| Filly Forest | |
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| Release date | 2007 |
| No. of toys | 19 + 8 |
| Filly type | Proto-Fillies of the Filly Forest |
| Followed by | Filly Beach Party |
Filly Forest was the first series of Filly toys (although 2006, when "Filly" was first created, saw the release of some simple game figures for the brand).
Some characters even received plush toy versions (ordinary and with keychain clips).
Suitcases sets sold together with some characters figurines and cards existed as well, just like in case of Beach Party!!
It has two distinct settings that seldom go along with the other. One bases the Fillys on real horses that are pictured on the bio cards, the other has the 20 Fillys use the Filly Forest (location) as a meetup place to tell tales.
In Czech Republic, this line is known as Lesní Filly (The filly/fillys of the forest).
In Italy, the toys were released by S.I.P Toys & Gruppo Preziosi, and only included 16 fillys, replacing cards with a flyer.
Filly Forest story[]
"Here, on the vast steppes of Mongolia, is where it all began", her grandfather said tugging his horsehair cap down over his frozen ears. He took a swig of his fermented mare's milk and as the warmth spread throughout his body, he told her the story about the girl Sjaika.
A long, long time ago a large herd of wild horses lived down by the river. They had been domesticated by the local tribes who made tents from their hides, ate their meat and fermented their milk to produce the strong drink kummis.
One day the girl Sjaika went down to the river to fetch water. The sun was setting behind the mountains and she gave a quick shudder in the cold dusk. As she bent forward to fill her pail, she heard a chilling growl. A tiger had crept down to the banks to stalk its drinking prey. Sjaika was the first one he stumbled upon. He got ready to leap forward. But just as he was about to take off, he was knocked over by a pair of well-directed hoofs that exploded on his broad jawbone.
It was the little white horse with the black mane that Sjaika for so long had tried to make friends with. It went down on its knees and Sjaika got upon its back, her legs shaking. They slowly plodded on back to the village, and from that day on they were inseparable.
And that was how the first horse was tamed. The first ancestor of all the many ponies all over the globe".
Her grandfather gave the little girl a hug, planted a kiss on her forehead and blew out the candle.[1]
From Russian magazine, 8/2013[]
10 secrets of the magical forest
Deep inside the forest of the magical Filly world, there live wild horses.
Sadly, they're very shy. However, they finally decided to share a few of their secrets with their most passionated fans.
Rest of the page included short descriptions of characters
Courtcase allegations[]
- For more information, see My Little Pony.
A story about the origin of Filly claims that it was created by Simba and was based on My Little Pony G3 brushable-toy molds during Hasbro's transition to G3.5, and that some ensuing lawsuits had an effect on the appearance of Filly Forest. This however has largely been disproven as being mistaken for a series of other Simba horse brands, as well as it being disproven that Simba invented Filly.
References and links[]
| Filly Forest |
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| Bonnie • Brandy • Checker • Cruiser • Dingo • Gradus • Halim • Moonbeam • Nemo • Nicole • Piltur • Prezzie • Quaggi • Rafael • Romeo • Silver • Strawberry • Tara • Thor • White |
| Group names Filly Toy Lines |
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| Obsolete | Filly Forest • Filly Beach Party |
| Current | Filly Princess • Filly Fairy • Filly Unicorn • Filly Elves • Filly Mermaids • Filly Witchy • Filly Wedding • Filly Butterfly • Filly Stars • Filly Royale • Filly Collection • Filly Ballerina • Filly Angels • Filly Funtasia |