...I guess I can see your comparison, but hankens 
and repros are TOTALLY different. 

Hankens are a LOT more valuable. They are the 
cels which are created for merchandizing purposes 
(where a certain type of 'production value' comes 
in), and are often very beautiful and high 
quality. There is only ONE. Often, repro cels are 
based off of a hanken, and as such in a totally 
different world. Depending on the repro, the 
hankens can be drastically better quality. 
Another thing to note is that just because 
something is repro does not assure it's high 
quality or aesthetic pleasure....take the FY 
repros. Butt ugly (they chose the WORST, most 
simplistic shots), and from what I've heard not 
that well made. I've even heard of paint chipping 
from them pretty easily.

Also, people try very hard to get hankens 
now...in fact, I think the supply of hankens will 
run out long before the supply of production 
cels. So, no, I doubt in 15 years we'll all be 
collecting hankens and repros...we'll be 
collecting D-rate cels and, to those who choose, 
repros. Me, I'm not a repro person, I collect 
cels for their production value. If someone's in 
is just for the pretty pictures, WHY are they 
collecting cels? That's just STUPID..you're 
wasting your money. You could EASILY buy posters, 
prints, and stickers, or the million other 
cheaper items with MUCH prettier pictures on 
them...which were, incidentally, printed from 
hankens.

-Misha

P.S. - This is not menat to be hostile...reading 
it through, I realized it sounded as such, and 
it's not...I'm just trying to say that hankens 
and repros are -totally- different.