"unfortunate reality is that most people casually throw the term "repro" (or "repop") at anything "new". "

Ok. I see your point but raise u a question:
WHAt is it called???? A Retrospective Production or what??? I don;t think there is a ny genearly accepted, widely used not commonly understood word to describe any modern representations of historic artifacts other than grouping them into repops. Enlighten me.