Fans of Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and UFO TV series will know that Derek Meddings and his Century 21 team made use of contemporary toys.
We've talked about it recently as well because Kevin D has got hold of a Johnny Express toy.
One of the toys used by Century 21 was the large Johnny Express dump truck by Topper like this one I saw on Worthpoint.
The Johnny Express Dump Truck was transformed into a Liquid Oxygen tanker for the episode 'Avalanche' of Captain Scarlet.
The cab was modified and the trailer was turned upside down for starters!
Here's a screenshot of it flanked by the SPV.
So it kind of strikes me as a neat twist that the liquid oxygen tanker that was originally made of a toy eventually inspired another toy decades later.
Much smaller, this miniature version still appears to capture the excitement of the original.
By Vivid Imaginations, this toy breaks apart when hit by the missile of the much bigger SPV toy that came in a set.
Oddly enough, I have the large vivid SPV from the set!
Here's the Vivid truck pictured on an old auction.
Have you got one?
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