I agree completely with the OP. Popup prices have gone up dramatically versus TT prices.
About 1999 or 2000, we bought a pretty basic Starcraft pup for about $5k, kept it just one summer, reasons not important. IIRC a basic TT was about $10k at that time.
In 2011 I bought a KZ Escape for a hair under $10k. Sold it this summer. But I think I could still buy a new one for about the same, $10k, today. Meanwhile, where are the $5k pups? They are all about double that price now.
If mfrs could make pups for half the cost of a TT just a few years ago, what changed? Anything, besides the profit margin?
The answer might lie in how many pup mfrs there are today. Whereas there are plenty of TT mfrs, causing stiffer competition in that area.
