I'm growing an attachment to larger haps. My Bucco Rhoadsii is more breathtaking than any photo could possibly do justice, and he's only about 70%! My Champ still has a lot of growing out to do. My Livingstoni is quite nice as well, and of course Spilonotus, bot Mara Rocks and as someone has a photo of, Tanzania!
Some of my alltime favorites are still P. Taiwan Reef, and P. Phenechilus Tanz! I'll toss in Mylochromis Latastraga as another favorite.
I'm also fond of several peacocks, Ruby Red, Ngara, Blue Neon Otter Point, Midnight
So I guess I'd have to go HAP on this one.
I'm not surprised by the popularity of Mbuna. Being somewhat cheap and easy to come by(common species anyway)I think they lead you into the more hard core stuff, but for me, I now find them undesireable. I'm still breeding Cobue and Labs(which is a fish I really like), but before I do another Mbuna tank, Id probably try a Discus tank, a SA/CA tank, or even a Rainbowfish tank... all before I'd do Mbuna.