I think the repro market has a place , but I would love to see anything repro MARKED as such , or has enough of a physical difference so it is easily spotted ... Direct 1:1 repros do hurt the collector market because you will always get someone uneducated or unscrupulous enough, to be trying to pass it off as an original at some time in its future ... I would rather see a company making something completely ORIGINAL along the same lines or taking visual cues off something that has a potential future of BECOMING its own "collectible " and in that way positively contributing to the hobby in the long run, not only by increasing the market range, but doing it affordably rather than pioneering itself at 90% of the asking price or more of an original and riding the coat-tails of desire-ability...
Lets face it 99% of our sort after vintage beauties did not originaly present themselves as being collectible, but rather they were an affordable exercise to add to the hobby .. it is time, patina, and survivabilty that made them have a value that has increased , rather than an inflated sense of worth due to artificially boosting their desire or limiting their production by going for the big score markup initially ... our forefathers saw the sense is selling 10,000 products for $5 profit each , rather than selling 100 products for $200 profit each.
The latter example builds personal wealth, the former builds nations 
The former gives employment over the long term, it allows more people to engage with the company, and it helps retailers, workers, and the purchaser get the better deal... Too often its all about the quick high value $$$ grab 
( steps off soapbox)
oh and as @Tinplate Art
Says "The main goal is to ENJOY whatever you have! " 
