Gargon (correction, Terron was the American name) was the name I guess. Green, six legs... had a light sensor under his neck I think. Commercial had something about the good guy shining a light on him there to stop his advance. Battery powered, walked pretty well. Red eyes and mouth would light up at certain times. I want to say it was close to something from Clash of the Titans or Captain Nemo or some other black haired, bearded good guy in the commercial. He had some sort of vehicle.
Toy was big... 50cm this one guy says. Hasbro 1978.
UPDATE: Yes, the name we had in the US was Terron, not Gargon. Thanks George from https://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=11063.0
And this shows Super Joe vs. him:
We also had the stretch monster, was super cool, till he started to leak pink goo.
Wow, more on Terron here... http://www.3dsuperjoes.com/terron-the-beast-from-beyond.html
Terron: the Beast from Beyond (7580) was a 1978 only release. The Terron is described as “the crawling, cosmic monster that stops dead in the midst of an attack when stunned by the light of the command laser, or any light beam.” As noted on his box that “from galaxies that extend far beyond our solar system comes an incredible beast…with eyes and mouth of fiery light he stalks the land, prepared for attack. He must be stopped. ” This set comes with the Terron, a large six legged pre-historic dinosaur looking creature that operates on 3 D batteries and the aforementioned Command Laser, basically a small kid sized flashlight with a Super Joe logo on it. The Terron features multi-legged crawling motion, eyes and mouth that glow red when “stunned” by a light beam, and he emits an eerie, cosmic shriek. The Terrons are notoriously known for failing to work as designed. Interestingly, the Terron was released as part of the twelve inch line for Action Man overseas as Gargon. The box for Gargon has a drawing showing an Intruder riding the Terron while attacking the Action Man Team.
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