Yes real collectors. You are asking for people to blatantly help you to make a fake version of something. If you cared about collecting you would use a clamshell case with the repro art and not talk about "making my own for $700". You will not justify this to me, and no matter how much you spend it won't make it anymore real than an actual copy.
Also that isn't what gatekeeping is. I'm not trying to stop anyone from joining the hobby. I'm just not going to help someone make fake products. If you would have said, hey I'm trying to make a copy of this box to make a better clamshell so it looks better then I probably would have helped you, but you are blatantly saying you are planning to repro a box. With as many people as I've seen scammed even 1 fake box is too many.