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To: blam
But many residents of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian name for Easter Island

Seriously?? Rapa Nui?
The reason I ask is that my son had son Bionicles for a while and Lego Magazine had a Bionicles comic in it, and the whole thing was set in Mata Nui. I thought that they made that up. Anyone know if Mata means something in Polynesian?

12 posted on 01/05/2007 12:24:12 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

I am sure it does; if I'm not mistaken, Lego was sued by the Maorii to stop using their language for names and what not for the Bionicle series. In fact, I think there is a ancient post somewhere on FR to that effect...


18 posted on 01/08/2007 5:40:09 AM PST by Little Ray
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Here ya go!
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b14324743f2.htm


19 posted on 01/08/2007 5:41:19 AM PST by Little Ray
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