![]() Dakin, a Brisbane, Calif.based doll and plush figure company, began production of three sizes of furry Barneys and his pal, the green Baby Bop, in July. Thirty new Barney videos were produced and began to be shown on public television in April.īarney attracted the attention of big-time toy companies. She and some friends made some videos starring Barney and his pals.Ĭonnecticut Public Television set up a deal with Leach and her company, Lyons Group. Barney is a bright red-violet dinosaur, a character created in 1988 by Sheryl Leach, a former Texas teacher and mother of a then-2year-old son. “You hope everybody loves your toy and places lots of orders then so you have time to produce it.”īack to Barney. For toy makers, the potential hot sellers are rolled out at the February toy fair in New York. “This year we sold more than last, but we were ready for it,” Charniss says. Last year Hasbro’s subsidiary, Kenner, made a Nerf bow and arrow set that was such a hit that supplies ran out before Christmas. “It’s always a story when an item hits big and we don’t have enough supply,” says Wayne Charniss, spokesman for Hasbro Inc. In the toy business there are two seasons: Christmas and getting ready for Christmas. If you want one, you’d better buy it when you see it.” “We’re out of them right now, but we’re getting more soon. Steve Jeffries, assistant manager of the local Electronic Boutique, called Sega “a hot seller.” “We have 12 right now but I wouldn’t expect those to last,” said a clerk at Kay-Bee. (The smallest plush toy sells for $19.99 at Kay-Bee.) But I don’t know, he’s so cute, I’m not sure I want to give him up.”ĭeignan sprang for the big model, a $40 indulgence. “I bought it for my 4-year-old neighbor,” Deignan says. One of the people she made happy is Linda Deignan of New Britain, owner of the Little Professor Book Center, next to Bentley’s. Karen Tomasko, owner of Bentley’s Brigade in Glastonbury, got her shipment of six Barney dolls on Thursday, “but I have a waiting list and they are all spoken for.” But both Barney and Sega CD are expected to be in for the long ride, not the flashy trend that cools and becomes as stale as yesterday’s Slap Wrap.
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