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Expedition Sasquatch Now Available for Game Boy Color!

We’re thrilled to announce the release of Expedition Sasquatch for the Game Boy Color! This officially licensed cartridge brings the hilarious misadventures of everyone’s favorite cryptid hunter to your classic handheld.

Based on the beloved comedy podcast by Andrew Roach and Josh Allen, this 8-bit adventure follows Jack as he explores strange forests, stumbles through an unexpected city, and encounters everything except what he’s actually looking for. With authentic Game Boy Color visuals and chiptune music, it’s a perfect blend of retro gaming and offbeat humor.

EXPEDITION SASQUATCH: THE GAME (GBC CARTRIDGE)

EXPEDITION SASQUATCH: THE GAME (GBC CARTRIDGE)

$25.00

Expedition Sasquatch: The Game Boy Color Game brings the absurd and hilarious world of the beloved narrative fiction podcast to your handheld console! Developed by Mountain Town Toys, this retro-style adventure puts you in the boots of Jack (voiced in the podcast by Josh Allen), a hapless bigfoot hunter whose expeditions never go as planned.

Set in the strange and unpredictable wilderness, the game follows Jack as he stumbles upon bizarre creatures, eccentric locals, and baffling mysteries: everything except the elusive Sasquatch he’s searching for. (He’s in there somewhere, probably, but I don’t think anyone has caught him yet.)

Whether you’re a fan of the podcast or just love quirky adventure games, Expedition Sasquatch delivers laughs, surprises, and retro fun in every playthrough.

Expedition Sasquatch is available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license. The voice of Jack is Josh Allen. Written by Andrew Roach. Edited by Andrew Roach.

Grab your Game Boy Color and join the most misadventurous bigfoot hunt ever!

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Features:
• A faithful adaptation of the podcast’s quirky world
• Classic top-down adventure gameplay
• Genuine Game Boy Color cartridge (not a ROM hack!)

Whether you’re a fan of the podcast or just love unique retro games, this is one expedition worth joining. And who knows? You might even find what Jack never could…

Order your copy today!

Developed in partnership with Andrew Roach and Elvies. Podcast available at expeditionsasquatch.org.

Stay tuned to our blog for behind-the-scenes development stories and future releases!

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Sky Pirates Crew 3-Packs Are Shipping Now!

We’re back from the Designer Toy Art Fest in Philly, tired but thrilled with how many of you met our rogue’s gallery in person. Now, for those who couldn’t make it:

Shipping Updates

  • “The Sky Pirates Crew” 3-packs (Leyla, Bart, and Jacques) are shipping now! Orders placed this week will go out within 48 hours.
  • Individual figures will be available for purchase starting this Monday (perfect if you only need your favorite troublemaker).
Sky Pirates Crew - 3 Pack

Sky Pirates Crew – 3 Pack

$60.00

Bring home the most wanted crew of the over-cloud underground with this exclusive 3-pack of hand-painted, 3.75″ action figures. Made from eco-friendly PAL (a PVC-free, non-toxic vinyl alternative) and featuring 5 points of articulation, these figures are built for dynamic posing: whether you’re staging a heist, a dogfight, or a daring escape.

  • Hand-Painted Details: Every figure is meticulously finished by our small team in Georgia, ensuring no two are exactly alike.

  • Durable & Display-Ready: PAL material stands up to play while looking sharp on a shelf.

The Crew:
☠ Leyla – The deadshot of the group, with a bone to pick with the empire.
☠ Bart – Keeps the ship flying—usually with duct tape and spite.
☠ Jacques – Smuggler, gambler, and the crew’s resident chaos agent.

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What’s in the package?

Each 3.75″ figure:

  • Made from PAL (PVC-free vinyl alternative)
  • Hand-painted in our Georgia workshop
  • Articulated at 5 points for dynamic posing
  • Comes with a grappling hook, a sticker, and a few other fun bits and baubles.

While Supplies Last

We’ve got limited stock after the show—snag the 3-pack deal before it’s gone, or mark your calendars for Monday’s single-figure drop.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth in Philly. Your energy made the exhaustion worth it!

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Mountain Town Toys is Heading to the Designer Toy Art Festival!

