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Every figure and toyline has a characteristic appearance with colors, accessories, held objects, hairstyles, and posture. A background story is provided for each toyline and figure, in which the places of residence, professions, hobbies, and other preferences and characteristics of the Fillys, as well as the friendship and family relationships, are shown.

Contrary to what the meaning of the term "filly" suggests, there are not only female, but also male Fillys, as it is the name of the species.

Fillys are made of hard plastic. Its surface is flocked and therefore feels velvety soft. Smaller figures still exist, but they were not produced as a regular toyline, but only as accessories such as chains and key rings.

The normal figures are sold in opaque, sealed plastic bags "Blind Pack" [3] , so that the buyer cannot see which figure they are buying before buying, which increases the attraction of collecting.

In many toylines there are some figures with a reduced edition, which stand out due to special features such as special color and are particularly popular as collectors' items.

Many toylines were created for the Filly brand. In addition to the collectible and play figures from in two sizes with associated collectable cards, Fillys appear in various other products and media.

Computer games and apps were created for the Filly brand. They would be followed by Filly Witchy Adventure later during the year, along with many slide puzzle apps in early On October 12, , it was announced that a TV series based on the Filly franchise had begun production, with a release date.

The Filly franchise also comes with various toy accessories, such as stables, carriages, houses, and castles. Clothing, bed linen, soft toys, advent calendars, school bags, stickers, and crayons were also sold.

Coloring books, puzzles, handicrafts, and reading books were produced by Friendz-Verlag, and sold over 1 million sold by autumn Dracco alleged that instead of destroying their remaining stock of Filly toys, Simba sold it off without paying license fees and files suit against Simba to recoup them.

The first lawsuit ended in a failure on March 28, , but was appealed again. On May 25, , Dracco was successful again, but it was appealed once more.

On February 7, , Simba was the successful party, but the case was then appealed yet another time. The final outcome of the legal battle is still yet to be determined as of February Educators and gender researchers, similar to other characters and media tailored to girls, criticize the fact that the shape, coloring, and the representation of the Fillys and their associated stories promote outdated gender-specific role models and stereotypes.

It is also criticized that children are tempted by the provider with excessive consumption through collective incentives. In a test by the consumer magazine Öko-Test in , in which toys from children's magazines were tested, Filly figures from the magazines Filly Magazin and Filly Special Princess received the grade "insufficient" due to the higher content of harmful ingredients.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the franchise. For the television series, see Filly Funtasia.