20 cm the underlying movable mechanical parts of the doll assembly are preferably arranged in appropriate locations for example in the case of providing a doll with movable eyes and mouth the movable eyelids 117 and jaw piece 119 are provided as shown e g in fig3 and 4 and the sheath 1001 is then placed over the shell 303 a tip 607 of each eyelid piece 117 is secured glued underneath each top eyelid 1012 of the sheath the jaw piece 119 is preferably attached glued to a lower lip 1014 of the sheath 1011 otherwise the sheath 1011 is preferably free of any other points of attachment to the shell 303 to enable free movement otherwise accordingly when the eyelids 117 and jaw piece 119 move the attached top eyelids 1012 and lower lip 1014 of the sheath 1011 move in conjunction and thus result in the simulation of facial expressions advantageously the sheath 39 s 1011 material qualities thickness and mode of attachment enable a realistic effect of facial movements a wide array of movements e g movable ears eyebrows etc can be simulated with alteration of points of attachment and mechanical parts as necessary having described preferred.