The all-seeing (reptilian) eye?

[mattias]

What do you make of this company's symbol?

http://www.gatorhole.com/index.php?&lang=gb

[logic bomb]

Nice find. This is a copy of RAWs Illuminatus! Trilogy. Notice the prominent Reptilian eye and its surrounding skin like structure. This is a 90's copy I believe.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/busta2012/illuminatus.jpg?t=1213479444

[meave]

they are called gatorhole

[tim the enchanter]

Nice find. This is a copy of RAWs Illuminatus! Trilogy. Notice the prominent Reptilian eye and its surrounding skin like structure. This is a 90's copy I believe.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/busta2012/illuminatus.jpg?t=1213479444

If I'm not mistaken, it's a brand new cover.

[limelady]

Funnily enough, other than the symbolism of their phallus-shaped bottle, I have always wondered why Gatorade have never taken advantage of their name and used more blatant reptilian symbolism in their logo.....like an all seeing-reptile-eye or something, as it seemed like an opportunity lost.

Well low and behold, I have recently stumbled upon their new (blood-redish) drink called Tiger, and bingo, there we see not a tigers eye (as one might expect) but a reptilian eye finally moulded into the plastic of the bottle.

http://www.scoregolf.com/Web-ImageBase/2007/October/gatorade-tnfeat.jpg

[hirschfelder]

Ahh here's a good thread for this little nugget. Probably not worthy of a thread of its own

SKYLON!


Skylon, one of London's legendary demolished monuments could get a second birth thanks to an anonymous donor who has given £1.2 million to help pay for its construction.

The structure was originally erected as part of the 1951 Festival Of Britain and featured a needle held in mid-air by suspension cables. Reaching 91 metres tall, it would be illuminated every night giving the Festival a visible landmark from all around bomb damaged London.

If built today it would be Britain's tallest sculpture comfortably surpassing Make Architects planned 60 metre tall Aspire in Nottingham.

Skylon didn't last long though - once the Festival was over there was a new Conservative government in power who saw it as a symbolism of socialism and had it demolished by simply cutting the cables that suspended it, leaving it to fall into the River Thames like a toppled tree where it still lays today.

There have been numerous plans to re-erect it, the latest in 2004 was drawn up by Ian Ritchie Architects which would see it stand in its original spot next to the London Eye but however it failed to progess thanks to the £800,000 needed at the time.

This time around supporters are looking at other sites, perhaps mindful of the attempts by Westminster Council to guard views from St James Park from the intrusions of tall buildings. This would however lose the cumulative effect of it next to the London Eye, something it would clearly compliment.

Whether the plans go anywhere this time remains to be seen, but the money put up by the mysterious benefactor shows Skylon is gone but not forgotten.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1581SkylonsSecondChance_pic1.jpg

Stargate looking reptilian eye thing! Next to the London Eye too. And mysterious benefactors involved.

Old Skylon next to an old dome
http://www.whitstablepier.com/fob/skylonfromsouthbank.jpg

More here
http://www.whitstablepier.com/fob/skylon.htm

[tootrue]

What do you make of this company's symbol?

http://www.gatorhole.com/index.php?&lang=gb

another reppy company then, ha? :)

[logic bomb]

If I'm not mistaken, it's a brand new cover.

I think you are, this is a 1998 copy. And if it was a new cover it would be pretty easy to find in the online book stores would it not?

[marpat]

What do you make of this company's symbol?

http://www.gatorhole.com/index.php?&lang=gb

The fact that it is called Gatorhole probably indicates that it is meant to be an alligator eye so it's not really that secret.

[tim the enchanter]

I think you are, this is a 1998 copy. And if it was a new cover it would be pretty easy to find in the online book stores would it not?

Alright, but I do know that the cover they've been using for years in UK bookshops changed suddenly to the one in question recently without warning.
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