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    Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Scott Arthur
   Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? I know this is a weak question, but is it? With 652 parts... it must be close? See it at (URL) A (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Dave Lovelace
     (...) Yep...nothing's bigger out there, larger by far than the #6986 Space Police I Mission Commander, with "but" 462 pieces... The #6982 has a box identical in size to the #7171 Mos Espa Podrace and #6979 Interstellar Starfighter (with a (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Jonathan Wilson
       (...) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
     
          Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Scott Edward Sanburn
      (...) It is big, but the SP ships are both bigger, but not by much. The Explorien ship is the biggest, but it does so by having a hap-hazard design. Not my favorite set, I have two of 6982 in a box screaming to be rebuilt. Scott S. (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
    
         Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Scott Arthur
      It looks like i'm in for a long weekend! (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Steve Bliss
   (...) I only checked three obvious contenders, and my count is subject to the limitations of the source material. Steve "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Dave Lovelace
    (...) I would tend to define "largest set" strictly by part count, since TLG has cheated so many times by alluding to volume with a well-photographed but intrinsically wireframe structure (Space Lock-Up Isolation Base, hello). Anyway, as far as (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Scott Arthur
   (...) nothing's (...) I thought in the USA size was everything? Scott A (running for cover) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
   
        Re: Is the 6982 (Explorien Starship ) the biggest spaceship? —Shaun Sullivan
   (...) I thought ... wait, this is a G-rated newsgroup, isn't it? ;) follow-ups posted to lugnet.risque shaun (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
 

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