| Filly Forest | |
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| Release date | 2007 |
| No. of toys | 20 |
| Filly type | Real horse breeds and one quagga |
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).
Unlike later series, the characters in this set appeared to be based on real animals: The descriptions gave realistic background stories and the cards had a picture of the toy and a photo of a real horse.
Courtcase allegations
A long-standing story about the Filly franchise says that they were initially strongly based on bought My Little Pony G3 molds, that Simba were sued by Hasbro for similarity and lost, and had to dramatically retool Filly, which lead to the different shapes and the pegging to real horses seen in Filly Forest.
However, signs to the contrary has been found. Dracco is named as the founder of Filly, while the above story was under the assumption that Simba was the founders. Records in Dutch court archives tells that Simba were sued in 2007 over some different toy lines, particularly Little Fair Pony or Little Fairy & Pony (the court summary couldn't agree with themselves there). Just to add insult to injury, Simba got sued again in January 2013 for pretty much the same thing and lost. Filly started in 2006, released new sub-brands annually from the following year on, and there's no signs of major interruptions to the Filly franchise.
| 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 |