Hi Pat,
I, myself, have always liked the jointed dolls. I don't have my A&V dolls yet so I can't comment on them but I do have a CED Colin (love her BTW), the jointing is reminiscent of the vintage Dollikins. The new Alex doll will apparently have lots of joints too, even the ankles and toes I believe. I'm not that fond of Alex but the joints sound very appealing. I would love to see a modern Barbie sized doll with joints like the CED dolls. I even prefer the Barbie dolls with the jointed knees rather than the bend knees but I don't like the hands that they use on many of them so I prefer the jointed knees on the newer style body (w/o twist waist) or I use the other body and replace the lower part of the arms with the ballerina hands.