# Disney Store Closes ‘Until Further Notice’ After Scalpers Get ‘Aggressive’ Waiting for Lorcana Drop

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/disney-store-closes-until-further-notice-after-scalpers-get-aggressive-waiting-for-lorcana-drop/
- Published: 2026-07-17T18:36:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T11:15:53+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-store-closes-until-further-notice-after-scalpers-get-aggressive-waiting-for-lorcana-drop
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- London Disney Store shut after scalpers turned aggressive over new Lorcana cards
- Fans queued 12 hours ahead; store cancelled launch, closed indefinitely
- Similar scalper chaos reported at Disneyland Paris and California stores

## Summary

A Disney Store on London's Oxford Street closed "until further notice" after crowds of scalpers turned aggressive while queuing for a new Disney Lorcana card release, cancelling the launch event entirely. The disruption highlights growing concerns about organised resale groups disrupting collectable card game releases, echoing similar problems affecting Pokémon and One Piece trading cards, and raises questions about how retailers can manage demand safely.

Fans began queuing for at least four blocks outside the Oxford Street store nearly 12 hours before doors opened on 17 July for the Curator's Collection: Heroines Edition, featuring characters including Ariel, Elsa and Mulan. Witnesses described "scalpers and gangs" pushing to the front of the queue and behaving violently, prompting the store to cancel the event and remain closed, while similar scenes of scalpers overwhelming queues were also reported at Disneyland locations in California and Paris; Disney has not yet issued an official statement.

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