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. <br /><br />Angry Lego fans are now demanding refunds after being left disappointed by the <br />"rip-off" Brick Fest Live experience at Birmingham's NEC over the bank holiday.<br /><br />The event promised “a jaw-dropping collection of brick creations from across the globe”, which would be “mind-blowing” and amaze “adults and children”. <br /><br />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”. <br /><br />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". <br /><br />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". <br /><br />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”.<br /><br />Steven Halsey, 70, from Corby, Northants., who visited on Sunday (26/5), said the massive room dwarfed the sparse attractions it had on offer.<br /><br />He added: “There was nothing there, it was a total empty space really. I have more Lego in my house than they have there.”<br /><br />Mr Halsey, who is disabled and relies on the care of his wife, Maureen, 67, said he had undertaken a 110 mile round trip to see the displays but was left with a bitter taste in his mouth.<br /><br />He added: “It was disgusting, they are money grabbers. You could be in and out within five minutes.<br /><br />“I have seen better displays in village halls. I am sure Lego would not be too happy.”<br /><br />Mr Halsey received two tickets worth nearly £40 from his daughter as a birthday present.<br /><br />His daughter, Emma Harris, 41, from Great Doddington, Northants, said: “He is disabled and my mum is his carer so it takes a lot for them to get out and about. <br /><br />“Since I bought the tickets as a birthday gift, I’m very disappointed for them.” <br /><br />Mr Halsey said his son, Mark, 45, from the Isle of Wight, had warned him about going to the Brick Fest Live event. <br /><br />Mark had attended the same event in Southampton and told his father than it was “crap” - but he says the Birmingham event looked even worse.<br /><br />Mr Halsey said he had written to the organisers and is seeking a refund. <br /><br />Footage from the event shows a vast expanse with small Lego installations dotted across a gunmetal grey flooring of scratch marks and sticky tape.<br /><br />There were some life-size models, a ‘Brick Pit’ to play in, brick mosaics to add to and piles of loose bricks for visitors to build their own creation.<br /><br />At the event, held between May 25-27, there was also a bouncy castle and trestle tables to sit.<br /><br />Other dissatisfied customers took to social media to label the event an “absolute rip off”, and a “massive scam”, with many saying they would be pushing for a
