>>52860455I think the simple reason is this is Pokemon #1000, so they needed a simple design which could be marketable and easily turned into plushies rather than say, a tiny Gimmighoul in a coin version of Muk or a bigger more monstrous Mimic chest
Yes, the answer could be to turn a different Pokemon into Pokemon #1000, but they seemed fairly set pn the collect 999 coins thing.