August 9-10, 2025 • Philadelphia, PA
📍 Location: The Armory in Philadelphia PA, Presented by Assembly Required at the Designer Toy Art Festival (Learn more here)

We’re packing up the airship and heading to Philadelphia for the Designer Toy Art Festival, and we’re bringing a treasure trove of handcrafted toys, comics, and pulp-inspired goodness. If you love retro action figures, weird little monsters, and dime novels that feel smuggled out of 1915, come find us—we’ll be the booth with the sky pirates.

Here’s What We’re Bringing:

⚡ ACTION FIGURES & TOYS

  • SPACEHAWK – Basil Wolverton’s grim-faced cosmic hero, now in 3.75″ retro glory (Meet Spacehawk)
  • THE SKY PIRATES CREW – Our ragtag outlaws, including:
    • Jacques – The French-Canadian rogue with a grappling hook and attitude (Meet Jacques)
    • Bart – The grease-stained mechanic who keeps the ship running
    • Leyla – The sharpshooter with a grudge against empires
    • (See the full crew here)
  • MONSTROUS MINIS – Our squishy, creepy keshi-style monsters in HDPE, PAL, and rubber (Grab a 2-pack)

📚 COMICS & STORY PAPERS

WHY YOU SHOULD COME SEE US

  • Early access to toys & comics before they hit the online store
  • Chat about pulp history, DIY toy-making, and why the past was weirder than you think
  • Snag festival-exclusive deals (because we’re feeling generous)

See you in Philly, pirates!
📍 Find us at Assembly Required (ToyArtFest.com)
⏰ August 9-10, 2025

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“THE MYSTERIOUS AIR PIRATES #1 – NOW BOARDING!”

A dime novel for the modern age, rooted in the rebellious spirit of the 1910s

Mountain Town Comics is proud to launch The Mysterious Air Pirates #1—a handcrafted story paper that channels the subversive energy of early 20th-century pulp, with a story as timely as it is historical.

The Mysterious Air Pirates is based in part on the 1915 film Filibus, and was written by Andrew Roach.

Filibus gave us cinema’s first genderfluid antiheroes – a sky pirate who moves effortlessly between masculine and feminine disguises while outwitting authorities. But what makes Filibus truly radical isn’t just the protagonist’s fluid identity; it’s the sheer joy of their rebellion.

This isn’t a dour revolutionary, but a charismatic trickster who steals from the rich with a wink, turning heists into performance art and authority into a punchline. That spirit of revolutionary joy – where resistance feels less like obligation and more like the best game in town – lives at the heart of The Mysterious Air Pirates.

Like the early pulp creators, we believe escapism and politics aren’t opposites. The original Filibus smuggled queer subtext into mainstream entertainment; our Mysterious Air Pirates carries that tradition forward, blending swashbuckling adventure with working-class solidarity. The most dangerous stories aren’t those that lecture, they’re the ones that make you root for the thief, cheer for the outlaw, and question why we’re so quick to side with law and order in the first place.

Inside This Issue:
✒ A genderfluid sky pirate captain leading a crew of outcasts and rebels
✒ A cover collage and interior layouts by Andrew Roach, meticulously designed to emulate pre-war dime novels
✒ A tale of revolutionary joy and worker solidarity

Order now (ships when we get back from the Designer Art Toy Festival August 10)!

The Mysterious Air Pirates - Volume 1 Issue 1

The Mysterious Air Pirates – Volume 1 Issue 1

$6.00

THE MYSTERIOUS AIR PIRATES – VOL. 1, NO. 1
A Dime Novel for the Modern Age!

PREVIEW THE FIRST 9 PAGES (PDF LINK.) 

Your high-flying adventure begins here!

Printed in the grand tradition of vintage story papers like the Frank Reade Library, this tabloid style story paper delivers authentic pulp thrills on crisp, wood-pulp paper that feels like it stepped right out of 1925. Each copy features:

  • A complete 18-page rip-roaring serial installment of our original adventure

  • Classic two-color printing for that authentic dime novel looke for readers to decipher

  • Printed on uncoated stock for proper pencil-underlining of clues (as all good penny dreadfuls should be!)

STORY SYNOPSIS:
Following loosely after the events of the film Filibus, the crew of The Blackbird try to outrun Detective Hardy while a new foe emerges from the shadows. 

