>>11638435--it is absolutely possible for Lego to make minifig trainers with minifig-scale Pokemon.
--it is also absolutely possible to put those trainers in Pokecenter, or other various locations from the games and/or anime cartoon, sets.
it is indeed frustrating. we all imagine that is how it will be. Lego must be making so much money with $400+ sets that they are no longer interested in anything else. any "small" set these days, is basically charity. a waste of their time. why make a $30 set that will conclude with X profits, when a $300 set concludes with 10X profits? would you rather make 1 million dollars, or 10 million dollars? you really can't blame Lego for making a $650 set. blame "the public" for buying it.