Nem - TFRArchive
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Archiving and preserving Transformers: Reactivate because I need to cope somehow. Now on Bluesky! DMs open. Autistic swag :D
tfrarchive@proton.me, anonymous email for if you have anything to ask or information regarding the game!
tfrarchive@proton.me, anonymous email for if you have anything to ask or information regarding the game!
HERE IT IS! The trailer for TF: Rise! It would've been shown at E3 2020 had a mix of COVID and publisher incompetence not stifled the whole project.
By the end of 2020 the game was given to Splash Damage, who fully rebooted the project with less than 12 months until release.
By the end of 2020 the game was given to Splash Damage, who fully rebooted the project with less than 12 months until release.
September 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
HERE IT IS! The trailer for TF: Rise! It would've been shown at E3 2020 had a mix of COVID and publisher incompetence not stifled the whole project.
By the end of 2020 the game was given to Splash Damage, who fully rebooted the project with less than 12 months until release.
By the end of 2020 the game was given to Splash Damage, who fully rebooted the project with less than 12 months until release.
@tfuinfo.bsky.social Hey there! I couldn’t find a way to DM you, so I hope it’s okay to reach out here. I’m researching the Reactivate game in hopes of preserving its history and I think you posted this slide. Not sure if you have any more info about it but if you do may we discuss it in DMs?
August 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@tfuinfo.bsky.social Hey there! I couldn’t find a way to DM you, so I hope it’s okay to reach out here. I’m researching the Reactivate game in hopes of preserving its history and I think you posted this slide. Not sure if you have any more info about it but if you do may we discuss it in DMs?
As for the bonus, have this, an upgrade chart! This was an old concept Certain Affinity had, and I will be elaborating more on it in a later post when I have more information about it. I believe Bee, Ratchet, Shockwave and Starscream all have similar charts.
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As for the bonus, have this, an upgrade chart! This was an old concept Certain Affinity had, and I will be elaborating more on it in a later post when I have more information about it. I believe Bee, Ratchet, Shockwave and Starscream all have similar charts.
Jet mode concept arts! I know that some of these are definitely earlier than October, so I'm just not putting the dates. It's sometime in 2018.
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Jet mode concept arts! I know that some of these are definitely earlier than October, so I'm just not putting the dates. It's sometime in 2018.
There are 25 pieces of 2D art, iteration upon iteration. I'm gonna *try* get the notable ones here. I've put October 2018 for some of the dates on these but they all are within minutes of each other so this is probably the date they were all exported or put into the folder.
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There are 25 pieces of 2D art, iteration upon iteration. I'm gonna *try* get the notable ones here. I've put October 2018 for some of the dates on these but they all are within minutes of each other so this is probably the date they were all exported or put into the folder.
These are all his 3D renders, the model ended up not really having the discolored wing, meaning it's both inaccurate to the concept art and the toy. I think most of the other battle damage remained though. As well, here's the non-battle damaged version!
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
These are all his 3D renders, the model ended up not really having the discolored wing, meaning it's both inaccurate to the concept art and the toy. I think most of the other battle damage remained though. As well, here's the non-battle damaged version!
Lord of the Skies, Starscream! Voiced by Steve Blum as you've likely heard from the cutscenes.
This art is really cool, it's the render used in the intro video but painted over with the battle damage. Please enjoy this thread of concept art. :) 🧵
This art is really cool, it's the render used in the intro video but painted over with the battle damage. Please enjoy this thread of concept art. :) 🧵
August 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Lord of the Skies, Starscream! Voiced by Steve Blum as you've likely heard from the cutscenes.
This art is really cool, it's the render used in the intro video but painted over with the battle damage. Please enjoy this thread of concept art. :) 🧵
This art is really cool, it's the render used in the intro video but painted over with the battle damage. Please enjoy this thread of concept art. :) 🧵
The first model ever made was Hot Rod, so for the first few months of development (late 2017, early 2018) the 3 playable characters were just Hot Rod recolours.
August 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The first model ever made was Hot Rod, so for the first few months of development (late 2017, early 2018) the 3 playable characters were just Hot Rod recolours.
For the bonus, here's an earlier iteration of the robot mode render which features a lot less asymmetrical detailing. There's still a bit, but you can pretty much extrapolate his clean look. Sorry for taking so long on this!!
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
For the bonus, here's an earlier iteration of the robot mode render which features a lot less asymmetrical detailing. There's still a bit, but you can pretty much extrapolate his clean look. Sorry for taking so long on this!!
Here's some vehicle iterations too! There's a lot with really minute changes but luckily CA had an image that compiled it. The second image is I believe the "final" art that was used for the basis of the model.
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Here's some vehicle iterations too! There's a lot with really minute changes but luckily CA had an image that compiled it. The second image is I believe the "final" art that was used for the basis of the model.
The final 2D art they went with, which'd become the basis of the model. This art has been posted before, but this is much higher res.
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The final 2D art they went with, which'd become the basis of the model. This art has been posted before, but this is much higher res.
Here's all of his 2D concept art iterations! I love seeing this stuff, and it'd nag me if I don't post it all to be complete.
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Here's all of his 2D concept art iterations! I love seeing this stuff, and it'd nag me if I don't post it all to be complete.
To be honest, before TFR I barely knew who Powerglide was- but I gotta say, this design makes him look so awesome and I need a toy of it yesterday.