Perfect for:
• Pulp fiction collectors
• Steampunk enthusiasts
• Fans of The Shadow, Doc Savage, and classic adventure serials
• Anyone who misses the smell of fresh ink on newsprint!

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BLAST OFF WITH SPACEHAWK: OUR NEW RETRO ACTION FIGURE TAKES FLIGHT!

We’re thrilled to introduce our latest handcrafted tribute to comic book history—the Spacehawk 3.75″ Retro Action Figure, inspired by Basil Wolverton’s iconic 1940s cosmic hero!

MEET THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S TOUGHEST DEFENDER

This fully articulated figure brings Wolverton’s grimacing hero to life with:
✔ Jointed limbs for dynamic mid-space battle poses
✔ Removable plastic belt and grappling hook (essential for boarding enemy ships)
✔ Hand-painted details—each one unique, just like Wolverton’s inky, energetic art
✔ Eco-conscious PAL material (our PVC-free vinyl substitute) with 20% recycled HDPE

Designed to slot perfectly beside your vintage Star Wars or Mego figures, this is Golden Age heroism, reimagined for modern collectors.

WHY SPACEHAWK? WHY NOW?

In a world of mass-produced plastic, we’re proud to:

  • Keep it small-batch (every figure touched by human hands in Ellijay, GA)
  • Honor Wolverton’s legacy (his anti-fascist space hero feels eerily relevant today)
  • Push sustainable toys (no PVC, partially post consumer recycled, entirely recyclable)

PAIR WITH MOUNTAIN TOWN COMICS #3

Launch your Spacehawk into action alongside our new comic reissue, featuring:

  • A classic Spacehawk story (Wolverton at his pulpy best)
  • Al Ulmer’s bizarre Microface tale (because every space hero needs an Earthbound counterpart)

SEE THEM IN PERSON!

We’ll be debuting both the figure and comic at the Designer Toy Art Festival (Aug 9-10, Philadelphia)—come geek out over vintage comics and sustainable toys with us!

Pre-orders open now. Follow us on Instagram or Mastodon for more.

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Coming Soon! Sky Pirates – Fun Size Heroes

SOAR INTO ADVENTURE WITH THE MYSTERIOUS AIR PIRATES ACTION FIGURES!

Inspired by the thrilling serial adventures of The Mysterious Air Pirates, and classic Kenner action figures, these daring 3 3/4″ figures let you recreate the high-flying action of the skies!

PREMIUM QUALITY, RESPONSIBLY MADE

  • Injection-molded from PAL, our proprietary PVC-free, non-toxic, and fully recyclable vinyl alternative—engineered specifically for collectors who demand both quality and sustainability
  • Limited articulation for dynamic posing (perfect for recreating dramatic mid-air battles!)
  • Each figure includes a removable grappling hook accessory—essential equipment for any self-respecting sky pirate
  • Hand-painted details ensure every figure is unique, just like the characters in our serial adventures
  • Proudly made in Ellijay, Georgia, USA (That’s right, they’re Appalachian sky pirates).

COLLECT THEM ALL!

First wave coming soon—Follow us on Mastodon or Instagram to get exclusive early access and behind-the-scenes updates on future releases!

“The Mysterious Air Pirate” is our original pulp adventure series, published in authentic story paper format—complete with cliffhangers, daring escapes, and mysterious masked rogues. Now you can bring the adventure to life!

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Get Free Shipping on Orders Over $100 from Mountain Town Toys!

Wanna get all our Fun Size Hero action figures?

Or need a few more figures to complete your collection of Mego or Super7 toys?

We have some great news for you! Order $100 or more from Mountain Town Toys and receive FREE SHIPPING on your order.

Any set of 7 of our Fun Size Heroes would be enough to get you there, or 18 sets of our new Keshi-style mini figures.

Be sure to select the free shipping option at checkout.

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Making Toys!

We make custom collectibles, AKA Designer Toys, AKA action figures. It’s been a slow year for production, but things are ramping up again for the holidays and the 2022 season.

Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to make toys. I used to take apart Lanard’s Space Corps. action figures (which were mercifully built with set screws) and paint and reassemble them in to other toys. I started sculpting new figures in clay, and eventually found my way over to making rubber molds and resin casts.

