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The \u003ca href=\"https://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US/news/2026/06/curators-collection-heroines\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eCurator’s Collection: Heroines Edition\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/a\u003e features some of the brand’s most famous faces, including Ariel, Anna, Elsa, Jasmine, Mulan, and more.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderstandably, this makes it one of the more popular card drops in the series — but a Disney store on Oxford Street, London was unprepared for exactly how popular the collection would be.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/07/17/disney-lorcana-heroines-collection-1784312929908.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2026/07/17/disney-lorcana-heroines-collection-1784312929908.jpg\" class=\"article-image-full-size\" title=\"undefined\"/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003eUK fans took to social media with photos of the scene, showing throngs of players lined up for at \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ItsaMeCooper/status/2077984927342014544?s=20\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eleast four blocks\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/a\u003e outside the location nearly 12 hours before doors opened on July 17. And on launch day, things got even more hectic.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs told by user DazRollsDice on X, “scalpers and gangs” in attendance exhibited “violent, aggressive behavior,” saying they were “taking over the queue and pushing to the front” of the store.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a result, the Disney Oxford store formally canceled the event, even deciding to keep the location closed “until further notice.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWow. I have no words! \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/hashtag/Lorcana?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e#Lorcana\u003c/a\u003e London Oxford St launch cancelled due to violent, aggressive behaviour with scalpers \u0026amp; gangs taking over the queue \u0026amp; pushing to the front of the Disney Store. Sad day for the hobby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThings must change \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RavensburgerUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e@RavensburgerUK\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RavensburgerNA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003e@RavensburgerNA\u003

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