Toy projectile launcher and apparatus

A toy launching method to launch a projectile or amount of launchable matter, comprising the steps of:

• providing an outer housing having a chamber within for receiving and temporarily containing projectiles or launchable matter therein, with a handle portion of the outer housing for single-handed grasping by a hand of a user;
• positioning a trigger generally adjacent the handle portion, the trigger being optional depressed by the user to cause the launch of the projectile or the amount of launchable matter;
• disposing an exit aperture on a forward end of the outer housing, the exit aperture being in general alignment with the chamber such that upon use of the trigger, the projectile or amount of launchable matter is launched with forward momentum through the exit aperture;
• and
• disposing a manual actuator on a rear end or side of the outer housing for optional use by a thumb on said hand of said user for optional depression forwardly against a manual actuator bias by the user to directly actuate an optional feature of the toy launcher, wherein said step of disposing the manual actuator provides that the manual actuator bias closes said optional feature of said toy launcher and maintains said optional feature as closed, with said manual actuator bias allowing use with said thumb for directly opening said optional feature to a second mechanically open position while said trigger is depressed generally rearwardly against a trigger bias during use of said toy launcher.