And sometimes one must weigh carefully between hardcore - an item shop that supplies serious advantage* for those willing to pay - and moderate, which is AOs current "Item shop", together with all its account possibilites and Pre-Order re-buys. I'm all in favor of increasing this, handing out more fun stuff from the Phasefront vendors including those replicas mentioned even adjusting the prices somewhat.
Of course it all depends on the prices, especially the impact of those buyable buffs and VP. But this is just the difference between bad and seriously bad in my opinion.
'Cobbler, stick to your trade' comes into mind.
*Serious does not mean "Buy all your phats now!", although one could say that this could be the case with buying VP and selling OFAB.