the mascots were included among the merchandise of the rio 2016 games. merchandise items ranged in size from a lego kit to life-size dolls. the organizers gave paralympic medalists stuffed toys of tom. they colored the leaves on the dolls' heads in gold, silver, or bronze in order to match with their medals. the vinicius and tom lego kit is the first time that lego made a commercial version of olympic mascots. an employee at a rio 2016 merchandise store said that the mascots were "the most popular thing by far. ... kids and adults all love them, especially vinicius, he is the favourite."