The Insane History of Barney Bootlegs (Video Essay)

[@saraschmidt5612]

Why are some of those bootleg plushies honestly adorable?? I love the little man with the bow tie. 😭💖

[@BarneyMillennium]

Same! Some of them definitely have their own charm💜

[@Antifearn]

My uncle was a student/frat boy at a big American university during Barney Mania, and his fraternity _worshipped_ Barney. I’m pretty sure he has a picture of him posing with his frat mate wearing one of those bootleg Barney mascot costumes somewhere in his attic.

[@BarneyMillennium]

That sounds great lmao🤣💜

[@Eepop_stuffs]

0:42 💀I remember my grandma had one of these, and every time i squeezed it she'd be like, "You're hurting it😢"

[@BarneyMillennium]

😭💜

[@grovergrizzly1605]

I remember the Dino-Roars quite fondly. They were so cute!

[@BarneyMillennium]

I agree!💜

[@Absolhunter251]

I grew up with Barney! I didn’t know there was so much bootlegs You made my day with your video!

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed! 💜

[@Randi_MyMan]

after you said happiness aid's world i got a barney's world ad lol

[@MoczinurcoffeeX3]

2:58 Someone please get that barney plush brown contacts I'm absolutely terrified

[@cisumfive_34]

Barney bootlegs were a huge part of my childhood, Bootleg DVDS of Barney was literally half my collection back then. I would watch it even if the quality is horrible and the audio is distorted. LOL

[@XxUf0K1ttyxX]

There is one which walks around, twists its large bulging eyes and sings Ievan Polka

[@BarneyMillennium]

That sounds great 😅💜

[@ToastyBoiChannel]

if you ever make another one of these videos, PLEASE include "barney with purple hair" he is so goofy ahh lol

[@BarneyMillennium]

Definitely will!💜

[@rotisseriepossum]

6:19 NO WAY i had no idea a puppet of him actually existed, i wanted one so bad as a kid. i have no plans to seek one out now, but im happy to know it’s real

[@Cyadical]

Wow! So glad I found a channel ALL about Barney! Didn’t know I needed that in my life! Keep being awesome 💜💜💜💜

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks so much! 💜💜

[@AlanCanasToons]

1:16 i saw that plushie once at a flea market when i was really young

[@lovelyxlumps]

egg barney is something i aspire to be

[@gracekim1998]

oh hello there. It's really cool that you cover everything about this famous dino 4.12.24

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks!💜

[@Araceli_Espinoza9585]

Okay then yall making me not sleep tonight.

[@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

Another honorable mention is actually the Ty Beanie Boo dinosaur that looks pinkish purple with a green stomach that is slightly resembles Barney and if you flip his sequence it turns into that dark purple blue color resembling the 80s Barney so I guess it's like the 80s and 90s Barney toy you get two in one

[@sophiehanssel2017]

Oh that's a Flippable, a Beanie Boo with sequins

[@lyricrogersofficial]

Glo Dino just scares the living heck outta me, and I'm 24...

[@BarneyMillennium]

Those eyes 😭😭

[@gracewilliams6297]

Me too.

[@KJD897]

Funny how you should mention it at 5:12 Barney Funko Pops are apparently going to be a thing. They'd probably look like that but we'll just have to wait and see.

[@UdemeobongUmoh]

@3:29 Man, just imagine: My little brother at night: *hugs the doll & goes to bed* At night: *Glows for some reason* Me: ... Oh HECK NO! But seriously, that's a good movie premise.

[@BarneyMillennium]

Definitely! 😅

[@jrthehedgehogpizzaking7625]

Yay!!! The long awaited bootleg video!!! Amazing work as usual! yesssssss make a part 2! 👀👀👀

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks so much! 💜

[@carolinewheeler77]

Oh my god I am immediately in love with this channel

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks so much!💜

[@FalconFighterPilot1013]

Between the ages of 2-3, I had 2 authentic Barney plushies (one plain and another wearing a hat and scarf) and loving them so much. Sadly they got donated once I entered kindergarten (1999) and in early 2024 I almost bought one to rekindle the magic 😂

[@BarneyMillennium]

Aw, that’s cool! 💜

[@coolfashiondollstuff]

Omg I had one of those necklaces as a kid and I used to think it was real merch 😳

[@SS-op9wt]

If you see something available to order in the quantity of 1000s you probably found where most carnivals get their prizes from 😂

[@coryfanatic2024]

6:29 The Best part of these plush toys is how BJ Is literally named "The Bj"

[@FireEmblemTheRedTower]

Cue ancient memories of the Barney plushie and Beach and Christmas episodes.

[@Luckyrabbit1927]

0:02 Every time I see this bedding now I just think of the meme "This picture smells like pee".

[@F1ghtGam3r]

I vaugly remember a crossover called kids of character. It had barney, sesame street, & the puppets from the puzzle place

[@djm334-goomodding]

As a bootleg/chinafake aficionado I never knew barney had bootlegs, though I do know kids shows and media, like sesame street and spongebob, get insane amount of fakes so I’m not surprised Also just wait for the barney’s world bootlegs to be mass-produced and plastered on every shopping site ever once more toys for it release in stores, I know that is all so common

[@BarneyMillennium]

For sure! 💜

[@MichalaJohnson-zv5pp]

Barney’s world reminds me of Elmo’s world

[@cricketpines8356]

you mean like the title?

[@bfoxGuile]

I thiiink when i was really young i had the necklace figure, I popped the eyes out.

[@coraline2770]

yes i love these bootleg

[@gracewilliams6297]

Baby bop looked disturbed about what had happened to her.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

Those look like Barney's long lost family.

