Don't Copy Me

The Shulchan Aruch Yorah Deah (140:5) brings the law that one is not allowed to make vessels that look like the one's of the mikdash.  The Shach understands if one makes a menorah without גביעים וכפתורים one violates this prohibition only by a menorah of non- gold metal for only then it is כשר as discussed in the last post.  Rebbe Akiva Eger brings the Tevuos Shor holds that even a menorah made of gold without גביעים וכפתורים is prohibited.  Why should it be prohibited if its not kosher for the menoras mikdash?
There are two ways to understand this prohibition of mimicking vessels of the mikdash.  The simple read of the Gemorah in Avodah Zarah (43a-b) is that its the same prohibition as making images of angelic creators which the prohibition at the end of Mishpatim, לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּן אִתִּ֑י אֱלֹ֤הֵי כֶ֙סֶף֙ וֵאלֹהֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ לָכֶֽם.  However, the Rambam cites the prohibition in Beis Habechirah (8:10) in the context of מורה מקדש.  From here the Minchas Chinuch (39:1) proves that the Rambam holds its not the aforementioned issur of לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּן אִתִּ֑י, rather imitating the kelim of the mikdash is a lack of יראת מקדש.  This is explicit in the Chinuch (254) as well.
Based upon the last post where we established that the menorah of gold without גביעים וכפתורים is kosher for lighting, just not kosher to fulfill the din of making a menorah, says the Masseh Yad we can understand the machlokes baed upon the previous two ways of understanding the issur of mimiking the kelim of the mikdash,.  If its a violation of לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּן אִתִּ֑י, that applies here as well for it is kosher for lighting.  However, if its a violation of מורה מקדש is is inapplicable for it is not classified as an object of the mikdash.