My menehune design is box pleated. So are koinobori, and dragons. One advantage of box pleating is the ability to work on a piece in sections. With menehune, for example, I start at the feet and legs, work my way up to the body, then the arms, then the neck and head, and last the hairdo. This is very helpful when folding supersized origami because it's not easy to find a space to lay out a 25 foot long rectangle. It is also a lot of time spent crawling around on the floor.



The downside is that box pleated designs often require a lot material. A 9 inch tall menehune, for example, is collapsed from a rectangle that is 5 feet long (x 1 foot wide).  To supersize a menehune that stands 4 feet tall requires a starting sheet that is 25 feet long (x 5 feet wide); more for long hair.