Can't see the pics at the moment since I'm at work, but they finally showed Kankuro's puppet as actually being Sasori? If so, I'm in agreement over its awesomeness. And yeah, I'd hope that Sasuke would get beaten now that he's outnumbered. Can then lead to Madara saving the day, Sasuke going on an emo fit over not being strong enough/everyone getting in the way of his revenge, and then demanding Itachi's eyes.
Personally I have no problem with Sasuke surviving this. I actually want him to survive, mainly because I personally want one of (if not the) final fights to be an epic encounter between Naruto and Sasuke.