If you’re a millennial or the parent of a millennial, you probably remember Barney. Mattel is banking on you remembering him fondly, but given how many schoolyard rhymes there are about killing him, they may be barking up the wrong purple dinosaur. This is a reboot, however, so you never know what direction they might take it. What if Barney had an eyepatch and a gun? That could be cool.

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