+Twinklekitkat Posted June 27 Posted June 27 I’ve been wondering about this for a bit. What happened to the original fuzzy Signal I used to see at Mega events (left)? Starting in 2023 a different version began showing up (right). I had noticed this version at European events prior to 2023 and was glad ‘my’ Signal was the cuter, fuzzier one. I feel like the new one looks like a grasshopper. 1 Quote
Moun10Bike Posted June 27 Posted June 27 That's not the original Signal! The original looked like this: I unfortunately never got a photo of that original; the drawing above currently hangs at HQ. The original was created in Las Vegas by a fan, not HQ, and was affectionately known as Duckbill Signal. Our head of marketing at the time took one look and decided that we needed a more official costume! 1 2 1 Quote
+Twinklekitkat Posted June 27 Author Posted June 27 Thanks for sharing that great image! So where/when did the official mascot make its debut? This would make a very interesting blog post. The history of Signal. 1 Quote
Moun10Bike Posted June 27 Posted June 27 (edited) 16 hours ago, Twinklekitkat said: Thanks for sharing that great image! So where/when did the official mascot make its debut? This would make a very interesting blog post. The history of Signal. I reached out to the prime instigator behind the original (Duckbill) Signal (Moose Mob) and learned that it made its first appearance at a kickoff event for the introduction of Wherigo in Las Vegas in January of 2008: Meet & Greet Groundspeak & Garmin in Vegas. You can see several photos of it in the logs for that event, such as here. It appeared at several other regional events over the next couple of years. I believe that the official Signal mascot was created for and first appeared at the 10-Year HQ Celebration event in Seattle on July 4, 2010: Lost & Found Celebration. Again, you can see images in the logs, such as this one. I need to investigate more to find out where the current iteration debuted. Edited June 27 by Moun10Bike 1 2 Quote
+Sottiwotti Posted June 29 Posted June 29 (edited) On 6/27/2025 at 2:48 AM, Moun10Bike said: Edited June 29 by Sottiwotti 1 Quote
+igator210 Posted June 30 Posted June 30 If there was a poll, I'm not a fan of the current version. Quote
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