As Twipsy, our beloved spark of energy, was nominated as the official mascot of the World’s Fair in Hannover, Germany (Expo 2000), it was important to have him adoptable by guests in a range of souvenirs – from collectable pins to huggable fuzzy plush toys. As anyone may have guessed – due to mixed reactions with having him for a mascot, as well as unusually low guest numbers (18 million, compared to 40 million in Seville, 1992) and souvenir prices expensive by attendant standards (18 Deutsche Marks… €9.20 for the average plush) – you can see that he didn’t sell much early in the Expo.
Where the general public shrugged him off, there are a few collectors present, and elsewhere there’s an eBay entry helping find a collectable find a good home. Here is a list of photographic evidence of just a few things sold at the Expo… some are cute, some are interesting…
…unfortunately as much as I want to start a collection, none of them are mine 😦 and hence I give credit through the links to their respective articles.
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Plush toy distributed by IGEL; blue, orange and yellow pallette (uncommon for a plush). This one is 36cm tall according to an eBay entry. | Found on eBay: Expo 2000 Hannover das MaskottchenTwipsy sucht *Knuddelpartner* ;-)) |
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Plush toy distributed by IGEL, in the common yellow, teal and red pallette. eBay entry, when translated: “35cm in colorful polyester fibers with adjustable orange 18cm long arm (internal flexible wire), with 11cm long body and 17cm long head, embroidered eyes, 10cm dangling feet, and an 8cm not flexible arm” | Found on eBay: 35cm Twipsy Stofftier von der Expo2000 |
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Small collectable spoon with a small image of Twipsy in the bowl part | Found on eBay: Kleiner Loffel aus Metall Andenken EXPO 2000 Hannover |
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A white t-shirt with a ring captioning “EXPO 2000” with a silhouetted Twipsy in the middle. | Found on eBay: Expo 2000 hanover 100% Cotton |
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Baseball style cap, in black, with two eyes on each side. Presumably a humorous costume cap representing the mascot. | Found on eBay: Expo 2000 Schirmmütze |
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Navy blue shorts with a white ribbon on the left leg, with numerous Twipsy expressions. The back panel has a clip and an image of Twipsy, outlined in white. | Found on eBay: Original Expo 2000 Hose in Dunkelblau, Größe L |
For the Messenger with the Orange Paw 