Incomudro
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Yeah, my fraternal twin sons are now 23, and none of them nor their friends ever pretended to be cowboys, or play cowboys.Having been a boy in the 90s there were no large groups of kids/boys playing cowboys, or looking to be cowboys. You are talking about the Nintendo/online generation of kids. Boys were playing video games, not pretending to ride horses.
You were also starting in 99 into the horrific period of school shootings. You didn’t have any societal appetite for playing traditional cowboys, or any scenarios where kids and guns, even play guns was anywhere near popular/promoted.
Heck, I was born in '63, and we never did it.
A friend of mine had some Johnny West toys, but I didn't want them.
We played "army."
One of my sons watched all of the Clint Eastwood westerns, including Unforgiven.
But that was more because Clint is cool. He watched Dirty Harry and Gran Torino and The Mule as well.