Rads, by having someone fabricate a replica item, you ARE infringing on copyright.
Copyright laws are a tough as nails, they have every angle covered, and you basically can't do ANYTHING (legally) to reproduce any items without permission of the copyright holder.
To gain permission will mean buying a partial-right to reproduce, which can be $50k to million$, hence nobody ever gets permission to reproduce items.
Besides waiting for the 50/70year copyright ownership to expire, you're stuffed ;-)
It's worth a look for everyone to visit some local (Aussie) copyright info sites, although it can be quite tedious reading, it opens up a whole world of questions & rights of ownership.
I think copyright law would have to be the darkest of them all, and i applaud the legal teams that handle it...nasty stuff.
Marty.
