>>11115924They chose him because at the time, he was the most popular gym leader in Sw&Sh by the poll. The problem is that the polls are majority women and pandering to women is always a terrible idea when it comes to action figures. Women don't "play with toys", they prefer statues, nendos, and nitnaks like keychains. Poke company most likely got too scared to make more and too retarded to realize past gen characters would sell like hot cakes today.
