was captain scarlet still around in 1972?

We've seen this large toy many times before on Moonbase, the impressive chunk of plastic called Super Pantera [Super Panther] by Guisval of Spain.

Here's one in a catalogue on a Spanish auction.

What interested me about this is that the catalogue was dated 1972.

Captain Scarlet was long gone by then but here we have the Angel Interceptor appearing on top of the futuristic truck.

Is this just extended knock-off mileage or was Captain Scarlet and the Angel Interceptor still in the public eye in any way - TV, comics, annuals, toys - in the UK and Europe in 1972?

the toy panther trucks by guisval of spain

Guisval of Spain produced some large and detailed military-sci fi armoured plastic toy trucks in the Sixties.

They were called Pantera or Panthers.

They were the Pantera Verde or Green Panther:

The Pantera Roja or Red Panther

and the Super Pantera or Super Panther with the blue grille.

Besides their interest to the general military toy collector, with Johnny Seven's Armoured Battalion's influence clearly visible [pictured below: see Bill's Then and The Art of War -Pi] ....

....there are also features of interest to fans of Gerry Anderson and SpaceX toys.

The cockpit blister harks back to the origins of the dome found on the SpaceX/ Golden Astronaut cricket as you can see in Paul V's photograph below. You can read about the origin's of the Cricket on Paul's excellent website page here.

The other feature of interest to Gerry Andeerson toy fans was Guisval's re-use of the Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor [pictured: Ebay] on the Super Pantera.

All the Pantera's are still available second-hand on Spanish auction sites.

What do you think readers?