Well lucky for us then, we can all tell that Bolt had some excellent character design early on, as he looks awesome now that he's animated.
In other good news for bolt, just read this article on the blog Blue Sky Disney. A guy over there I guess knows some people at Disney Animation and Bolt is getting some awesome buzz with in the studio. Here's the paragraph on Bolt:
"The screenings that have occurred with "Bolt" have had animators talking about how much more heart, humor and depth this film has over the last four or five Disney animated features. When general audiences get a look at the film this Thanksgiving they'll also note the change in quality and perception too. And with the new animated shorts that WDAS is making it's going expand what audience can expect from Disney in the future."
It's actually a really interesting article on the new direction that Disney Animation is headed in.
Here's the full article.