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
To be honest, before TFR I barely knew who Powerglide was- but I gotta say, this design makes him look so awesome and I need a toy of it yesterday.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GLORIOUS HIGH RESOLUTION, POWERGLIDE! His 2D art has been before, and these renders *might've?* been posted before but definitely not in this quality, please enjoy! Alt mode and other art in the thread!🧵
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GLORIOUS HIGH RESOLUTION, POWERGLIDE! His 2D art has been before, and these renders *might've?* been posted before but definitely not in this quality, please enjoy! Alt mode and other art in the thread!🧵
Sorry for taking so long to get these up onto Bluesky, I just got really busy all of a sudden. I really don't do it intentionally 😭
For the customary bonus, here's some artwork that was used as reference material when designing Soundwave!
For the customary bonus, here's some artwork that was used as reference material when designing Soundwave!
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sorry for taking so long to get these up onto Bluesky, I just got really busy all of a sudden. I really don't do it intentionally 😭
For the customary bonus, here's some artwork that was used as reference material when designing Soundwave!
For the customary bonus, here's some artwork that was used as reference material when designing Soundwave!
RAVAGE! LASERBEAK! RUMBLE! EJECT, EJECT, EJECT!!
For the first time ever, we have proper, clean renders of the cassettes! Figuring out an alt mode for them proved very difficult- eventually the answer was "Screw it, just make them boxes and hope they don't think about it."
For the first time ever, we have proper, clean renders of the cassettes! Figuring out an alt mode for them proved very difficult- eventually the answer was "Screw it, just make them boxes and hope they don't think about it."
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
RAVAGE! LASERBEAK! RUMBLE! EJECT, EJECT, EJECT!!
For the first time ever, we have proper, clean renders of the cassettes! Figuring out an alt mode for them proved very difficult- eventually the answer was "Screw it, just make them boxes and hope they don't think about it."
For the first time ever, we have proper, clean renders of the cassettes! Figuring out an alt mode for them proved very difficult- eventually the answer was "Screw it, just make them boxes and hope they don't think about it."
Soundwave's Alt mode was a mishmash of different designs, Animated, Evergreen and a couple fan designs were the main inspirations. The last two images are concepts for the animation of the Radar coming out.
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Soundwave's Alt mode was a mishmash of different designs, Animated, Evergreen and a couple fan designs were the main inspirations. The last two images are concepts for the animation of the Radar coming out.
I think it's very interesting to see the development from 2D sketch to 3D model, the model overall is quite faithful to the original artwork.
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think it's very interesting to see the development from 2D sketch to 3D model, the model overall is quite faithful to the original artwork.
I think everyone has wanted to see this render for a long time, I have more concept iterations but I remember this being very sought after. Because it doesn't fit in with a lot of the other material I'm just giving it its own post.
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think everyone has wanted to see this render for a long time, I have more concept iterations but I remember this being very sought after. Because it doesn't fit in with a lot of the other material I'm just giving it its own post.
Soundwave Superior, Cancelled Games... inferior?
SOUNDWAVE! Here he is! This'll be a long thread, so please take a look at Rumble, Ravage and Laserbeak below. It's my pleasure to start with the render that was ON THE TOY BOX ART!
SOUNDWAVE! Here he is! This'll be a long thread, so please take a look at Rumble, Ravage and Laserbeak below. It's my pleasure to start with the render that was ON THE TOY BOX ART!
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Soundwave Superior, Cancelled Games... inferior?
SOUNDWAVE! Here he is! This'll be a long thread, so please take a look at Rumble, Ravage and Laserbeak below. It's my pleasure to start with the render that was ON THE TOY BOX ART!
SOUNDWAVE! Here he is! This'll be a long thread, so please take a look at Rumble, Ravage and Laserbeak below. It's my pleasure to start with the render that was ON THE TOY BOX ART!
And for the customary bonus image at the end, have this little freak. I think Bumblebee has an inner frame art too.
May 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And for the customary bonus image at the end, have this little freak. I think Bumblebee has an inner frame art too.
The original Hot Rod was done in a lot more detail than the other concept art I've seen, I presume it was done by someone different before they had their delivery format down.
May 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The original Hot Rod was done in a lot more detail than the other concept art I've seen, I presume it was done by someone different before they had their delivery format down.
An earlier version of the redesign! This definitely seems more Hot Rod than the original 2017 design, that was CA's first go at making a Transformer after all. As well, here's some face iterations! I don't know if that figure is the MP? It looks kind of close, but not really.
May 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
An earlier version of the redesign! This definitely seems more Hot Rod than the original 2017 design, that was CA's first go at making a Transformer after all. As well, here's some face iterations! I don't know if that figure is the MP? It looks kind of close, but not really.
Okay, trying this again. Really sorry for the delay.
Contrary to what many think, Hot Rod was the first character made for TFR! Hot Rod is a great showing of how CA were finding their footing. Later he was redesigned to fit more with their new aesthetic goals.
Contrary to what many think, Hot Rod was the first character made for TFR! Hot Rod is a great showing of how CA were finding their footing. Later he was redesigned to fit more with their new aesthetic goals.
May 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Okay, trying this again. Really sorry for the delay.
Contrary to what many think, Hot Rod was the first character made for TFR! Hot Rod is a great showing of how CA were finding their footing. Later he was redesigned to fit more with their new aesthetic goals.
Contrary to what many think, Hot Rod was the first character made for TFR! Hot Rod is a great showing of how CA were finding their footing. Later he was redesigned to fit more with their new aesthetic goals.
An earlier version of the redesign! This definitely seems more Hot Rod than the original 2017 design, that was CA's first go at making a Transformer after all. As well, here's some face iterations! I don't know if that figure is the MP? It looks kind of close, but not really.
May 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
An earlier version of the redesign! This definitely seems more Hot Rod than the original 2017 design, that was CA's first go at making a Transformer after all. As well, here's some face iterations! I don't know if that figure is the MP? It looks kind of close, but not really.