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tikilongbeach
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|  Posted: 2012-12-23 12:04 pm Permalink
Stonehenge II and Easter Island Head at the Hill Country Arts Foundation. They are not real moai.
http://www.hcaf.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/8980168/article-Stonehenge-II-in-Texas-Hill-Country-on-the-move
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Bora Boris
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From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-12-23 12:31 pm Permalink
BP Bishop Museum. Honolulu, HI.
I took this in October.
www.bishopmuseum.org
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Johnny Dollar
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| Posted: 2012-12-23 5:43 pm Permalink
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Circa 1910.
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wait... did they have a full moai plus a moai head, or maybe the full moai and a repro head to show the topknot-?
EDIT...
nmnh has both a head and a full moai, Head SI-WDC-002 and Moai SI-WDC-001 - guess the head is in storage.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/onehundredyears/featured_objects/easter_island_stone_figure.html
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tikiskip
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Posts: 2081 | Posted: 2012-12-24 2:39 pm Permalink
Norwich township Columbus Ohio.
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Pikeys Dog
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| Posted: 2012-12-25 04:47 am Permalink
Here's the one outside the Kon Tiki Museum, Oslo, Norway.
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christiki295
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From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2012-12-26 10:13 pm Permalink
This faux moai is located at Aquarium at the Pacific in Long Beach.
and Mickey Finzz in Vegas.
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bigtikidude
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From: Anaheim,Ca.
| Posted: 2012-12-26 11:07 pm Permalink
Maoi in Toronto Canada, in front of Tilley Endurables
more info here:
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=16474&forum=1
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nui 'umi 'umi
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| Posted: 2012-12-27 12:48 am Permalink
This big fella lives in a miniature golf arcade in Reno Nevada. I couldn't get a decent shot cuz of all the trees (I was outside of the fence) so I handed my camera to a gentleman playing golf who kindly snapped the pic for me. Wish I'd gotten his name-he said he had a photography studio in Reno.Gods of Rapa-Nui were smiling on me.
He's bout 40-45' tall
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Loki-Tiki
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| Posted: 2012-12-27 08:14 am Permalink
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach CA:
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Bora Boris
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From: Boogie Wonderland
| Posted: 2012-12-27 7:54 pm Permalink
Okay, from the list on page 1.
The C.P. Three Prop House. Hollywood, CA
The Tonga Hut Big Mo- Inside. North Hollywood, CA
Fry's, Manhattan Beach, CA
Also -
Hollywood Pointe Apts. Inglewood, CA - Formerly the Aku Aku Apts.
Forest Lawn. Glendale, CA
No one has a decent picture of the Oceanic Arts Moai? 
and no stealing the one from Critiki!
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Dustycajun
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| Posted: 2012-12-27 9:37 pm Permalink
Lest we forget the Kon Tiki Camping Moai - perhaps the biggest?
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nui 'umi 'umi
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| Posted: 2012-12-28 7:35 pm Permalink
B B, Ask and you shall receive,
David
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tikilongbeach
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| Posted: 2012-12-28 8:08 pm Permalink
Jackalope dressed in Hawaiian gear and a Moai? What's not to like?
This website explains it.
www.blog.thelope.com/2010/05/national-miniature-golf-day.html
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tikilongbeach
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| Posted: 2012-12-28 8:28 pm Permalink
I did a TC search and didn't find anything on these guys.
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/en/travel/kyushu/miyazaki/sunmesse_nichinanshi/
On the hilltop of Nichinan Coastline in Miyazaki prefecture is the theme park "Sun Messe Nichinan." The park's key feature is seven replicas of Moai statues with their backs turned toward the Pacific Ocean, 15,000 kilometers removed from the originals on Easter Island, Chile.
The statues were created with the official permission of the Polynesian island, granted in thanks for the restoration efforts made by Japanese construction companies. Standing tall at 5.5 meters, the stone sculptures make a sharp contrast against the subtropical oceanfront.
The seven statues represent work, health, love, travel, marriage, money, and study, supposedly able to help improve respective spheres of your life if you only touch them with heartfelt wishes.
Besides Moai statues, the park also offers a unique combination of amusement facilities, including a restaurant, a spa, an insect museum, and a pleasant pature land with cows and goats roaming about.
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tikijackalope
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| Posted: 2012-12-31 04:25 am Permalink
Why, thank you, Lori.
And here's a real moai, Hoa Hakananai'a, at the British Museum.
More photos of it and other moai can be found here: http://www.thelope.com/2007/04/more-easter-stuff.html
There's also a faux moai along Route 66 in Arizona: http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=15121&forum=2&start=last& - Greg
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