A toy bow assembly used to launch toy projectiles, said toy bow assembly comprising: a bow structure having a first arm section with a first sheathed area, a second arm section with a second sheathed area, and a central area disposed between said first arm section and said second arm section; a first reinforcement tube; a first elastic element that extends through said first reinforcement tube, said first elastic element having two opposite ends that are anchored to said first arm section, said first elastic element extending through said first sheathed area and forming a first loading loop that extends out of said first sheathed area into said central area, wherein said first sheathed area shields said first elastic element extending therethrough from exposure to ambient light, and wherein said first reinforcement tube shields said first loading loop in said central area from exposure to ambient light; a second reinforcement tube; a second elastic element that extends through said second reinforcement tube, said second elastic element having two opposite ends that are anchored to said second arm section, said second elastic element extending through said second sheathed area and forming a second loading loop that extends out of said second sheathed area into said central area, wherein said second sheathed area shields said second elastic element extending therethrough from exposure to ambient light; wherein said first loading loop and said second loading loop are separate and distinct elements that are spaced apart within said central area, and the ends of the first elastic element are affixed to a first anchor post within the first sheathed area and the ends of the second elastic element are affixed to a second anchor post within the second sheathed area. a bow structure having a first arm section with a first sheathed area, a second arm section with a second sheathed area, and a central area disposed between said first arm section and said second arm section; a first reinforcement tube; a first elastic element that extends through said first reinforcement tube, said first elastic element having two opposite ends that are anchored to said first arm section, said first elastic element extending through said first sheathed area and forming a first loading loop that extends out of said first sheathed area into said central area, wherein said first sheathed area shields said first elastic element extending therethrough from exposure to ambient light, and wherein said first reinforcement tube shields said first loading loop in said central area from exposure to ambient light; a second reinforcement tube; a second elastic element that extends through said second reinforcement tube, said second elastic element having two opposite ends that are anchored to said second arm section, said second elastic element extending through said second sheathed area and forming a second loading loop that extends out of said second sheathed area into said central area, wherein said second sheathed area shields said second elastic element extending therethrough from exposure to ambient light; wherein said first loading loop and said second loading loop are separate and distinct elements that are spaced apart within said central area, and the ends of the first elastic element are affixed to a first anchor post within the first sheathed area and the ends of the second elastic element are affixed to a second anchor post within the second sheathed area.