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"Godzilla Series 6 Moguera Figure" "Godzilla Series 6 Moguera Figure" "Godzilla Pack of Destruction Moguera Figure" Up for sale is a "Godzilla Mini Figure Lot" of two "Mogera Mini Figures". Also known as "Godzilla Mini Figure Lot" of two "Moguera Mini Figures". This "Godzilla Figure Lot" includes 1 "Bandai 1957 HG Godzilla Series 6 Moguera Figure" and 1 "2002 Godzilla Pack of Destruction Moguera Figure". The "HG 1957 Moguera figure" is approximately 3" Tall and was produced by Bandai in 2000 or 1999. The "Godzilla Pack of Destruction Moguera Figure" is approximately 2 1/2 inches tall and was produced by Bandai in 2002. The "HG Godzilla Series 6 Mogera Figure" is in excellent condition and the "2002 Godzilla Pack of Destruction Mogera" is in awesome shape as well. The "HG Moguera Figure" is a representation of "Mogera" from the 1957 Film "The Mysterians". These Godzilla Mini Figures are just some of the many Godzilla action figures we have in our store. Please visit our store for more rare Godzilla and other action figures. Moguera (モゲラ Mogera) is a robotic monster that first appeared in the 1957 Toho film The Mysterians. A reimagining of the character, whose name is an acronym for Mobile Operations Godzilla Universal Expert Robot Aero-type (MOGUERA), debuted in the Godzilla series in the 1994 film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla. One of the weapons of the Mysterian invaders, Moguera was unleashed in Japan, where it destroyed a village by triggering severe earthquakes while underground. Moguera soon surfaced and began rampaging through the countryside before the JSDF blew up a bridge as the machine was crossing it, destroying Moguera. The Mysterians would deploy a second Moguera to defend their dome when the Earth Defense Force began attacking it with Markalite Cannons. The second Moguera accidentally burrowed too close to a Markalite Cannon, which toppled onto it and destroyed it. In the Heisei Godzilla continuity, MOGUERA was constructed by G-Force following the defeat of Mechagodzilla. Designed to accomplish what its predecessor had come so close to doing—destroying Godzilla—MOGUERA's first action came not against Godzilla, but a crystalline anomaly that was sighted approaching Earth. MOGUERA was launched to destroy the space creature, but was severely damaged and failed to halt its approach to Earth. MOGUERA was salvaged and repaired by G-Force, then deployed to Fukuoka to stop the space monster, now known as SpaceGodzilla, after it constructed its own fortress in the city. MOGUERA engaged SpaceGodzilla, and was joined by Godzilla, who sought to rescue his adopted son from his extraterrestrial clone. Together, MOGUERA and Godzilla were able to destroy SpaceGodzilla's power source in the Fukuoka Tower and finally destroy him, but MOGUERA was also obliterated in the process, leaving only Godzilla standing. Both Mogueras have been featured in some non-film media such as video games, as well as the television show Godzilla Island, in which they exist simultaneously.. Name Moguera's Japanese name, Mogera (モゲラ), is derived from mogura (土竜もぐら or モグラ, lit. dirt dragon), the Japanese word for "mole." This is likely because Moguera possesses the ability to dig similar to a mole, and was originally envisioned as a giant quadrupedal animal similar in appearance to a mole in the planning stages of The Mysterians. "Mogera" is also the name of a genus of Asiatic moles. While the Showa Moguera's Japanese name is always spelled in katakana, the Heisei version's often appears in Latin characters as MOGERA or M・O・G・E・R・A. The Mysterians (Japanese: 地球防衛軍, Hepburn: Chikyū Bōeigun, lit. 'Earth Defense Force') is a 1957 Japanese epic science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the first Honda-Tsuburaya collaboration filmed in both color and TohoScope, and stars Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Susumu Fujita, and Takashi Shimura, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Mogera. In the film, Earth's defense forces unite to combat an extraterrestrial race that desires to intermarry with human women and settle on the planet. Inspired by the success of big-budget science fiction films in Japan and the United States, Toho executives became keen on producing a science fiction epic of their own. Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka recruited science fiction writer Jōjirō Okami to develop the story, which Shigeru Kayama later adapted for Takeshi Kimura's screenplay. Honda stated that three companies were involved in the film's production, which was the most in any tokusatsu production that he directed. The Mysterians was released theatrically in Japan on December 28, 1957, as a double feature with Sazae's Youth. It was a box office success in Japan upon its release, earning ¥193 million against its ¥200 million budget during its original theatrical run, making it the tenth-highest-grossing Japanese film of 1957, and leading Toho to produce two further space-themed science fiction epics: Battle in Outer Space (1959) and Gorath (1962). An English dub of the film was produced by RKO Radio Pictures and distributed in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on May 27, 1959, where it grossed $975,000 and reportedly received mostly positive reviews. Western film critics