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[[File:Screen shot 2009-11-26 at 4.28.25 PM.png\|thumb\|200px\|The Toa Mata]] In [[2001]], BIONICLE was released and became a smash hit in both Europe and the United States. No other themes at the time came close to the amount of profits generated by BIONICLE. The sets were accompanied by a series of comics, truck tours, a contest to build a BIONICLE website as well as computer and [[video game]]s. A notable fact about ~~this~~the year 2002 is that the Maori people, angered at LEGO's lack of respect for some of their words, sued the LEGO Company and won.<REF>[http://biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Matoran#Tohunga Tohunga#Matoran] at BIONICLE Sector 01 Wiki</REF> As a result, many characters' names were changed (i.e., ''Maku'' was changed to ''Macku'', ''Huki'' to ''Hewkii'', etc.). LEGO used this to bring the idea of Naming Day Ceremony, where brave Matoran recieve longer and better names, though they are still pronounced the same. Takua, who had saved all six of the villages, was not renamed, so he had his own private "ceremony" where he renamed his Ussal Crab from Puku to Pewku. === Release History ===

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