Completely out of character - disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2019)

I was a freshman in college when the first Toy Story movie came out and I was an instant fan. The characters are so endearing, including the new ones added as the series went on. They do a great job at developing their story lines so you become emotionally invested in them. I had reservations going to see the 4th one as the 3rd one seemed like the perfect ending but off I went with my kids.
Unfortunately, I was let down. Yes, it was funny and entertaining and my kids loved it but I didn't. The new characters were hit and miss. Forky was a well developed, complex character and Duke Caboom had a good story line as we can all relate to getting a new toy that did not live up to the expectation set by the TV commercial. However, he was in the movie for only a few minutes and Forky went from main character to "lost" toy we hardly saw again. As for Ducky and Bunny and Giggle McDimples, I didn't feel like they added much to the movie and I would have rather spend more time with the original gang, which we hardly got to see.
Gabby Gabby was not a good villain and she didn't have a believable story. If she was defective from the factory, how did she pass inspection? How come the antique store owner didn't fix her voice box in order to sell her as a collectible item? She was an annoying bully who stole Woody's voice box and I didn't have much sympathy for her but at the end I am supposed to care for her?
The worst was the movie's treatment of the main characters we've come to know and love. Woody, Buzz and Bonnie behave in ways completely out of character. What are the chances of Bonnie leaving out ONLY Woody at play time? And Woody having a mid life crisis and abandoning his kid and friends? Buzz believing his recordings are real? Even Be Bop went from a sweet ceramic shepherdess to...a broken Lara Croft? How and when did this all happen? Perhaps that would have been a more interesting movie, however, in the movie these changes happened overnight and we are supposed to go along with them. Very disappointing.