[@FishesNSnowmen]

2:54 Funnily enough dandee now makes officially licensed plushes and they also do Animated Plushes, they peaked back in the late 2000s-early 2010s and I have own a few

[@BarneyMillennium]

That’s cool, I didn’t know that 😅💜

[@FishesNSnowmen]

@@BarneyMillennium I’m more of a fan of Gemmy (another company that make animated plushes) but Dandee has a good handful of items, my favorite item from them is their walking snowman

[@AllyBen-w7m]

My grandma still has a rubber Barney knockoff toy. I later found it was part of a line called Happy Dino I think it was a dollar store find to be honest.

[@coolfashiondollstuff]

These are so interesting

[@Ashvibes]

We have Barney at home:

[@kaiokendo]

Jessie ate some beans 8:18

[@47Cartoonguy]

I actually had some of these bootlegs as a little one the one with the spiky hair and the daikn knock off with the yellow bow tie

[@BarneyMillennium]

Neat!💜

[@junethefox5834]

Ohohohohoh hoo boy, I just know thisll be a good one

[@berrypepperroni7708]

this video is beautiful! your bootleg barney creature you showed is very silly :)

[@BarneyMillennium]

Thanks so much! He definitely is, haha💜

[@doradubs]

Here before check comments (despite the fact I came here after you clipped)

[@berrypepperroni7708]

@@BarneyMillennium no problem

[@DomiNick456]

There was barney bootlegs? Didnt know that lol 😂

[@drevianedwardsproductions9244]

It's hard to believe that the dino roar plushies are sold as Barney plushies (Hysterical) As for The other knockoff, barneys, like the love dinos, what the heck am I looking at? I'm really surprised at the Barney's world barney is a knockoff, but hey, I would at least give props for being accurate of how he is in the show itself. It would be close to see which Barney plush from barney's world is the winner if I get hands-on both of them.

[@BarneyMillennium]

I agree - can’t wait to see what the final Barney’s World plush will be like💜

[@javieravalentin]

Let’s talk about how I used to think the Gund Neiman Marcus dolls were a knockoff before I found out the truth and also found out how rare and expensive they are! Needless to say, I ended up getting one while the getting was good!😅

[@BarneyMillennium]

The Gund Barneys do look a bit like that 😅 glad you were able to get one! 💜

[@London-ke5fy]

Please make a knock off Barney's suit video I think that would be so awesome And also, what gender are you?It's hard to tell no offense

[@BarneyMillennium]

Definitely will! No problem, I’m female💜

[@London-ke5fy]

@BarneyMillennium Thanks, I was just curious and thanks again LO.L

[@SuperSpaceGirlHDTV]

I had a red Barney plush that I already had an official Barney plush , so He and the Red Barney could be friends

[@BarneyMillennium]

That’s cool! 💜

[@totallyspiesfan0175]

i'm really interested on how the Companies that made all these toys couldn't get the character right. especially The Remake Design Nowadays. Fisher-Price and other Proper Toy Companies did made some Barney Toys Right for us to play and enjoy over the years

[@BarneyMillennium]

Absolutely💜

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

I’m not a fan of Barney (not that I hate the original series especially compared to what we got recently) but I love looking at god awful bootlegs 😂

[@BarneyMillennium]

Fair, haha - bootlegs are bootlegs 😅

[@80svlogs]

I own the bootleg classic toy co plush, and a jumbo and mini Goffa International plushies

[@BarneyMillennium]

Awesome!💜

[@themandalorian1978]

Ever heard of Death To Smoochy?

[@BarneyMillennium]

Yup!💜

[@SiRenfield]

😔🤚Emotional support plush 😎👍Happiness aide

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

Why does that Glo-Dino have some reverse-colored body? The body of it is green instead of purple and its belly is purple instead of green for some reason or something. And for some reason, it has a plastic yellowish and maybe a tiny bit greenish colored… sort of head (Idk.) … and it has three fingers on each hand instead of two and it has some yellow ruffed collar thing that makes it look like it’s wearing some clown outfit or costume for some reason… and it has light up eyes, somehow like the Glo-Worm… but the LEDs of Glo-Dino are so bright to the point that it lights up its entire and/or whole head, I think.

[@BarneyMillennium]

Probably to avoid him looking too similar to Barney😅

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

@@BarneyMillennium So the makers wanted to make him look like Barney but not too similar to him or something?

[@BarneyMillennium]

@ Yup! 💜

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

@@BarneyMillennium Oh, okay, then.

[@London-ke5fy]

Where did you get that? I want it so I can upgrade it to look like a 1990 daken 7:59

[@BarneyMillennium]

He was found on eBay💜

[@London-ke5fy]

@BarneyMillennium ok

[@matthewhaga2323]

Could you do an video of how much money that the barney videos made

[@BarneyMillennium]

That would certainly be an interesting topic to cover!💜

[@matthewhaga2323]

@@BarneyMillennium does that mean yes

[@Aftermath779]

Does anyone notice that the Dino-Roars are like glorified rubber-chickens?

[@BarneyMillennium]

Pretty much 😅

[@FireEmblemTheRedTower]

Also, Green Bootleg Barney > Barney.:)

[@NawafBahzad-id5qn]

why would they wanna make Barney plushes into knockoff ones?

[@BarneyMillennium]

To capitalize on Barney’s popularity and make money.

[@ferialalghunaim69]

Barney is pink not purple

[@BarneyMillennium]

He does often look that way!💜

[@alecmoccia4691]

Can you do a live stream remixing the Barney animatronics and remix what an animatronic of Riff remix an animatronic of scooter MCNutty remix an animatronic of MRS ETTA KAY KETTETTEE And remix an animatronic of Booker T Bookworm AND And Remix animatronic Twinklen bc that would be so cool of what they all would look like if there was a Barney Chuck E. Cheese type McDonald’s Play Place stage show bc that’d be cool