Short Blog: Another Way I Can Make Foldabots

I decided to write this short blog because I suddenly found a clever way to make draft Foldabot patterns in the computer.

Here's the link: http://www.garrettbartley.com/graphpaper.html

It's just a simple interactive graph grid that you can draw your draft design with different colored lines to choose from. You can also adjust the line width, the grid's scale, and the graph rule. Downside is it will not work on IE, but it will still work on other browsers. Oh, you can save them as a PNG image, so it's not a hassle saving the file.

I will try to make a pattern in this one for the first time, hope I could post some samples soon.

And here's some of my ideas:
-XMRT Mark II: New train combiner resembling Singapore's MRT train (the classic ones, I guess), just like one of my old designs (I might include this on a future blog) but this time it will have color schemes resembling the five MRT lines in Singapore, the North South, East West, North East, Circle, and the upcoming Downtown and Thomson lines.
-Marvel-themed set. I think I'll make a Multi-Combine set just like the Foldabots Mini. Using mainly heroes from The Avengers fame, the X-Men, and others. It's gonna be tough for this one...
-Another all-female combiner team, probably Lutabots this time. And they're cellphones again only they're 1990's models.

Since this is a short blog, I guess I'll have to end it in here. See you next blog!

Bataan Day Special: Stormicons by Malvin Roix Orense

This just in! The storm has finally made landfall and it's about to hit The Foldabots Blog right about now!

Today is the day I present another combiner created by the kid behind Rojotron and the Magmabots--Malvin Roix Orense. This is the Stormicons.

BAGSIK(MILENYO)

To start, let's look at Bagsik.

Bagsik's Original Artwork

Now, Bagsik is one of the figther jets in this set. He forms the right leg of Stormicus. I prefer calling him Milenyo because it reminded me of the devastating storm back in 2006. As a matter of fact, the original name is the only one not named after a typhoon that struck our country.

 

Unlike Magmatron who is fire-themed, this one is basically water/air/storm-themed. Also, Malvin made a standard pattern size for his combiners.

PEDRING

The second member of the Stormicons is the first of the four members that are named after typhoons (if you don't count Milenyo) and for the record, they're Lutabots this time. And he's also a fighter jet.

Pedring's Original Artwork

Pedring forms the left leg of Stormicus. There are actually additional parts that can be found on another sheet which will come in handy when building these guys.

Now, these also follow a certain color scheme just like the Magmabots with them having flame colors, while the Stormicons are sky colors or what seems to be blue and gray.

SENDONG

Our third Stormicon is Sendong. Like Pedring, Sendong is also named after a typhoon. He is a cabin cruiser not like the Elementrobots Alon and Agos.

Sendong's Original Artwork

Sendong forms the right arm. And notice that his design is based off the Sporticons' design, most likely from Rojotron.

Technically, there's another gimmick when you swap one of his arms with the next Stormicon, you can get another version the two.

RUPING

We move on to our fourth Stormicon, Ruping. Ruping this time is a battleship, this is also the first time we have two kinds of water vehicles in one combiner rather than just one.

Ruping's Original Artwork

Ruping forms the left arm of Stormicus.

Did you know that Malvin Roix Orense is working on a new combine which describes as the ground team and they're more like a deforestation team.

ONDOY

And now, we have the head honcho of the Stormicons--Ondoy. In 2009, Tropical Storm Ondoy brought massive floods not only in the NCR, but also in its neighbors.

Ondoy's Original Artwork

Ondoy completes the whole set as the torso of Stormicus. I started writing this blog in April 9, but it seems to me that this blog will be more of a 'Post-Event.'

Well, he is actually a large aircraft in this set, and that means air is the more dominant element in this one.

STORMICUS

When these Stormicons combine, they make the cold blue marauder--Stormicus!

Stormicus' Original Artwork

Technically, the color scheme is nice, and just like Magmatron, he also has odd-colored limb and that's his right leg which is blue.

That's about it for this blog, and thanks again to Malvin Roix Orense for these images and hope I can make another blog about the next combiner of Orense. There will be more blogs about your favorite Foldabots both fan-made and not. See you on the next blog!

Buhatron and the Sporticons

Recently, these guys made their debut on the Foldabots comic strip, and now, we'll give you an inside scoop and some patterns on these 'clean' Lutabots--Buhatron and the Sporticons.

To start, let's look on BUHATRON. Buhatron is simply a car carrier truck, having the same purple color as Buhat from the Foldabots Mini fame, but with a more complicated design. The downside of this design is his robot body is exposed even in this form. The conversion is very easy though, so the first thing is you stand him up like so. The truck cab splits in half to form his arms. Mount the two arms with paperclips to hold them in to place. The usual configuration is the arm parts are mounted from the top of the cab's canopy. My version is the arms are mounted from the cab sides with the arm design up.
There was also a spoiler that Buhatron was not alone. He actually have minions that help him in his mischief. They are sports car Lutabots that was said to be released back in 2012, and now already published, let's look at the dazzling sports car Lutabots--The Sporticons.

