A Lego event hailed the 'world's largest brick festival' has been compared to Glasgow's Willy Wonka fiasco after visitors were greeted with a "bleak" and "empty" room. "

Angry Lego fans are now demanding refunds after being left disappointed by the
"rip-off" Brick Fest Live experience at Birmingham's NEC over the bank holiday."

The event promised "a jaw-dropping collection of brick creations from across the globe", which would be "mind-blowing" and amaze "adults and children". "

But attendees said the reality was a sparse offering of attractions inside an aircraft hanger-like room with one saying they'd seen "better displays in village halls". "

Others said the scenes reminded them of the now infamously disastrous 'Willy's Chocolate Experience' in Glasgow earlier this year and branded it "a scam". "

Lego superfans are now demanding their money back after travelling far and wide to for the £35 a ticket event which left them "disgusted" and "underwhelmed". "

The spectacle, which Lego does not sponsor, authorise or endorse, originates in the USA and describes itself as "the world's largest hands-on brick event"."