Then again - reenacting is pretty popular and dress up is part of the allure. No one thinks bad about grown men dressing up like band of brothers to spend the weekend, so there has to be someone to shoot at. So maybe there is another legitimate reason for the newly made crap.
I'm sure someone on this board would have chimed in before if there was a WWII reenactment group in New England. So there probably isn't a real market for the stuff.
I still wish there were more freaking GUNS for sale at gunshows! Is that too much to ask for?
There are several WWII units in NE, many part of the Living History Association. New repro items are usually preferred over actual historic items for several reasons.