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Poor Barney. The plush purple-and-green Tyrannosaurus rex, beloved by toddlers, if not their parents, is having a bad year. Sales of Barney merchandise are dropping as briskly as they took off last ...

Poor Barney. The plush purple-and-green Tyrannosaurus rex, beloved by toddlers if not their parents, is having a bad year. Sales of Barney merchandise are dropping as briskly as they took off last ...

You may want to avert your eyes. I’m about to beat up Winnie the Pooh. Actually, it’s not Pooh per se I’m pummeling. It’s the new “interactive” Pooh. I was introduced to this talking doll via TV ...

He’s purple and green, soft and round, 6-feet-4-inches tall — and he’s the hottest thing in children’s TV. After only seven months on the air, Barney the dinosaur, star of PBS’ “Barney & Friends,” is ...

Back in 1890, Thomas Edison gave us some of the world's first talking dolls. Today, the glassy-eyed cherubs that are still around stand about 2 feet tall; they have wooden limbs and a metal body; and ...