ROJOTRON was made by Malvin Roix Orense (the same guy who made Magmatron.) He's the red-hot Sporticon that emits nitro blasts from either his hands or as a red Peugeot 9009, from his mufflers.

VERDETRON was made by Dan Carlo Pidigan. He has a 'pretty boy' personality and the ability to blend in with his background. He can also turn into a green Ferrari Enzo. He is the only one without weapons.

VIOLETA was made by Volvic Reverente. She is the only female Sporticon in the group. The spoiler on the back becomes her archery bow and can shoot toxic arrows up to the sky. She turns into a purple Pagani Zonda with toxic air coming from the front grill.

AZURENATOR was made by Guian Tumaneng. He doesn't talk too much and he's the 'emo' Sporticon. He wields an ice sword contaminated in Lutant. He has almost the same concept as Azul from the Mini fame. He is a blue Lotus Exige as his alt form.

The Sporticons can board Buhatron as he is the one who guards the four. As a fully-loaded car carrier truck, Buhatron's Lutabot body is covered by two of the cars, and he seems to be less awkward than Buhatron alone.

Combined, Buhatron gains armor when the Sporticons cling onto him to form the dreaded SPORTICUS! The name sounds very similar to the character Sportacus from Lazy Town, but don't be confused with it.

Above is my artwork which seemed to be the missing artwork for Sporticus. To prove, if you check out Azurenator's bio page as seen on K-Zone Philippines June 2012 issue, below is Sporticus as a toy, and there was no snapshot of the fully loaded trailer either.
As a matter of fact, there could be a way that this missing art will be the answer to this problem.

Patterns for each Sporticon and more will be seen on our Foldabots 7th Anniversary Special next month.

Tomorrow, is my YouTube channel's 4th anniversary and as a part of the celebration, I'll be posting a series of videos that you'll surely love, also here in The Foldabots Blog, I'll be showcasing another of Malvin Roix Orense's combiners--Stormicus!

Foldabots: Tribe Wars [Season One]

Synopsis in Brief

This is a fan fiction written by John Dave Salazar a.k.a. jodasalz1129 and Joaquin Villareal. Salazar also produced, edited, and directed the whole series. It tells about the random events based on the comic series. The pilot episode is about the battle between Sundo, the multicab school service, and Rangkada, the clone Lutabot of Pasada. The whole first season ran for five episodes and two more seasons to be expected soon.

Episode One: Last Bot Standing (Sundo vs. Rangkada)
Released on 12 March 2013
John Dave Salazar as both Sundo and Rangkada

The never-ending Clone War is at its nearing end, and the original Sundo and Rangkada are fighting out for supremacy and domination after Rangkada had destroyed most of Sundo's brothers (or duplicates of him.) The conclusion of the episode is where Sundo rammed his only enemy into the background and totally destroys Rangkada.

Episode Two: Friend Turned Foe (Metrotren vs. Riles)
Released on 19 March 2013
John Dave Salazar as Metrotren
Jeve Rafael Macabiog (a.k.a. TheDoctorJever15) as Riles

The next episode takes place at the time after most of the Foldabots got brainwashed and became Lutabots. In this scene, Metrotren faces his old friend turned enemy, in a fight he never expected. Riles may be lacking in size, but he still managed to outnumber Metrotren for good.

Episode Three: Tiny Blue Warrior (Guhitron vs. Trosotron)
Released on 27 March 2013
John Dave Salazar as Trosotron
Guian Tumaneng (a.k.a. GT Media and GJ Tumaneng) as Guhitron

The storyline retells the story of how David conquered the giant Goliath. I find this episode to be the quickest of all the episodes due to the fact it lasted for just 47 seconds. Another thing was Guhitron's legs was missing in this episode. Accoring to Salazar, he had lost both of Guhitron's legs... such a shame...

Episode Four: Road Rage Redux (Patrol vs. Xi-Takk)
Released on 2 April 2013
John Dave Salazar as Patrol
Xydryx Fabia as Xi-Takk

I haven't read the comics recently about this event, but personally, I like this episode very much. Xi-Takk is making another pun on Patrol, but Patrol fought back with his own pun and destroyed Xi-Takk in the end. Trivia: Xi-Takk is based on the design of Patrol. The only addition to this Lutabot is the Lutant saber he wields.