praised Tsuburaya's special effects, but some criticized the plot as confusing and juvenile. The Mysterians is now considered among the most renowned and spectacular Honda-Tsuburaya films and has gained a cult following from science fiction film fans. It inspired the famed garage rock band ? and the Mysterians and the 1968 made-for-television film Mars Needs Women. The film's robot kaiju Mogera later became a recurring character in Toho's Godzilla franchise, notably appearing in the 1994 film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994), the television series Godzilla Island (1997–1998) as well as numerous comics and video games. Plot This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (April 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Astrophysicist Ryoichi Shiraishi, his fiancée Hiroko Iwamoto, his sister Etsuko, and his friend Joji Atsumi attend a bon festival in a village at the foot of Mount Fuji. During the festival, Shiraishi rushes out to investigate a sudden forest fire that has flared up nearby and he disappears during the confusion. The next day, Atsumi meets his mentor, Dr. Tanjiro Adachi, the head astronomer, at the local observatory. Adachi hands him an incomplete report written by Shiraishi regarding a newly discovered asteroid he believed was once a planet between Mars and Jupiter, dubbed "Mysteroid". However, Adachi repudiates his radical theory. Meanwhile, the village in which the festival was held is completely wiped out by a massive earthquake. While investigating the area, Atsumi and a group of police officers stumble upon a giant robot, Mogera, which bursts from the side of a hill. It emits rays that decimate the investigation team; only Atsumi and the lead policeman survive. The robot then advances to a town near Koyama Bridge that night, where it is met by heavy resistance from the Japan Self-Defense Forces. However, their artillery has no effect on Mogera, and the robot continues its rampage until it is destroyed by explosives detonated by Japanese troops near the Koyama Bridge. After Atsumi briefs officials on what has been learned about the robot at the National Diet Building, astronomers witness activity in outer space around the moon. They alert the world to this discovery, and aliens emerge shortly thereafter, their gigantic dome breaking through Earth's crust near Mount Fuji. Dr. Adachi and five other scientists agree to hold a conference in the dome after a mysterious voice asked them to do so during an observation of the dome by a military and scientific entourage. The men are formally ushered into the dome, where a scientifically advanced humanoid alien race known as the "Mysterians", reveal their demands from the people of Earth: a two-mile-radius strip of land and the right to marry women of Earth. The Mysterian Leader reveals that thousands of years ago their planet—Mysteroid, once the fifth planet from the sun—was destroyed by a nuclear war. Although some Mysterians were able to escape to Mars before their planet was rendered uninhabitable, strontium-90 left of the aliens' population deformed and crippled and they thus desire to interbreed with women on Earth to produce healthier offspring and keep their race alive. Japan quickly dismisses their requests and begin the mobilization of its armed forces around Mount Fuji. Shiraishi—who vanished during the forest fire—reveals that he has sided with the Mysterians because of their technological achievements. Without hesitation, Japan quickly launches a full-scale attack against the Mysterians' dome, but their modern weaponry is no match for the Mysterians' technology. This setback causes Japan to plead with other nations to join forces in eradicating the Mysterians threat. The nations around the world respond and issue another raid on the Mysterians' dome within a short period of time, utilizing the newly developed Alpha and Beta class airships, which also fail against their advance weaponry. The Mysterians then increase their demand, asking for a 75-mile-radius of land, as the Earth continues to develop a new method of attack. Earth's efforts in this matter pay off as a Markalite FAHP (Flying Atomic Heat Projector), a gigantic lens that can reflect the Mysterians' weaponry, is designed. Meanwhile, the Mysterians kidnap Etsuko and Hiroko, causing Atsumi to search for, and locate, a cave entrance to a tunnel under the Mysterians' dome. In the meantime, the Markalite FAHP's are deployed by large Markalite GYRO rockets, and the final battle against the Mysterians' base of operations commences. Atsumi enters the dome and finds the women kidnapped by the Mysterians, alive and unharmed, in an unguarded room. He takes them back to the tunnel, where he finds Shiraishi, who admits the Mysterians deceived him and truly have no good intentions. In a final attack on the base from the inside, Shiraishi sacrifices himself in a final attack on the base from the inside while the Markalite FAHP's assault the command from the air. In the midst of the battle, a second Mogera deployed by the Mysterians is disabled after one of the FAHPs falls on top of it. As Adachi and the women reach safety in the hills above the Mysterians' occupied land, the dome collapses and explodes. While some of the surviving Mysterians flee into space in their spaceships, Dr. Adachi comments on the need for continued vigilance.