News
Sustainability Champion
March 15, 2012 : Lincoln, NE : The Nebraska Business Development Center named its Sustainability Business of the Year... well, specifically it named Us its Sustainability Business of the Year.
Tangier Shrine Circus
February 23-26 : Omaha, NE : Omaha's Tangier Shrine brings out the elephants and the inflatables to entertain the kiddies and raise money for a good cause.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Thanksgiving Day : New York City : Signs & Shapes contributes big time to the world's greatest parade.
Disney On Ice : Toy Story 3
Ongoing : Worldwide : Disney On Ice posts a video of their phenomenal new ice show on YouTube.
All American
August, 2011 : 30,000 feet : American Airlines features Lil' Red on the cover of its in-flight magazine.
Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark
Summer, 2011 : New York City : Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark is out of the gates in New York. Keep your eye out for WalkArounds.
Aquabats Unite!
April 2011 : Indio, California : Superhero Ska Band gets a little help from their (WalkAround) freinds at Coachella.
Award Time
May 17, 2011 : Omaha, NE : The Omaha Chamber of Commerce announces the Omaha Small Business of the Year, and the winner is...
No News is Good News...
Winter, 2010 : NYC and Beyond : Sometimes there's no "news" because there's no news; other times you're working on projects so big and so top-secret that you have neither the time nor the proper clearance to commit them to paper (or screen).
Cheerleader eaten by mascot, Yahoo!
September 14, 2010 : Tennessee : Yahoo! News joins the party by a featuring cheerleader-eating mascot on it's front page.
September's "Small Business of the Month" is...
September, 2010 : Omaha, NE : Just when you thought it would never get any better than Miss August, along comes us. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce tapped Signs & Shapes for Omaha's Small Business of the Month.
Zooperstars! at Rosenblatt
July 24, 2010 : Omaha, NE : Well looky there, it's the President of the United States of America, Barack Ollama, posing with a prominent Omaha businesslady and an unidentified secret service agent at a recent Royals baseball game.
Thailand goes big at the World's Fair!
Summertime : Shanghai, China : Thailand's "Tai" mascot represents his namesake nation at the 2010 World's Fair this summer in Shanghai.
Bankzilla, the man-eating banker
April 28, 2010 : Washington, D.C. : An inflatable, man-eating banker mascot myseteriously appears in the nation's capital, steals the spotlight, and creates headlines for a lucky client... who could possibly be behind this?
Mascot Mission
April : America : Morgan D'Organ and his merry band of organ mascots are trapsing the continent, educating and entertaining Americans on the power of Organ donation.
hoops&yoyo in D.C.
February 24, 2010 : Washington, D.C. : These two cute little icons help the USO package up care boxes for overseas troops.
Raptors and Globetrotters Mascots Win! Again! and Again!
February 24, 2010 : World Wide Web : The Toronto Raptor and others become frequent guests on Failblog.org and YouTube's "Most Viewed." Watch these if you don't believe us.
Award Winning!
February 16, 2010 : Omaha, NE : The new Signs & Shapes inflatable mascot factory wins an Engineering Excellence Award, of course.
Mascots Win!
January 28, 2010 : The Internet : The Harlem Globetrotters earn a feature on Failblog.org.
To Market!
October 10, 2009 : Omaha to Lincoln : Nebraska's biggest relay race uses Nebraska's biggest inflatable race arch - the Market to Market Relay proves it's never too cold to run to Lincoln.
Medical Research!
September 17, 2009 : Omaha, NE : Signs & Shapes is working with the University of Nebraska Medical Center in some very, very cool ways.
hoops&yoyo at ComicCon!
July 23, 2009 : San Diego, CA : Not since Ron Burgundy and LaDainian Tomlinson have two characters created this kind of stir in sunny San Diego.
Lego PowerMiners
June 10, 2009 : Denmark : The world's greatest toy comes to life, a la air-inflated WalkAround Rock Monster costumes
World's Greatest Service!
April 10 : Anywhere in the U.S.A. : We are very, very pleased to announce a brand new service: WalkAroundGrams!
And the answer is...
1990's : Family night : Those of you intellectual enough for Trivial Pursuit and bored enough to play the 1990's Edition might enjoy this...
NBA Cheerleader-eating Mascot Mayhem
Houston/Toronto : Lately : Several sweet inflatable mascots are consuming NBA Cheerleaders at alarming rates... watch these videos.
That answers that...
Wisconsin : February 16 : Sport Clips takes their mascot everywhere - everywhere.
Green
Cyberspace : February 13 : Even our website, it turns out, is green.
In the News, literally...
Omaha, NE : February 1 : Omaha's broadcasting legend Julie Cornell from Channel 7 "Action" News delivers a sensational story on a sensational company (ours).
Shipping Up from Boston
Boston, MA : January, 30 : The NBA's --and maybe the world's-- lone mask-less mascot, Lucky the Leprechaun, departs his beloved Boston Celtics.
Now THAT'S a flag!
January : Houston, TX : Everything is bigger in Texas, especially when we make it. The Houston Rockets recently debuted this HUGE Flag to bedazzled fans.
YES Man
Christmas Season : Hollywood : Jim Carey shares the spotlight with Lil' Red
HUSKERS WIN!!
January 1, 2009 : Jacksonville, Florida : The Huskers finish strong with an exciting win over Clemson in the Gator Bowl. Lil' Red comes in a close third for TV face time behind miracle leg Alex Henry and game MVP Joe Ganz.
Economic Stimulus
December 10, 2008 : America : Until Congress hands your business or organization a million dollar bailout check, we have an idea: buy a WalkAround mascot.
Rays Win Series in 6!
October 29, 2008 : Tampa Bay : Signs & Shapes predicts the Rays in 6 games for the World Series. Because they have better pitching, unique home field advantages, and an air-inflated WalkAround mascot.
Thanks for the shoutout Fox Sports.
October 17, 2008 : Los Angeles : A wayward intern at Fox Sports slanders an icon.
Here comes the NHL
September 29, 2008 : Florida : WalkArounds are joining the NHL ranks in droves. Teams in the league are recognizing the same show-stopping entertainment power that has long thrilled NBA and NFL fans: air-inflated WalkAround mascots.
This is America!
August 27, 2008 : The Tube : The ZOOPERSTARS! continue to impress crowds, if not judges, on the TV show AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
Success Story
July 28, 2008 : In The Press : A feature article today in the Wall Street Journal lists Omaha "one of the nation's biggest success stories." Of course it is.
America's Got Talent
July 15, 2008 : TV Land : Rumor has it that the ZOOPERSTARS! will be making a very special appearance on the new TV show AMERICA'S GOT TALENT tonight. Finally, some quality programming!
Update: Click the above link to watch the video.
New Website!
June 25, 2008 : Omaha, NE : Signs & Shapes is pleased to announce the greatest inflatable mascot website on the world wide web, ours!
Olympic-Sized Project
May 30, 2008 : Omaha, NE : Proving no job is too big, Signs & Shapes lends a last-minute, project-saving hand to a phenomenal tribute to USA Swimming.