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COVID vaccines have expected side-effects, but experts say they're no cause for concern. Don't Miss false. These were Canadians' top Google searches in In , the company created Filly, and at the time the Mexican illustrator hired by the Andersens, Carlos Ignacio del Alto Vargas, created and designed the looks of the fillies according to what the Andersens had in mind.

Tine S. The company has worked with Simba Dickie Group from the beginning, and Simba initially handled marketing for the Filly brand, an arrangement that lasted until January Dracco designed the first Fillys as simple collectible play figures.

In Germany, the franchise was highly popular. More than 20 million Fillys were sold from to , including more than 6 million in , [4] and 8 million in In early January , Simba broke their licensing agreement with Dracco.

The deal between Universal Trends and Dracco also came to an end on October 1, , [10] and toy distribution would then be handled by Dracco Deutschland GmbH.

In early , Tine quit working with Dracco. On July 4, , Dracco secured a lasting deal with Goliath Toys. Fillys are horse or pony-like animals that are mostly in typical girl colors pink, pastel shades , and have big heads, big eyes, and round shapes.

The equine creatures are mixed with different, partly horse-like figures from legends and mythology such as unicorns, pegasi, or seahorses.

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.