What are some way to make use of 2x width bricks?

[ziljin]

I tend to avoid using them because I find their bulky size limiting. Plus they have stronger grip than the 1x bricks which makes it more difficult for me to remove when dismantling builds. So I was wondering what I could do with them. Since nearly every set comes with them, plus I foolishly bought a few of my own on occasion.

[Etzel]

I tend to avoid using them because I find their bulky size limiting. Plus they have stronger grip than the 1x bricks which makes it more difficult for me to remove when dismantling builds. So I was wondering what I could do with them. Since nearly every set comes with them, plus I foolishly bought a few of my own on occasion.

If the colours aren't right I tend to use them as support and fillers when I'm building MOCs with elevation and hight differences. If the colours are good for landscaping I use them for that. For example I used almost all my red, yellow and black 2x bricks inside this MOC and used my dark grey, green and brown ones on the outside.

[prateek]

I use them as walls since I don't have that many 1X* bricks, and they are good for making roofs since I don't have a lot of slope bricks.

Edited February 14, 2010 by prateek

[NorthernKnight]

Filler, terrain, walls in big buildings... They are useful for building anything big.

[brickzone]

They are also useful not just as obvious structural support (e.g. supporting underneath a large area) but also just to join pieces for more strength - e.g. a double wall, a recessed window/doorway, etc.

I have the opposite problem - I don't have enough! At least in black which is what I need for my current project. And I don't have a sufficient surplus of basic colours to throw those away on hidden features! So I'm a bit stuck! I guess I need to buy some basic bricks but there's always something more interesting. However I'll probably resort to kiloware off ebay again (even then I tend to look for colour/part combinations I use in features!)