Regardless how it looks, and I am really pleased with this leaked thumbnail photo, it'd just be nice to see them release another transformer that they really put some work into. Because as much as I have a weakness for the sets that combined, there was no excuse for that Devistatior travesty. Coupled with that, what they did with Jetfire, albeit interesting, I stand by the belief that the release of the leader figure was grossly premature. Love the concept. Nizzi did a great job with the conceptualization. But when they(the leaders) get linked up it's like a bad fan made costume. I digress. Godziboy's right, this has the potential to be something special in my collection. I'm just looking for that confirmation that it'll hit the shelves.
I think it all adds up to the designers' experience with the design. Concept art is thrown around left and right with the designers, Sideways' way changed last minute, so I'm going to guess that Starscream will be the same caliber as ROTF Optimus because they have the time and a final design to work off of.
I certainly hope you're right. Starscream is one of my favorite movie designs, he needs to be done right. Anyone has more info on him, especially on what was seen behind the scenes at botcon (i think?)?