The website can be visited by following this link: http://www.norboell.com/
Inspection of the website reveals that Tine is, among other things, the "Mother of Filly". Backed up by a friendly and equally talented crew, they have worked hard on each and every Filly incarnation, from the nigh-forgotten Filly Forest to the current Filly Stars, including, of course, Filly Funtasia itself.
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However, the most important detail is that Tine is open for questions regarding Filly! You can drop your question about Filly stories, Filly characters etc., in the comment section below this post within one week, and after that, this post will be followed by a post with answers from Tine, for all to see.
Keep in mind, however, that asking a question does not guarantee receiving a satisfying answer. Trade secret is trade secret, and there may be some things we are not supposed to know.
Don't be shy and ask away, Filly fans!
UPDATE: thank you for asking your questions! They have been sent to Tine, and the answers are expected to arrive "in a few days" (starting from 15th of June).
Logging you in...
Greyfeather · 519 weeks ago
* What ispired the creation of Filly? How the toyline is born? What was the original hint from which her shape and develop the idea? From some other toy, old story, or what else?
* What lead the creation of the Filly Princess, making the passage to a more "fantasy" setting for the toyline?
* What she mean saying that the Moonlight are "really dark characters"? What we could expect, if she can say something?
* In what consist her role in the TV Show development?
* Can she talks about the origin of the main characters of the show? Why they were chosen for the cartoon, and what ispired them when they were done?
* What is her favourite characters in the entire Filly line, and why (expecially, what is the ispiration of the character)?
* How many people works and worked around the Filly development? And how many for the TV Show?
* About the cartoon, what lead to choose the BRB Internacional for the production of the show? And what is the role of the Black Dragon in the Funtasia development?
* For the background art (the enviroments, furnitures of the academy, etc), what is the ispiration? As I ever said, Funtasia appears more a traditional fantasy than toy stuff.
* About the Filly World in general: when and why this concept was born (put the Fillys in a own world/universe), and how this affected the setting's development?
I put here some questions that I'm not sure if she can answer, but I add in the case she can say something or give some hints. Ask her if she is free to tell something, maybe we can have some "hype". :)
* What is the background story of the Academy? Why it was created, and why it collect the races in the Filly world in a single place?
* What she can say us about Battiwig and Wranglum?
* Is possible ask her if Wranglum is a "intelligent mirror", or a "cursed Filly"? I don't think she can really answer, but I put here anyway in case she can give some hints.
* How magic mirrors works? The BRB explained that they are like magic wands, but she can explain better the concept? (It would not be bad explain some our theories about this. BRB give some hints, so I think she is free to say something).
* Can she explain something of the Filly writing/alphabet/language we see in the show? BRB say that the scripts are readable. What is the language, and she can explain how we can read it?
* Where is exaclty Funtasia in the Filly World?
And a very, particular question...
* About the Forest and Beach toyline: what is their relationship with the actual setting? They are officially deleted/removed in the setting, or they are another region of the actual Filly World (maybe existed in the far past of the Filly World history)?
Greyfeather · 519 weeks ago
*How King Victor became a ghost? :D
Greyfeather · 519 weeks ago
* What are the softwares they use for Funtasia? What drawing tecnique is used for the concept arts,if these are on traditional media?
* How many people is composed the staff, between animators, voice actor, and go on?
* There are project of a comic based on Funtasia (beside the magazine printed for Russia/North Europe) similar to the MLP:FIM comic of IDW?
@Exohasard · 519 weeks ago
• Legend goes that Filly as a brand began in 2006. German toy collector sites also point towards that Filly Forest first began in 2007. What happened in the first year?
• Are the royal households in Filly Princess ruling over any non-royal ordinary Fillys, or are they only ruling over their own household's lower-ranked royals?
• The cards and website bios for Filly Forest and Filly Beach Party are very different, with the cards telling that they are based on real horses, and the old websites telling that the real horses were their ancestors. Were there perhaps different marketing aims or something?
And some friendly notes since she's Danish:
Jeg antok jeg ville måtte stille det siste spørsmålet igjen, så svaret ville bli mer offisielt denne gangen. Og ja, jeg kan lese dansk ganske bra også. Måske kan jeg såvel skrive noget af det danske sprog...?
HareTrinity · 519 weeks ago
- Do you think any quagga (such as Quaggi from the Filly Forest line) will appear again?
- Can you tell us anything about the development of the upcoming TV series' main characters (e.g. Lynn's mane colour changing)?
- Do you think there many other fantasy creatures in the Filly World (e.g. dragons, griffins)?
- What do you think of the fandom so far?
- Anything you want to add that no one's asked about?
TheMiles · 519 weeks ago
-How open is the Filly World to fan characters? Since the Unicorn line speaks of servants, I suppose that there is some kind of 'background population' that are just not a part of the collectable series.
-Are the elements the Fillys have linked to each other in a way, throughout the different sets of Filly?
-Will we get insight into the different Filly places in the show? Seeing that Crystalia is where the academy is and that they meet Prince Zack, I do hope so!
HareTrinity · 519 weeks ago
I'm repeatedly impressed by the Filly series not sticking to just nuclear families (e.g. single-parent families, families including aunts/uncles), as well as not sticking to gender stereotypes. Was this hard to achieve or has it happened naturally?
@Exohasard · 519 weeks ago
• If we attempt to remove or ignore this question's overtones of Filly Funtasia: How did the Filly Fairy Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry function, as referred to in Pixie's web bio? Besides that it accepts Fairy Fillies of uneven ages, I am wondering whether any sort of functions or stories was ever defined for it, even if just in abandoned scripts or material.
RaichuWizDom · 519 weeks ago
-what determines the strength of a Filly's magic? More specifically, do they do anything besides casting spells to get better at magic?
And in the same vein:
-it's already known that Witchy Fillies get their magic from their capes, but in Filly Funtasia the mirrors will be more important. Are there differences in magical traditions between the races? Like the difference between wizards and paladins or shamans, I mean. Is it all homogenous, like in Harry Potter, or do they all have a different look and feel to their magic, like in Warcraft?