▁series . ▁L ego ▁models ▁of ▁important ▁scenes , ▁vehicles ▁and ▁characters ▁were ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁six ▁films ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁books ▁released . ▁The ▁first ▁sets ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁to ▁co inci de ▁with ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁film , ▁Harry ▁Pot ter ▁and ▁the ▁Phil os opher ' s ▁Stone ▁( Har ry ▁Pot ter ▁and ▁the ▁Sor cer er ' s ▁Stone ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ). ▁Sub sequ ent ▁sets ▁were ▁released ▁alongside ▁the ▁new ▁films , ▁until ▁Harry ▁Pot ter ▁and ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix . ▁The ▁line ▁then ▁went ▁d orm ant ▁for ▁three ▁years , ▁with ▁sets ▁being ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁more ▁sets ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Harry ▁Pot ter ▁franch ise ▁would ▁be ▁released , ▁including ▁new ▁sets ▁based ▁on ▁Fant astic ▁Be asts ▁and ▁Where ▁to ▁Find ▁Th em ▁and ▁its ▁sequ el , ▁Fant astic ▁Be asts : ▁The ▁Cr imes ▁of ▁Gr ind el wald . ▁ ▁Information ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁L ego ▁owner ▁and ▁CE O ▁K j eld ▁Kirk ▁Krist ians en ▁announced ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁direction ▁for ▁the ▁company , ▁which ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁facing ▁a ▁D K K ▁ 1 . 4 ▁billion ▁loss , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁would ▁focus ▁on ▁core ▁products ▁and ▁not ▁" big , ▁movie - related ▁IP