Episode FIve: One BIrd, Two Worms (Buhawi vs. Kongkretron and Pison)
Released on 5 April 2013
John Dave Salazar as Buhawi
Jeve Rafael Macabiog as Kongkretron
Xydryx Fabia as Pison

The Season One Finale focuses on Buhawi facing the two Lutabots once and for all. At first, he was totally outnumbered by both Kongkretron and Pison. Not until he used his Ultimate Agimat Saber to finish this showdown.

Overall, the production is very great, hope we can expect more when the second season begins. On the Season Two Primer, Astig and Landas teams up to fight the rusty jet duo of Sigwa and Delubyo. Tumaneng makes his comeback in this series as the voice of Landas, and making his FBTW debut and perhaps his only role, Marc Gabriel Magpili voices the ever-popular Astig. In the rest of the season, the story takes place in the tournament where the Mikrobots (voiced by Salazar and other cast members) face the dreaded Pestebots (voiced by me) in a fight to the finish.

THE STORM HAS FINALLY ARRIVED...
...AND IT'S ABOUT TO LANDFALL...
...ON TUESDAY!

The Missing Instructions: Mikrokosmos

Have you checked out your copy of Foldabots Toy Book Vol.4? Have you seen the new and improved Mikrokosmos in it? Have you noticed something familiar? If not sure, you must be reading the same instructions from the original version.

The fact they used the old instructions than make a new one is a bit confusing to some fans. Here in this blog I'll give you step-by-step guide by building the Mikrobots including the Ultimate Agimat Force weapons.

SAPOTRON

Here we focus the spider Foldabot, Sapotron. In the original version, his arms are glued onto the body. Badly, I lost the hair parts of the original Sapotron. The newer version doesn't need gluing the arms anymore. In fact, the eight spider legs are combined into two separate parts, one set of four legs for the right side, and another set for the left. These legs can be slitted onto the two slots, one on either side. The rest is the same as the old one. The Agimat Nunchuck, or Jumping Rope, or Whip, or however you call it, has instructions in the book on how it's made.

ALITA

Next up, is the firefly Foldabot, Alita. Originally, both Sapotron and Alita have slimmer bodies and Sapotron has an extra part for Mikrokosmos' left foot found in Alita's pattern. Also, Alita was the first to use tracing paper as the inner wings in the original pattern. In the new pattern, there is two inner wing parts ready-made. Her Agimat Sword isn't really a sword at all, but instead I call it a Stick or a Rod.

PATIBONG

We move on with the mantis Foldabot, Patibong. Like the others, Patibong was smaller than the new version. The head used to be detachable and it can make a crane arm with Sapotron's claw as a bonus weapon. The mantis head should be glued in yet making an articulated neck. Patibong's Agimat Pick or in the book, a Scythe is the same weapon of Higadrone.

HIGADRONE

Now, let's look on the centipede Foldabot, Higadrone. His centipede head was detachable and it can be turned around for Mikrokosmos' arm. In the new version, it's now glued on the body, but you still have a lot of needle hair to glue. In the pattern, there are approximately 60 needle hairs, and there are only 12 gluing spots for the hair to go in. Which means, only 12 will be glued, 24 if you glue two needle hairs back to back. The remaining 36 can be glued together to make 18 darts but it's easy to lose them, unless you store them in a safe container for small bits and pieces like Sigwa's wing bombs, Trosotron's muffler guns, etc. Like Patibong, he wields an Agimat Scythe. The reason I preferred to call Patibong's scythe a pick is it can be held on either way. A bonus part found just above Higadrone's main body part, is the missing sleeve for Alita's stick for her to hold it. To make this part, glue this sleeve part to itself, then glue it to lower part of the stick.

ALAKDAN

Finally we focus on the scorpion Foldabot leader, Alakdan. His arms was truly different in the original design because of the feature of inserting Patibong and Higadrone's insect tails onto the rectangle loops on Alakdan's shoulders. In addition, the body was more complex than the new one. The new version has a simplified main body, wider arms, and a bigger scorpion tail. His Agimat Axe is often mistaken for a hammer because of how it's designed, and since it's flat, there's no way you can call it a hammer.

MIKROKOSMOS

Alright, Mikrokosmos has an updated instructions in the Toy Book, but in the original, there was none but a snapshot and an old illustration in the other page where you got Alakdan. This is where you'll get an idea of how it's made. Recap, this guy uses the Ultimate Agimat Bow and Arrow combined from all the individual weapons.

Now, here's a great lineup of upcoming blogs on The Foldabots Blog this Second Quarter of 2013:
Buhatron and the Sporticons [Coming this week]
Stormicons [Coming this April 9]
Foldabots: Tribe Wars: Season 1 [Coming this month]
Foldabots 7th Anniversary Special Surprise! [This May]
Foldabots Idol [This June]
...and more coming soon!

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