So we have a mascot that looks angrier than most traditional mascots. And maybe a bit silly. Is that so revolutionary that it warrants worldwide publicity? Would I be interested if some foreign team came out with a silly looking angry mascot? Not in the slightest. So I don't really get it, but no doubt it's a good thing for Thistle. Secondly, and I'm surprised it hasn't been debated more, what do we know about this company? People have referred to booze and betting companies, but is this more ethical? Company seems to specialise in sort-selling, or profitting from other people's misfortune. Yet maybe does so through exposing financial misdemeanours and fraud? It's above my head. Are they financial Robin Hoods? Or just bsterds? It certainly seems an "interesting" business model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Just saw a news report on Fox News in the US discussing the mascot of a team called "Patrick" Thistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Incognito Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Just saw a news report on Fox News in the US discussing the mascot of a team called "Patrick" Thistle. Puts into perspective complaints about us being referred to as 'Partick'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 One of my favourite comments came yesterday from Irvine Welsh who tweeted Partick Thistle's new mascot is Lisa Simpson on crystal meth and it's ******* brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Get Kingsley onto The Simpsons. That would be mega PR ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewinGumMacaroonBaaaz Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well.... at least our mascot's sorted for the junior jags halloween party.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinistar Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Loving your Kingsley pics CGMB! My favourite one so far is the BOOM one. Keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Even the Guardian is getting in on the act. Although this guys does talk a fair bit of cr@p and misses the point a bit regarding Jags fans. Although I thought this comment was quite good: "As a Partick Thistle fan, I deplore Jonathan Jones' lack of perception and wit. The majority of le massif de Firhill have taken Shrigley's jeux de sprite with our habitual understated appreciation, and look forward to more location specific installations this year - of course, the Maryhill Magyars are no strangers to performance art, as anyone who witnesses their regular satires on conventional football tactics (such as their wilful spurning of the open, and therefore valueless, goal) can attest to. Perhaps Mr Jones should confine himself to the lower end of art, and leave its Higher manifestations to those of us more familiar with the output of the school of Jaconelli." Edited June 23, 2015 by Mr Bunny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewinGumMacaroonBaaaz Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dick Dastardly Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 This must be one of the best sponsorship deals ever for Kingsford Capital. The amount of global interest for a relatively modest sponsorship outlay is unprecedented. David Shrigley is also getting a lot of press coverage, so this looks to be a win-win-win situation. Congrats to everyone involved, whether this was foreseen or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 From The Guardian ..... Cuddly, child-friendly icon or not, Kingsley has rivals quaking in their boots. The Hibernian mascot tweeted a picture of himself trembling before an image of Kingsley’s sunny snarl. “There is a long history of mascot combat and there will definitely be some mascot combat in the new season,” promises Shrigley, who is contemptuous of the Hibernian mascot’s reaction. “That’s a second-tier mascot and a rodent to boot. If we’re going to take criticism, we’ll take criticism from Premiership mascots.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I saw that from Shrigley - brilliant comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled AusJag Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 It reached today's Herald Sun in Melbourne. If they're going to keep this mascot, though, there has to be some red in the mascot. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/partick-thistle-mascot-scottish-club-unveil-terrifying-kingsley-as-part-of-new-sponsorship-deal/story-fnp0lxax-1227411131571 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled AusJag Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 The hairstyle's similar http://digital.nls.uk/oor-wullie/images/meet-oor-wullie/wullie_on_bucket.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewinGumMacaroonBaaaz Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 David Shrigley ( Kingsley's Da' ) guest on TalkSport radio sometime between 1 & 4pm today. Hawksby & Jacobs show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxington preamble Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 "Partick Thistle fans have hurled abuse at their new mascot - but they are wrong" Really annoying piece in today's Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/23/partick-thistle-mascot-david-shrigley-kingley accusing Thistle fans of being hypocrites based on a totally unsubstantiated claim that we are horrified with our new mascot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Maybe Richard Nixon has a friend. Then they could say fans (plural) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I saw that article - shocking "journalism" but then it wouldn't be the Guardian if it wasn't lamenting something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Can this thread be linked to Twitter, and the Guardian, and whoever else? To show the true feeling among Thistle fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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