Feature: Kids have fun building Lego at Lisbon's MEO Fan event

MEO Fan event 2016 kicked off here on Saturday, offering both adults and children the chance to explore and play, building with Lego blocks, playing video games among a variety of activities.

"This is the second edition of this toy fair where we have several collections, with the highlight this year being the Titanic ship made of 220,000 pieces," curator of the event Paulo Neves told Xinhua.

The ship was made by Bright Bricks, led by Ed Diment, and took at least three months to make.

Neves also pointed to the giant Lego constructions of footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Eusebio in the entrance, Portugal's main football stars.

Neves had his own lighthouse made out of Lego blocks on display which he purchased recently.

The "Megabloks" area was undoubtedly most popular among children, where they built their dream homes and animals.

"My 6 year old daughter loved the pool of (Lego) pieces," said Sonia Realista, 39, an architect. "I am always wanting her to play Lego but she wasn't very interested at home, so I think this event is really important for children to play and use their heads."

Her daughter made a house out of Lego blocks, but Realista had enjoyed seeing the Lego constructions made by professionals, where you could see on display an impressive number of miniature detailed villages, with shops, a cinema, trees, and people, and the streets lined with trees, as well as a train track.

At the other end of the event there is a Barbie section where you can find collections styled by Raul Lopes, who purchases the barbies and then designs their clothes and scene.

His collections on display included "Florence and the Machine," "Costume Ball" and "Lusitana Paixao." In another collection he had portrayed a Portuguese pop band from the 1980s called Doce, composed of four women.

Children had their pictures taken in another corner which their parents could later find on Facebook, with the girls sitting in a princess-like chair.

The girls also had a table where they could have their make-up done and nails painted to look like princesses, clearly avoiding a gender-neutral approach in the event.

At the event you can also purchase Lego pieces and adults can enjoy a typical Portuguese liquor called Ginja, among other treats.

The event will end on May 1. Endit