Disney Store Closes 'Until Further Notice' After Scalpers Get 'Aggressive' Waiting for Lorcana Drop

A Disney store successful London has nope’d retired of selling the latest Lorcana driblet aft a monolithic swarm of fans lined up for blocks extracurricular the building, with immoderate adjacent getting “aggressive” toward different players.

The newest Lorcana driblet is benignant of a large deal. The Curator’s Collection: Heroines Edition features immoderate of the brand’s astir celebrated faces, including Ariel, Anna, Elsa, Jasmine, Mulan, and more.

Understandably, this makes it 1 of the much fashionable paper drops successful the bid — but a Disney store connected Oxford Street, London was unprepared for precisely however fashionable the postulation would be.

UK fans took to societal media with photos of the scene, showing throngs of players lined up for astatine slightest 4 blocks extracurricular the determination astir 12 hours earlier doors opened connected July 17. And connected motorboat day, things got adjacent much hectic.

As told by idiosyncratic DazRollsDice connected X, “scalpers and gangs” successful attendance exhibited “violent, assertive behavior,” saying they were “taking implicit the queue and pushing to the front” of the store.

As a result, the Disney Oxford store formally canceled the event, adjacent deciding to support the determination closed “until further notice.”

— DazRollsDice (@dazrollsdice) July 17, 2026

In a connection posted to its authoritative X account, the determination promised to stock much accusation connected however guests tin acquisition the postulation “as soon arsenic possible,” thanking fans for their “patience and understanding.”

Oxford Street isn’t the lone Disney store suffering from a monolithic influx of collectors hoping to get their hands connected the paper set; Downtown Disneyland successful California is likewise drowning successful lines of fans crowded passim the taxable park, arsenic shown successful footage shared online by fans.

Even Disneyland Paris isn’t exempt from the fervor, with videos showing scalpers sprinting done the parkland to snag a set.

#disney #lorcana #scalpers @DisneylandParis 🤬 pic.twitter.com/wxn4m1BHuO

— Shinto (@Farenti35845405) July 17, 2026

Thus far, Disney itself has not issued a connection addressing the issue, leaving players distraught. If it’s immoderate comfort, Lorcana is acold from the lone TCG suffering from a scalper epidemic; One Piece fans and Pokemon players are besides hard up dealing with scalpers tilting the market, with immoderate adjacent reselling Pokemon-themed Pop Tarts for upwards of $25 online.

Luckily, immoderate companies are taking a basal against resellers, with Japanese institution Bic Camera’s Tokyo subdivision knowledge-chacking would-be buyers with a quiz earlier they tin acquisition a Pokemon TCG paper pack.

(Image credit: X.com: @dazrollsdice)

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