Wheeled turbine-powered toy vehicle and launcher apparatus

A wheeled turbine-powered toy vehicle comprising:

• (a) a frame;
• (b) rotatable ground-engaging wheel means on the frame proportioned and arranged to maintain the toy vehicle upright, and including at least one drive-wheel;
• (c) drive means on the frame and operatively coupled to said drive wheel for imparting rotation to said drive wheel, said drive means including a rotatably energy-storing fly wheel member and an air turbine operatively coupled to said fly wheel member to impart rotation to the fly wheel member;
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• (d) user blow means mounted on said frame for directing a flow of user blown air against said air turbine so as to cause it to rotate, said blow means comprising a mouthpiece open to the atmosphere for the user to place into his or her mouth and blow air into, conduit means with an outlet, said conduit means being connected to and in communication with the mouthpiece for directing air blown into the mouthpiece out of said outlet, said outlet being positioned adjacent to said air turbine so as to direct air at said air turbine so as to cause it to rotate, said drive wheel being mounted on the frame for generally vertical movement toward and away from a supporting surface, said drive wheel, and fly wheel, and said turbine being combined in a single unit rotatably mounted on a carrier which is in turn rotatably supported on said frame, said drive wheel being free floating whereby it is free to rest by virtue of its weight, upon the surface supporting the toy vehicle.