Although I would have rather seen a modified BMF as well, looking at these pictures, I kind of like it too. Granted, it is very much a "toy" for the kiddos, but I don't think that's a bad thing. It looks like you can switch things out to make it look "normal", and there are a lot of neat little details in there as was mentioned already.
I think that the days of the hyper detailed collector type vehicles (like the BMF, the AT-AT, the AT-TE, etc.) might be done - or at least hibernated. With a new movie coming each year, and likely a new line to accompany it, we're probably going to see more kid-focused stuff for the line in general, and that's probably how it should be. Hasbro really want the 6" stuff to be "for us", so that's probably where we'll see them go all out with figures and vehicles for now (depending on how the giant TIE does this year). I know I'll be picking up this Falcon, it looks fun and something fun for my daughter to play with as well.