I completely agree with what you said; eventhough I don't have 15 years of experience. Gecko personality and behaviour might be very subtle, you need to spend a lot of time watching them and interacting with them to notice it; or for them to develope it. I think it has to do with how the animal is kept, and the amount of time the owner spent with the animal.
Edit: I just finished reading the whole thread. I understand what Seamus is saying; but I still stand by what I observed with my geckos. I have my favourites, but I don't want to be biased so I tried my best to treat them all equally; meaning they all have the same size glass tank with the same furniture layout, facing the same direction. Of the 6 adult males that I have (their tanks are lined up the same wall), 2 are extremely social, they will come out from where ever they are, as soon as I set foot in the gecko room, and climb glass until you pick them up - not for food or warmth too, just wanted to be picked up. And 2 that will walk back to hide under their wood when they see me, these 2 don't even want to come out to eat in front of me. The others are somewhat in between, but I can still tell their subtle behaviour differences. Imagine the tanks are numbered 1-6 from the window, the 2 social ones live in #2 and #6, the shy ones in #3 and #5. My favourite gecko that I try to pick him up whenever I see him is in #4.
**But these are just my own observation with my geckos. The females do behave slightly different to the males, and the 2 babies that I have act different between themselves too.
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