#foldabots10: My Top 10's Part 1

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As we move on the latter half of 2016, we finally got ourselves a new champion to light our way--Electricus. Our new set for July to December 2016 is the mighty Kuryentebots, and our first member is the head honcho Sigg-Nal, the RADAR track vehicle. In my opinion, he vaguely looks like Optimus Prime partly because of the face mask, and the color scheme I presume will bear a mix of light blue and yellow. I will be doing the full review on Sigg-Nal and the rest of the team by December, once the set is complete, alongside Toy Book 9 since I missed a lot of characters from Magmatron to before Asero.

A little update on Aninotron

Yesterday, I found out when doing the configuration as directed for Karo, this idea of using paperclips to hold the front part together, giving him a more stabilized look in his hearse mode.

And now on to our topic of the month...

If you ask me what's my favorite Foldabot, Lutabot, or gestalt in particular, then here's my Top 10 lists.

I will not include OCs since I'll be focusing on the canon Foldabots and Lutabots only. First, let's look at individual Foldabots, then Lutabots, then finally to the combiners.

#10 - Sagip - A big transition from his mini root, this mad doctor is rather impressive with or without the extra parts from Toy Book 5. The way he was designed may be simple but it has some sturdiness over some other characters I came across to.


#9 - Landas - He is the only triple changer Foldabot to date. Even though his design is a bit weak, it's at least he doesn't bear the box frame construction as with most Foldabots up to this day, that's partly he has a more aero-dynamic construction to it.

#8 - Lakbay - I just love exploring new designs, and as for this old timer, he's based on a vintage car. What's also great about him is the idea of storing his legs as a separate component which makes storing the part in car mode more interesting.

#7 - Siklo - It took a hashtag campaign for him to be released in Toy Book 7, and it worked. Scale wise, he is smaller than other bike characters especially the recently released Kadena. But the idea of the sidecar as a platform is a big step up from its original version, that's because the design is now made up of a loop with a few folding parts.

#6 - Elisiyo - It's a first we got an air Foldabot that isn't a helicopter in the main canon save for the minis. And the nice thing about him is the way they did the wings well done. His main body size is on a par with Talas of the Likasbots, though she's the biggest among the five if toy size wise.

#5 - Metrotren - Whether you complete him via the obscure metallic collection if you want to get Astig, Patrol, and the like, or getting him on Toy Book 1, Met is rather the tallest individual Foldabot, and I think he's almost the weakest if you don't pose him well. But still, I like him for being one of the coolest Foldabot of all time.

#4 - Karera - When it comes to uniqueness, there's just nothing like Karera. There is no F1 car Lutabot made, but someday we will... probably 2017. The best thing about Karera's design is that he's an all-in-one package. He was probably the most dynamic of the designs next to Kislap.

#3 - Pag-Asa - I may not own him yet, but his design is probably the best and the most complex since the Sporticons. Pag-Asa's jeep mode is nothing quite like it, this side of the Undertale fandom.

#2 - Patrol - I definitely dig this guy because of his rather basic design, though his initial version is kinda weird partly due to his head glued on behind the grills. Also his MP version is probably the best design I've ever seen after the last two having a lot of flaws.

#1 - Sundo - His combination of complexity and simplicity makes Sundo my top Foldabot. That's partly because of his excellent stability and design that stands out from all the Foldabots in (and out of) the list. He may be based on the L300 FB, but it's very Filipino since it only exists here in the Philippines.

Apologies for posting this very late than the usual, But I'll continue the rest of the countdown somewhere mid-August just to fill in the other Top 10's in my list. Until then, this has been The Foldabots Blog, we'll see you next time!