#foldabots10: Recalling Ideas

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While I don't have the current month's issue with Aninotron's gestalt parts, and the stuff I want to buy while I'm abroad, let's ponder some good ideas I came up, though this blog is still very bland up to this point.

Scramble System - Inspired by Transformers G1 and the recent Combiner Wars, this Foldabot combiner system lets you use four equally sized members to form any limb on any side, just as long as you have a universal part that serves as either a hand or foot. Detachable parts are OK too, just as long as you have at least four members with even Main Body heights,and a leader that can dock them properly by either mounting paperclips or using special connectors for it, especially when forming the arms.

Head System - Like the former, this one's also inspired by the Headmasters of Transformers, especially now we're excited for the upcoming Generations: Titans Return toy line to be based on the Headmaster system. I've though of this for quite a while, for a Foldabot to have its head as a separate component. The idea is to make the small humanoid unit to form the head, and the vehicle he drives forms his larger body. I have designed four characters using this tack, based on the first four Autobot Headmasters Chromedome, Hardhead, Highbrow, and Brainstorm. They were Kukote, Korona, Kabesa, and Utakon. I might do Lutabots too someday when this experiment caught on.

Dual-purpose parts - There are Foldabots who already has this tack like using a part of their alt modes as weapons and such. Assuming you've been paying attention, I've already covered this in an earlier blog by clicking here. And I also covered why for the record we still don't have a gestalt head that can be used as a part of an alt mode. I also made some experimental designs where the head is integrated with a certain part, rather than a separate and useless piece in the set.

Various Arm Connections - These days, we get to complete a Foldabot or mostly Lutabot combiner, we tend to use paperclips to mount two of the members into the leader's arms. But back in the pre-cardboard era, Foldabot combiners were connected by folding a part from like say Kapre or Ukay's arms to attach Manananggal, Siklab, or Tutubi as arms. The most recognizable connector system that was used in the earlier years of Foldabots, was the T-joints. Both versions of Aquatikron and Gubatron, along with the Toy Book versions of Higantechron and Elementron utilizes this tack, even Magmatron has it as well, thanks largely to Abominator's design. Komyutatron uses a different type of arm connection which is quite clever when it comes to stability, thanks to its shoulder sleeve. You can check out the link above as well since I already discussed this there.

The Foldabots Mini Series - I've also mention this too back then, so I won't go into deep details about it. But the good thing about this, is because of its simplicity and versatility in making a full gestalt. You can check out this photo gallery, where I featured these guys along with other of my creations, if you have no idea yet about Foldabots Mini and how they were different from the main series.

These are just some of my ideas I could share to you all for now, and while I'm still struggling to get something to review while I don't have the issue for Aninotron, and/or a pattern of two I made, most likely based on the said ideas I shared to you on this entry. Until then, this has been The Foldabots Blog, we'll see you next month.