Abstract: A life-like doll has a soft body to better simulate the characteristics of a human body. The doll has an internal structure, which allows for life-like movement and positioning or posing. The internal structure includes sections or segments connected together by pivot, twist or ball joints. The joints have sufficient resistance to movement, via friction or a detent, to hold the limbs and torso of the doll into given posed positions. The soft body covers and conceals the internal structure, so that the doll has a life-like appearance.