Well, he didn’t decide to keep it himself — after all, he was only a kid at the time. It was a family member of his who helped him hold onto the unforgettable outfit. “My mom always kept memorabilia from all the things I did, with no hope that they would have any value or anything, but I actually have the bunny suit,” he admitted recently during an interview with Dan Patrick on “The Dan Patrick Show.” The two men went on to have an amusing conversation about how pretending to be upset about being forced to wear an adorable pink bunny suit wasn’t exactly his most challenging scene. Children doing method acting — what a concept!
But that isn’t the only prop or costume from the film that his forethinking mother decided to keep for posterity. “I have the cowboy outfit, and I have the original gun, which is crazy,” he went on to explain. Billingsley told Patrick that he keeps the gun in a humidity-controlled safe off-site and that he has no idea how much it could be worth today. If he ever did get into a financial bind, though, he could probably sell it for a pretty penny. Your average Red Ryder BB Gun starter kit retails for about $50 today, but a signed replica with Billingsley’s own John Hancock on it is selling for ten times as much right now on eBay. So if he ever wanted to sell the original movie prop — and christen it with his autograph — that toy gun could be worth a small fortune.
