{"id":18807,"date":"2012-05-18T04:39:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T09:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18807"},"modified":"2012-05-19T01:06:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T06:06:23","slug":"vault-review-s-h-monsterarts-m-o-g-e-r-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18807","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: S.H.
Monsterarts M.O.G.E.R.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m not really a big MOGERA fan.\u00a0 I picked him up because he\u2019s the next kaiju in the Monsterarts line.\u00a0 But believe it or not, he impressed me so much that I think he may be the best Monsterarts figure Bandai has produced so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There have been two Moguera characters in the Godzilla mythos.\u00a0 The first Moguerais from a 1957 movie titled The Mysterians<\/em>.\u00a0 The invading Mysterian aliens tried to use two of these robotic mole-like creatures to take over the Earth.\u00a0 Unfortunately for them, neither was very effective.\u00a0 The first was blown up with a bridge, while the second accidentally crushed when it tried to tunnel beneath a Markalite Cannon.<\/p>\n

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The second incarnation of Moguera appeared in the 1994 movie, Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla<\/em>.\u00a0 In this movie, Mogera was created by humans to replace the destroyed Mecha Godzilla and give them a chance to stop future kaiju attacks.\u00a0 The Monsterarts figure is based on this version of the character, which was definitely a good choice because he\u2019s actually useful, and even a bit cool.<\/p>\n

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Modern Moguera is basically a war machine, laden with the latest weapons and technology to Godzilla\u2019s rampages across Japan.\u00a0 This mech is comprised of two separate vehicles.\u00a0 The upper body is a super jet called the Star Falcon, while the lower body is a tank-like drilling machine known as Ground Moguera.\u00a0 Both vehicles combine at the waist to form robotic Moguera.<\/p>\n

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Moguera\u2019s sculpt is pretty intricate, especially when you compare him to the only other mech in this line.\u00a0 Whereas Mecha Godzilla has a sleek looking brawler look, Moguera is heavily armored with bits of tread, drills, and giant circular saws.\u00a0 You can see where the designers took inspiration from the original character\u2019s look, but they definitely ran with that inspiration and created a great updated yet unique look.<\/p>\n

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Moguera\u2019s head sculpt is also very well done.\u00a0 His drill-nose is lined with sculpted spiral lines, while his eyes give off a pixilated view screen look.\u00a0 His head is also very flat, but somehow it seems to work well on him.<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t talk about sculpt without mentioning the amazing job Bandai did on engineering this figure.\u00a0 I\u2019ll start by noting the metal bits that have been incorporated into the figure.\u00a0 Like Mecha G, the majority of these pieces make up his feet and leg joints.\u00a0 His elbows are also metal, and so is his drill nose.\u00a0 The nose cone is even on a swivel joint and can be turned.<\/p>\n

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And speaking of elbows, Moguera has some unique designs that I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen before.\u00a0 His elbows are just simple hinge joints, but they\u2019ve been designed to look curved when the arm is bent.\u00a0 Meanwhile, if the arm is straightened, then the joint will appear to be straight as well.<\/p>\n

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Like Mecha G, Moguera was designed with two different necks.\u00a0 The first is normal and allows the head to look around a bit (I\u2019ll get to this in the articulation section).\u00a0 The second neck is for flying mode and displays his noggin looking straight up.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Flight mode also calls for the two circular panels on his hips to be replaced with little wings.\u00a0 This is another example of the great design work on this figure.\u00a0 Only half of the surface behind the panel is flush against it, while the other half has a small indention.\u00a0 The indention allows you to push the panel in to release the bottom half.\u00a0 Then you just do the opposite to put them back.<\/p>\n

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The last bit of amazing design work is Moguera\u2019s back.\u00a0 The entire back piece is meant to be pulled out and hinged upwards.\u00a0 This reveals a small button that you push to eject the circular panel on his chest.\u00a0 The panel can be replaced by a large Maser-looking device.\u00a0 This has to be one of the more unique ways to change out an action figure\u2019s alternate body pieces.\u00a0 What also blows my mind is that they even sculpted details on the inside of his back piece.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great touch, but too bad no one\u2019s really going to see them.<\/p>\n

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Moguera\u2019s paint job is also very crisp and clean.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a single slop of paint on the entire figure.\u00a0 All the tread areas of his body are painted a light metallic blue, which looks really neat alongside the metallic silver that comprises most of the figure.\u00a0 They even went so far as to paint the bottoms of his feet and tail, which is always a. nice touch.<\/p>\n

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Moguera would normally have excellent articulation, but unfortunately most of it is hampered by his armor. His head is on a ball joint, but it lacks full motion because of the vents below his eyes.\u00a0 His hips suffer from this same problem, only it\u2019s because of his skirt piece.\u00a0 His shoulders are ratcheted swivel\/hinges, and his drill hands and waist are on swivels.\u00a0 His elbows and knees are double hinges, and I think his ankles are double ball joints.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not one hundred percent sure because I can\u2019t see them clearly.<\/p>\n

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If you weren\u2019t impressed by Moguera\u2019s design, then you should be by the amount of accessories he comes with.\u00a0 First off, he has a bunch of alternate body parts.\u00a0 There\u2019s a tail panel and wings for his flight mode, an extra set of drill hands that can open into a missile launchers, a neck that looks up, and his Maser dish.<\/p>\n

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The second half of his accessories is all various weapons and stands.\u00a0 His Maser beam effect has a similar color and pattern to Space Godzilla, while its base looks like an intersection of two streets.<\/p>\n

The next two effects parts are the smoke plumes left behind by a firing missile.\u00a0 The missiles inside his drill hands can be removed and placed on these contrails for some great looking scenes.\u00a0 I love the idea of having a scene set up where Moguera is blasting enemies from a foot away.\u00a0 It\u2019s also neat to have all three effects set up at the same time.\u00a0 The base for these two effects is a city street with buildings.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure if Bandai is planning on releasing an exclusive accessories set like they did with the other kaiju, but I kind of hope they do.\u00a0 It would be really cool to get the Star Falcon and Land Moguera vehicles eventually.\u00a0 It\u2019d also be cool to get some eye beam effects parts since they weren\u2019t part of this set.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m pretty stunned how well this figure turned out.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s because I didn\u2019t expect much from Moguera in the first place. \u00a0But after I started playing with him his design and effects parts blew me away.\u00a0 The only thing that hampers this figure is his limited articulation.\u00a0 It seems that the MonsterArts line is getting better with each release, which makes me even more anxious for King Ghidorah.\u00a0 If you were on the fence about this figure, I\u2019d definitely recommend him.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not really a big MOGERA fan.\u00a0 I picked him up because he\u2019s the next kaiju in the Monsterarts line.\u00a0 But believe it or not, he impressed me so much that I think he may be the best Monsterarts figure Bandai has produced so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[1493,543,1527,1526,732,1092,1475],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/mogTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4Tl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20580,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=20580","url_meta":{"origin":18807,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: S.H. 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