MYTHICAL beasts and wild animals have taken up residence in Bournemouth for the next few days.

But people needn’t worry as they are made entirely made out of Lego bricks.

The Great Brick Adventure, by Bright Bricks, is taking place at the BIC until Sunday and it is estimated that a staggering five or six million Lego bricks are being used at the event.

In the Solent Hall, visitors can come face-to-face with life-sized Bengal tiger, Tenzin, that took six people 392 hours to build using 84,780 bricks and comes complete with sound effects.

Other attractions in The Great Brick Safari zone include gorillas, an elephant, kangaroos, zebras and all manner of creepy crawlies.

However, the main attraction was the Feed the Frogs game with young and old invited to launch Lego bricks into the mouths of some hungry frogs built out of Lego.

Sophie, 11, who was visiting with her family from Waterlooville, said: “I like the frogs because you get to fire the Lego bricks.”

Dad Richard said: “The Lego was the driving factor for our visit to Bournemouth today.”

Jude Gilbert, from Beckenham in Kent, bought her eldest nephew a Lego Voltron as a family wedding present.

She said “I love Lego. We left home at 6.15am this morning. It’s lovely to see because it’s brilliant.”

Meanwhile, in the Windsor Hall, Lego fans can encounter mythical beasts including the impressive seven-headed Hydra, complete with glowing red eyes, which took six builders 112 hours to create using a whopping 177,000 bricks.

Each Hydra head has its own name and brave souls can meet Hamilton, Hansel, Harold, Harry, Harvey, Horace and Horatio if they dare.

Another beast is Vladdigar the Chimera that has the head of three different animals and a tail ending in a hissing snake.

Ollie, 11, who was visiting with his sister Mia, 8, and family from near Fordingbridge, said: "I've been to places like this before and they're amazing and I wanted to come somewhere like this again."

For those itching to have a go at making their own creations, there’s an architecture play zone and people can also help to build The Temple of Artemis.

There’s even a Warriorbots area where people can participate in live tournaments using remote-controlled robots built using Lego bricks and power functions. Participants must drive their opponent into a pit before a timer stops in front of other visitors in an activity described as “Robot Wars in Lego.”

Ed Diment, of Bright Bricks, said: “Some of our touring shows have been to other venues before individually but this is the first time we’ve brought them together and created an entire show in its own right. Under The Great Brick Adventure banner, it is an adventure to go and see what you can do with Lego bricks and to inspire people to build their own models.”

He added: “We’ve tried to be inventive with some of the creations we’ve done in terms of how they look but everybody will have their own individual favourite.”

The event runs until Sunday from 10am to 6pm daily. Last admission 5pm. Tickets: £13.45, under-16s £11.45, under-threes free, family tickets (two adults, two children) £9.99.