PHOTOS: Brick Fest a hit for kids and adults alike

Thousands of people filled the Rio Rancho Events Center floor Memorial Day weekend because of one common affinity for all things Lego as Brick Fest made its way to Rio Rancho May 25-26.

The moving attraction has been in many states. Event manager Randy Rine says the one held in New York attracted more than 12,000 people. The Rio Rancho Brick Fest was expected to have about 4,000.

"The New York one was super chaotic, but we try to train our temps to keep calm and be nice because we're just here to have a good time," he said.

The event isn't just about looking at Lego statues that have already been built, though. There were many activities for people to try.

Rine's personal favorite is the Lego car derby where people build a car out of Legos in a limited amount of time and race them to see whose is the fastest.

Amongst the other activities were a glow-in-the dark Lego building, an architecture building, a brick pit filled with Legos and building a giant Lego mural.

Fans of the Lego Masters TV show also had a chance to meet Manny Garcia from season one. He took eighth place with his father Nestor.

Another manager for the event, Melissa Banister, explained that it all started with the CEO and his daughter on YouTube. Later the event started going on the road in 2016.

"We have a lot of stuff that helps keep the imagination of kids going," she said.

Banister says the hope is to inspire the next generation of engineers. Brick Fest is also popular with kids who have special needs.

"We've had people tell us, 'Our kid has been sitting here building Legos ever since they came to Brick Fest.' So that's awesome. We totally encourage that," she added.

The next stop for the attraction will be Indianapolis in June. For more information about the event, see the website.