First In A Series

I've been collecting all these great Godzilla and Japanese Sci-Fi figures since I was turned on to a set of minature dioramas last August by a great guy Jim Beard.

This is the first review of a figure. It is the giant robot Mogura (which in Japanese means Mole) that first appeared in the 1957 movies The Mysterians. This movie was directed by Ishiro Honda who directed many of the Godzilla films. The war machine Moguera was created by the Mysterians, a group of aliens from Mysteroid who embarked down to Earth looking for a place to live and reproduce following the destruction of their own world.

The robot has the following statistics:

Height: 50 meters

Mass: 50,000 tons

Powers/Weapons: Can fire beams from its eyes; emits a high temperature; burrowing ability.

The figure is one of a set of what are called Gashapon figures. These are found in plastic balls in vending machines or in mystery boxes and are released in sets by Bandai. It stands about 3" high and comes unassembled but is easy to put together.



In the weeks to come I will be showing many of these since I have collected quite a lot.

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