Mogera appeared in the epic outer space invasion movie The Mysterians (1957). It's sort of explained that it was used to dig the base around the Mysterians Base, but it really is just there to add a cool looking monster to the movie. What was unknown to US audiences for a long time is that there were two Mogera in the movie. The second digs under a Markalite and gets crushed when the tunnel caves in. I can see why it was edited out of the movie, since it didn't add anything to the final battle.
The name Mogera is derived from the Japanese word for mole, which is mogura. It's a pretty cool looking robot. It was popular enough to be revived in Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla (1995). The official Toho title is Moguera, adding a useless U in the middle of the word it invented. Lame.
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