Followers of Barney The Dinosaur have reacted to the character redesign for the forthcoming reboot.
Mattel lately introduced that the beloved childrens’ character would return throughout TV, movie, toys, music, attire and extra content material, sharing a primary picture of the brand new model of the character.
Many took to social media to make use of the hashtag #NotMyDinosaur, sharing their distaste for Barney’s new look.
Poking enjoyable on the character’s look, one individual wrote on Twitter: “lip injections, rhinoplasty, botox, jaw discount, fats discount, double chin removing, liposuction, buccal fats removing, double eyelid surgical procedure, underneath eye fillers, cheek filler, nostril bridge implant, brow shaved and sculpted.”
lip injections, rhinoplasty, botox, jaw discount, fats discount, double chin removing, liposuction, buccal fats removing, double eyelid surgical procedure, underneath eye fillers, cheek filler, nostril bridge implant, brow shaved and sculpted https://t.co/PndkmZCrTe
— ف (@faridahanafyy) February 14, 2023
“They gave Barney contacts, a nostril job and larger veneers. Unhappy,” a second individual wrote, with a 3rd including: “They created a Barney on shrooms to narrate to this technology.”
They gave Barney contacts, a nostril job and larger veneers. Unhappy. pic.twitter.com/D2aWosH8AZ
— Veronica McDonald🗣 (@Purify_toast17) February 14, 2023
They created a Barney on shrooms to narrate to this technology https://t.co/rccjV4MnWE
— Miss. Taijah Shanee’ 💎 (@TaijahShanee) February 14, 2023
Check out some extra reactions right here:
As a Barney lover as a toddler, this ain’t it chief.
— Ramaj Eroc (@RamajEroc) February 13, 2023
🙃 We stray additional and farther from gawd on a regular basis 😔 https://t.co/B6SCGpIiLp
— UnicornConservationist (@Dat_guy_Tee) February 16, 2023
Somebody known as this Botox Barney 🤣🤣 https://t.co/g48R3mXWpL
— Joshua Gresham aka “Gresh” (@JoshGreshamORG) February 14, 2023
bro that’s keith david https://t.co/ucN2Ng05F8
— Wavy Bagels (@wavy_bagels) February 14, 2023
#notmydinosaur https://t.co/2FLEQfWbJq
— (Ꮶ) (@AYYKKAY47) February 13, 2023
like why would they offer a dinosaur a job and botox…give barney his chubby cheeks and nostril again!
— jey da sax participant 🎷 (@enjoyjeyy) February 13, 2023
“Barney’s message of affection and kindness has stood the check of time,” mentioned Josh Silverman, Chief Franchise Officer and International Head of Client Merchandise at Mattel in keeping with Business Wire.
“We are going to faucet into the nostalgia of the generations who grew up with Barney, now mother and father themselves, and introduce the enduring purple dinosaur to a brand new technology of youngsters and households world wide throughout content material, merchandise, and experiences.”
“In creating the brand new sequence, it was necessary to us that we correctly replicate the world that youngsters right this moment reside in in order that the sequence can ship significant classes about navigating it,” mentioned Fred Soulie, SVP and Basic Supervisor of Mattel Tv.
“With our trendy tackle Barney, we hope to encourage the following technology to hear, care, and dream huge. We predict that oldsters, lots of whom will fondly keep in mind the unique Barney from their very own childhoods, will love the present, too.”