For a few months at the end of 2019, at least, I was making a new toy every few days. I was pretty proud of a couple of them, especially our Buzz Corey of the Space Patrol.

Buzz is currently out of stock, but we’ll make more eventually!

Of course, 2020 saw a huge upset in the balance of my life (and everyone’s.) My wife and I moved 600 miles in to a 500 sqft home, and started a business. As a result, I had to significantly curtail my toymaking efforts, basically stopping all production and research until a few weeks ago.

But I’m back at it now! With new found help from the Ellijay Makerspace, and my friend Igor toy production is moving ahead at warp speed! With Igor’s help, and the resources of the Makerspace, we’re making up for lost time and producing up to 50 figures a week!

Check out some of the toys we’ve made so far:

and some of the toys we’re still working on:

These little robot guys are based on a design by PetesActionFigures on Thingiverse. Thanks Pete!

Of course we sell these toys through this here website, as well as through our four retail locations around GA, and the occasional toy show and convention.

Most of our toys are based on Public Domain characters, and the ones that aren’t are almost always based on CC-BY or CC-BY-SA properties. We’ll be releasing the 3D models and card art and any other digital files for each character, as well as detailed instructions on construction and assembly under a CC-BY-SA license as well, so that anyone (with the right tools) can start making their own toys!

Check out the Fun Size Heroes page for more information about these toys!

And, as always, reach out for customs and commissions!

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Mike Hazard Photo Shoot

Hi Mountain Townies! I hope you’re well in this time of social distancing. I have taken the recommended isolation as an opportunity to ramp up photography for our online store. Of course, that’s also a great excuse to play with some toys! So I’ve pulled some items from my personal collection for some Action Shots.

Today, I captured these shots of Marx’s Mike Hazard, and I thought they were too cool not to share!

  • Mike stands in for Harrison Ford or Tex Murphy
  • Over exposed, unexplained desert, inappropriate costuming? Must be a 50s scifi flick.
  • Mike, on the streets of a gritty Film Noir.

We don’t have any Mike Hazard for sale right now. I hope we will soon, but he’s pretty rare. I just got this one myself, as a birthday present. (That’s right! We don’t just sell toys, we’re fans.) I do have many other 12″ Marx action figures, and other Marx toys that we’ll be listing for sale over the next two weeks. You can find them under Marx in our store. If you don’t see much now, check back in a few days (or Sign up for our newsletter) as we add new products several times a week.

So which picture is your favorite? What’s your favorite Marx 12″ line? Do you have any action shots you’re proud of? I’d love to see them.

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Who is Mountain Town Toys?

I’m Andrew, I make websites and run digital infrastructure, and I spend a lot of my time researching and preserving old media. Mountain Town toys is my father and I. There are a lot of things that dad and I don’t see eye to eye on, but the thing that has always brought us together is toys. We started Mountain Town Toys as a way for us to bring to life toys that we always wanted to see.

When I was 8 years old, I wanted to be an astronaut. If I couldn’t be an astronaut, I wanted to design spaceships, and if I couldn’t do that, I wanted to design toys. It turned out that I’m a little tall for a spaceship, and aerospace engineering is a lot more math than I want to do, but I never gave up on designing toys.

As a kid, dad and I spent many hours ripping apart toys and fitting them back together in to new designs. As I grew up, the itch never really went away. So here we are, all these years later, making toys (and comics, and t-shirts, and posters!)

What Kind of toys do you make?

We make lots of toys! Right now, my primary focus is on new, custom Mego Scale (8″) figures. We mold, cast, and paint heads. We design, print, and sew clothes. We also manufacture Marx playset/army men style plastic figures, and custom 12″ 1/6th scale action figures.

We’re always exploring new designs and methods of manufacturing. In the near future, we hope to start producing other kinds of toys (and we take requests!)

What about vintage stuff?

Yep! We scour vintage stores, personal collections, and flea markets across 6 states to keep an ever rotating, constantly expanding collection of unique and interesting vintage toys. I focus on 50s space stuff, ninja turtles, and Filmation properties. Dad always has his eye on GI Joe, and other 12″ action figures.

Retail?

Soon! We are exploring options for brink and mortar sales. Sign up for our mailing list to be the first to know.

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