In this work we turn to generic or "toy" coarse-grained (CG) models due to the limited foldamer structures available in the literature. Unlike traditional CG models where an atomistic system is transformed into a coarser representation, generic CG models are often chemically-nonspecific and aim to to capture a physical phenomena with relatively few model parameters. These simple models give qualitative insight into the mechanisms that govern the phenomena of interest. Toy models are a common practice in capturing phenomenology with examples in feromagnetism, phase equilibria, amphiphile assembly and protein folding. In this paper we use CG models to explore macromolecule folding phenomena without the constraints of chemical specificity. Non-specific CG models with relatively few parameters present a reduced design space that is generalizeable to all types of folding macromolecules.