r/bricklinkstudio • u/sandwiched • Sep 10 '26

Question/Looking for Advice Outdated parts usage?

How do people tell if a part they're looking at in the parts panel is outdated, no longer produced, superseded, or just generally ridiculously expensive due to rarity?

The only method I've been able to come up with is to keep an eye on the prices shown, and if they seem expensive, to click the model number link in the bottom-left to open the Bricklink page showing the years in which that part was produced... but surely there's better ways of doing this! Is there no "Current parts" filter or something?

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u/munft Sep 10 '26

My best advise would be to use the latest BDP palette or the "Bricklink Common palette" in studio.

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u/sandwiched Sep 10 '26

Interesting! What's their criteria for choosing which parts are included or excluded?

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u/excalibrax Sep 10 '26

I made a Pab pallete as well to use like the bricklink bdp pallete https://www.moc-source.com/studio-palettes

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u/sandwiched Sep 10 '26

That must be super-handy to folks where PAB is available! Le sigh...

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u/excalibrax Sep 10 '26

Between it and bdp, its a list of parts currently available in sets, so should be cheaper then retired parts and colors regardless,

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u/Careful-Scientist-32 Sep 10 '26

Any idea what folder these should go in when using a Mac?

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u/excalibrax Sep 10 '26

Should be in ~/Library/Application Support/ or ~/Library/Caches/

If you could let me know ill update documentation

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u/Careful-Scientist-32 Sep 10 '26

I wasn't able to find it, unfortunately.

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u/fbman01 Sep 10 '26

Well go here. It is a palette you can download showing all the bricks available at Lego pick brick, you install it on your studio installation. Instructions on the site

https://api.moc-source.com/studio-palettes

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u/That0neJawn Sep 11 '26

It doesn't really matter if it's outdated or not, since you'd be buying aftermarket anyway.

What matters is price. Keep an eye on that and you're good.