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I've often wondered what most people call the first Toa team that appeared on the shelves. I originally just called them the Toa, until I found out that the canon name was "Mata", which I use to this day. It was not until I joined the BZPRPG that I found out about the other name - Olda. I personally have never liked that name; it sounds like cheap Fanon to me, but hey - that's just my opinion. ;) What I want to know is, what do you guys think, and which do you use?

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Fire, Axe, Claw, Hook, Sword and Kick. Just kidding, I call them Toa Mata obviously, Olda is just weird and Toa is a bit confusing when relating with other Toa teams

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The Mata prefix is a relatively recent addition, from like 2008 I believe. Therefore, before it's sudden addition, the only way to refer to the Toa of the first year was to call them Olda. For me, I still like Olda for referring to the sets, since their style is distinct from newer versions of the Toa. But for the story, Mata makes more sense. So both. :music:

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The Mata prefix is a relatively recent addition, from like 2008 I believe. Therefore, before it's sudden addition, the only way to refer to the Toa of the first year was to call them Olda. For me, I still like Olda for referring to the sets, since their style is distinct from newer versions of the Toa. But for the story, Mata makes more sense. So both. :music:

Actually, the Toa-Mata name has been around since 2004, it just wasn't made canon until recently. =)

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Sometimes I refer to the Mata as Nuva all-around, but when I'm talking about the OG Mata sets, I simply refer to them as the Mata, to avoid confusion of the Nuva and their original counterparts. Olda just sounds really weird to me.

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All that really matters is that there is a designation which team is being referred to. I typically use the term 'Mata' because it signifies the island we first learned about them on (from a set standpoint) and their destiny to raise Mata Nui (from a story standpoint). Since 'Olda' is a weird-sounding word and only refers to the sets, I never use it. On occassion, when discussing things from a sets-only perspective, I will say 'Originals,' but not 'Olda,' which isn't even a real word - Bionicle universe or ours.

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Toa Mata. As I wasn't active in the Bionicle community during Bionicle's year years I never heard the term Olda. The first term I heard was Mata, and it still makes sense to this day.

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I've always called them "Mata", "Olda" doesn't sound right to me.

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It's always been Mata to me, Olda just never sounded right.

Same here. I've never even thought about using 'Olda' for more than a second. -The Fearless Leader
Amen. Olda just sounds pathetic. Too Anglicized and incompatible with the reality of BIONICLE being set in a wholly different universe with wholly different linguistics.-Dovydas
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I say "Toa Mata" when refering to the story, but sometimes I've found that "Toa Olda" works better to refer to the sets themselves, such as in the example sentence "No, 'Toa Mata' refers to the version of Tahu before he was transformed; that is to say, it's his 'Olda' form." ~ BioGio

 

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I called the originals "Toa Mata" as far back as when the Toa Nuva were released. At the time, everything seemed to have a "Mata" in it somewhere. (ok, so it was just the island and the Great Spirit.... I was 8 years old! Two was everything! :P) "Olda" seems like a fanism that wasn't particularly imaginative.

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When I first heard "Toa Mata" and "Toa Olda," I didn't like either, and just called them "Toa." Now, however, I call them the Toa Mata.

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