Glow in the Dark release of Barney's Halloween Party by 9 Story and Universal.
A model wears the Barney The Dinosaur Katakana T-Shirt which was exclusively released by BoxLunch.
The following is an overview of Barney-related news and events that occurred in the year 2018.
Digital[]
- April 25: The official Mandarin Barney YouTube channel is launched.
Events[]
- February 22-24: Barney Live! World Tour - A Celebration! performed in Yanbu.
- March 1-3: Barney Live! World Tour - A Celebration! performed in Jazan.
- June 19-20: Barney's Sing Along Show performed in DPTV Kids Club Live at the Royal Oak Farmers Market in Detroit, Michigan.
- August 1: Barney performs a live show in Toronto at the Canada's Wonderland event.
- December 1-16: Barney's Magical Christmas performed in Singapore.
Home video releases[]
- March: Egg-Cellent Adventures is re-released in stores.
- July 3: Barney's Halloween Party, Be My Valentine, Love Barney, Barney's Christmas Star, Barney's Red, Yellow and Blue!, Celebrating Around The World, The Best of Barney, We Love Our Family, Egg-Cellent Adventures, Best Fairy Tales, Big World Adventure, A Very Merry Christmas, I Love My Friends, Clean Up, Clean Up!, Planes, Trains & Cars, All About Opposites, Most Loveable Moments, Let's Go to the Doctor, Let's Go to the Moon, Play with Barney, Dance with Barney, Imagine with Barney, Most Huggable Moments, Perfectly Purple, Story Time with Barney, Happy Birthday, Barney!, This is How I Feel, Tee-rific Bugs & Animals, It's Showtime with Barney, Barney's Worldwide Adventure!, Dinos in the Park, and Playground Fun! are re-released to stores, being distributed by 9 Story Media Group.
- August 28: Barney's Halloween Party is re-released in stores with a glow-in-the-dark cover.
Merchandise[]
- Early January: The following toys, Barney Buddies, "I Love You" Barney and Baby Bop plush toys, and a Speak 'n Sing Jumbo Barney plush were all released by Fisher-Price.
- Early February: The Best Manners Phone was released by Fisher-Price.
- Pre-July: BoxLunch exclusively releases the Barney The Dinosaur Katakana T-Shirt.
Television[]
- December 17: Barney & Friends returns to television in the US, this time airing on Universal Kids.
People[]
Deaths[]
- May 15 - Dean Stefan (writer)
- May 22 - Jeffrey Jaynes, D.D.S (special thanks to)
Trivia[]
- According to the Wayback Machine, the Barney website was taken down on June 26, 2018. The site's address redirects to the Mattel site instead.