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ALL ANSWERS · POP CULTURE · DAILY No. 12 · SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

Size It Up Pop Culture answer: September 15

The five Pop Culture silhouettes for September 15, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.

Day 12 ran from a tennis ball (6.7 cm) to the Destroy Gundam (56.3 m). The widest gap was round 1, Gundam Aerial against Holstein Cow, at 7.2×; the closest call was round 5, Mjolnir against Haunter, only 3.3× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Gundam Aerial Gundam · The Witch from Mercury · XVX-016 vs Holstein Cow

    Holstein Cow · reference · 2.5 m
    Gundam Aerial · true height · 18 m

    7.2× taller than the Holstein cow

    Gundam Aerial measures about 18 m in height. Published head height, from soles to the top of the head; raised weapons and backpack equipment are excluded.

  2. ROUND 2

    Togepi Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Tennis Ball

    Tennis Ball · reference · 6.7 cm
    Togepi · true height · 30 cm

    4.5× taller than the tennis ball

    Togepi measures about 0.3 m in height. Uses the official Pokédex height for the standard form, excluding alternate forms and transformations.

  3. ROUND 3

    X-wing Starfighter Star Wars · Rebel X-wing · Databank vs Destroy Gundam Gundam · Gundam SEED Destiny · GFAS-X1 mobile-suit form

    Destroy Gundam · reference · 56.3 m
    X-wing Starfighter · true length · 13.4 m

    4.2× shorter than the Destroy Gundam

    X-wing Starfighter measures about 13.4 m in length. Uses the Databank length, nose to stern; other reference books list different specifications.

  4. ROUND 4

    Dialga Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form vs Space Shuttle Orbiter

    Space Shuttle Orbiter · reference · 37.2 m
    Dialga · true height · 5.4 m

    6.9× shorter than the Space Shuttle Orbiter

    Dialga measures about 5.4 m in height. Uses the standard form, excluding alternate transformations.

  5. ROUND 5

    Mjolnir Marvel · Thor: The Dark World · stunt prop vs Haunter Pokémon · Standard Pokédex form

    Haunter · reference · 1.6 m
    Mjolnir · true length · 49 cm

    3.3× shorter than Haunter

    Mjolnir measures about 0.49 m in length. Approximate overall length of the 2013 stunt hammer, catalogued separately from its display stand (49 cm).

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