Guardian of the Non Sequitur: What Are these Creatures?

What Are these Creatures?

Posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 6:00 am in random.

Here’s your quiz of the day: what are these five things?

Answer tomorrow. (Please refrain from posting spoilers in the comments – wry hints and jabs thoroughly encouraged.)

Comment by tg on July 10, 2008 at 9:53 am.
I have no idea. They look like some offshoot of Power Rangers or whatever the kids are watching these days. Flaming Red, Black Panda, Orange Gazelle, Green Flight, and Blue Waves.
Comment by Virginia on July 10, 2008 at 11:12 am.
I don’t know what they are, but I feel certain they were invented by the Japanese.
Comment by Jennifer N. on July 10, 2008 at 1:52 pm.
my guess is that they are the new Olympic mascots for Japan. what do i win?
Comment by six06 on July 10, 2008 at 4:47 pm.
definitely olympic stuff.
panda bears, yes?
at any rate, they’re probably lead based.
Comment by bshirley on July 11, 2008 at 7:51 am.
Four guesses before the answer was posted:

tg – great guesses
Virgin’ – should not be so certain
JennN – Olympics? yes. Japan? no. You win nothing.
six06 – appropriate amount of cynicism? check.
Comment by Virginia on July 11, 2008 at 2:25 pm.
Ok, so they’re Chinese. I’m off by a Sea of Japan…ok and a whole other culture…but whatever.