Toonces - RIP

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  1. Tiger Exile

    Tiger Exile Long time lurker

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    I think the new/old logo should please a lot of folks here in the den. I was ambivalent to Toonces, but I didn't grow up in Louisiana since I was a Navy brat. I loved the logo we had when I graduated in 1990, but I did associate it with some really poor football so I didn't have as much problem with a change. That being said, I bought more retro stuff than new stuff. I do like Toonces on one item my wife wears on occasion...;)

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  2. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Finally
     
  3. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Toonces was just pathetic. Tiny armed Tiger looked like he was driving a car. And coming out of a hurricane? After Katrina?

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    Toonces Light was far better, but still too evocative of the hideous original.

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    This is apparently the new logo and all I can say is . . . cats have ears, keep working on it.


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  4. LSUpride123

    LSUpride123 PureBlood

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    I like the eye of the tiger.
     
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    plotalot Veteran Member

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    It has ears, they are just pointed back and laying down. Cats do that when they're in attack mode.
     
  6. plotalot

    plotalot Veteran Member

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    I personally never liked the eye of the tiger. Thirty some odd years and I've tried to let it grow on me, but I hope this new logo takes its place.
     
  7. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    I'm good with the eye as well. Anything "should" be better than toonces but I say that with cautious optimism.
     
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  8. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    It looks great on the field, where they fade out the edges. But when it is small artwork, like on the new LSU license plates or a T-shirt, it just looks like a blob from any distance other than really close-up.

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  9. LSUpride123

    LSUpride123 PureBlood

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    Agreed. For shirts and things, I like:

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  10. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    @LSUpride123 I can do either on a shirt, I would like the eye on like a golf shirt, just a small one. The LSU in the Geaux font is never a bad buy
     

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